I could cry when I see the mis-information be accepted as scientific fact and parents spending a lot of money and emotional energy believing that a 'cure' for something that is not a disease exists.
Currently, the most fashionable method appears to be the 'glutten free diet'. Expert 'glutten free diet' advice and, of course, obligatory nutritional supplements and powers etc are sold by people who have the cure. My grandmother would have called this twaddle. The one point that all of these diets miss is that there is no such thing as a glutten free diet; gliadin is the other component. One gives the product you make the ability to stretch, the other softness (way back when the earth was cooling I studied and completed food science and nutrition). It is very difficult; very, very, very difficult for anyone to have a diet that is glutten free, it would have to be a grain free diet - (you might get away with rice and maize depending on what you were trying to achieve). However, many of the products you buy; including frozen vegetables and other foods stuffs have either glutten or gliadan added as an agent - e.g. those who each frozen chips should know that glutten is used in minor amounts to help the product stick together (that is the chips in the packet). This blog is not about glutten free diets; it is a warning to listen to the twaddle sprouted as the answer and the cure for everything from AIDS to bed wetting. The notion of the 'glutten free diet' is not new. It has been around for over 60 years - all people are doing is dreging up old material and offering it as new. Parents, be very carefull of claims that a change in diet can cure autism. Autism is not a disease; autism is something that is here to stay. Your child may improve as they get older; depends which end of the spectrum they are closest to - but it will not be from some magical diet, it will be from experience in dealing with life.
Currently, the most fashionable method appears to be the 'glutten free diet'. Expert 'glutten free diet' advice and, of course, obligatory nutritional supplements and powers etc are sold by people who have the cure. My grandmother would have called this twaddle. The one point that all of these diets miss is that there is no such thing as a glutten free diet; gliadin is the other component. One gives the product you make the ability to stretch, the other softness (way back when the earth was cooling I studied and completed food science and nutrition). It is very difficult; very, very, very difficult for anyone to have a diet that is glutten free, it would have to be a grain free diet - (you might get away with rice and maize depending on what you were trying to achieve). However, many of the products you buy; including frozen vegetables and other foods stuffs have either glutten or gliadan added as an agent - e.g. those who each frozen chips should know that glutten is used in minor amounts to help the product stick together (that is the chips in the packet). This blog is not about glutten free diets; it is a warning to listen to the twaddle sprouted as the answer and the cure for everything from AIDS to bed wetting. The notion of the 'glutten free diet' is not new. It has been around for over 60 years - all people are doing is dreging up old material and offering it as new. Parents, be very carefull of claims that a change in diet can cure autism. Autism is not a disease; autism is something that is here to stay. Your child may improve as they get older; depends which end of the spectrum they are closest to - but it will not be from some magical diet, it will be from experience in dealing with life.
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