The World of Special Diets. By now you have either heard of or read about the GFCF Diet. We are a big fan of this diet, but not before I tested it out. We were told for many years to start this diet & me being the sceptic that I am put it off. Then our OT recommended that I take Lexie to a Homeopath. Again sceptical, I went anyways. (Our OT only has our best interest at heart) The homeopath did the muscle test & told me that Alexis was allergic to many things, but had a deadly reaction to peanuts. ( I had told her I thought she was prior to her telling us that) Anyways she told me all these things I needed to do. I said uh huh, OK we will try. I never did try. A year after that Alexis started having major behavior problems. She's never had any before. So I took her to the allergist. Sure enough everything the homeopathic had said came back as Lexie having severe allergies to. Bad enough that I walked out of the office with an epi-pen. Anyways my point to this is two-fold. One, the diet works. Two, you never know as much as you think you do. We have started seeing a homeopathic. We are currently on our 5th weeks. We have already started seeing amazing results without any side effects. This week we will start detoxing chemicals and will do this for four weeks or until her body tells us otherwise. I am very pleased with the results. We are sticking to our diet and we make sure others don't allow Alexis to eat anything on her "no,no list." So I encourage you to try the diet with your child, but ONLY if your going to follow through with it. It's not easy, but the rewards are worth it. Now I am going to give you what I have found the most helpful<laughing> another website. The editor Judy of this site has put a lot of effort into this. I think you will find it answers all your questions. If it doesn't, e-mail her! Or me & I will try to find the answer. Here's the link. GFCF Diet Cookbooks we love: Special Diet Solutions, Special Diet Celebrations Both by Carol Fenster Special Diet for Special Kids Lisa Lewis Online food ordering for GFCF Diet: Bobs Red Mill Gluten free mall Ener-G Foods, Inc. Gluten Free Pantry Miss Roben's Jo's Spices Other Resources: Gluten Info Savory Palate Allergy Kid's Books: Winning the war against Immune disorders and allergies By Ellen W. Cutler Great Stores in Central Florida for GFCF products: Chamberlin's Health Food Stores: Winter Park Mall, (407)647-6661 Lake Howell Square Casselberry, (407)678-3100; Oviedo Marketplace Mall (407)359-7028; Altamonte (407) 774-8866; East Colonial, Orlando (407)894-8452 Deland Bakery 128 N. Woodland Blvd. Deland, FL 32720 (386)734-7553 Deland Bakery Economy Health Food Store 1039 Academy Drive, Altamonte Springs, (407)869-0000 Health Food USA 1807 E. Broadway St. Oviedo (407)359-2121 Whole Foods 1989 Aloma Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32792 407-673-8788 Tom's Health Food Store in Lake Mary 407-321-7512 Taylor's Health Food Store in Lake Mary 407-323-6760 Natural Way Food 1114 N. John Young Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL 34741 The Organic Place 1246 S. John Young Pkwy, Kissimmee, FL 34741 (407)944-9095 Paradise Health Foods 1150 Malabar Road S.E., Palm Bay, FL 32907 (407)729-8311 |
| GFCF Diet Gluten Free Casin Free |
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| With many ASD children as well as ADHA, and ADD this diet has helped. We strongly encourage an allergy test for foods be done prior to the start of this diet. Often times, our children have allergies to more than just wheat and dairy. |