As we were refreshing our budget for this year, I tallied up our monthly supplement costs, so I could try and work it in. Here’s what we are currently giving her: Dorthy’s Meds $/mo Oxytocin $50 Glutithione $80 Seratonin $120 Singular $10 selenium $3 Multiple Mineral $16 Krill $20 charcoal $5 digest right $30 Cal-mag $20 melatonin $5 Super-Nu $17 $376 Now, that is a good chunk of change for us – over the holidays, we were watching TV at
Sometimes it just seems that you need a little chocolate to get through the day – my DW is often quoted as saying “there isn’t enough chocolate in the whole world” after an especially trying day with Dorthy. When first going GFCF, chocolate was one of the things I missed the most – which is why these chocolate chips were truly a find. They are, of course loaded with sugar, and contain soy – so they are a sometimes treat
We have enjoyed so many other Enjoy Life products that I thought I’d give their “granola” cereal a shot. My first surprise was that the cereal was black – they looked very much like crumbled asphalt. I didn’t expect that at all, but it wasn’t enough to throw me off my mission. (this may be enough to make them a no-go for a child who judges food more by look than by taste). After adding rice milk, I took a
Dorothy had a big, overnight, school trip out of state recently, and one of the big challenges to her going was the food (of course!). She is on a strict GFCF diet, and is allergic to 40 other foods – making her ability to eat at the buffet or fast food non-existant. In order to allow her to go on the trip, we provoided all of her food for her. The lunch below is a great example of what we
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4EqjJG_LA This is how we get our kids to eat hard boiled eggs, even though they ‘hate’ them! Check out our GFCF Lunchbox Ideas page for more great ideas.
According to this research, heavy TV indulgence before the age of three is associated with an increase in autism. The paper suggests that TV could be a trigger for those with a genetic predisposition toward the condition. My guess would be that this is a chicken and the egg equation – do the kids watch a lot of TV because they are autistic, or does watching the TV trigger the autism. My guess would be the former.
Ozma has been suggesting that I should post about my experiences to being on the GFCF diet for a while. I have been GFCF for just over two years, and I can honestly say that it has been one of the best decisions of my entire life (it falls just after deciding to ask Ozma to marry me!) About two or three years after Dorothy started the diet, Ozma started pointing out the physiological symptoms that were gone in her
I think this is such a cool idea! Anyone who has dragged a bewildered autistic child through the security at an airport will appreciate the beauty of this idea. If you are planning a roadtrip with the holidays approaching, I have some ideas for GFCF snacks/meals on the run that you might be interested in here.
This article grabbed me because autistic persons have much the same problem. I know many people who have “autistic” traits, but they are walking around, living their regular lives and don’t need pharmaceuticals. I am also not a fan of labeling because it gets in the way of treatment. I generally refer to my daughters condition as autism. She is specifically diagnosed with Asperger’s. I have found though, that doctors/teachers tend to minimize the autistic aspects of her illness, and
This kind of thing makes me crazy. The drug company even admits that it does nothing to treat the disease, and yet they are marketing this thing to treat autism. When our daughter was first diagnosed with Asperger’s we dilligently did everything the neurologist told us to do. She suggested putting her on paxil. It seemed to take the edge off her, but it really only masked her symptoms. It didn’t do anything for her pain, her stomach, or her