Autism Diet

Foods for Autism has Become a Hot Topic of Conversation But Tons of Opinions Abound — Be Careful

Another Important Issue Related to Foods for Autism and ADD is Their Content of Chemicals and Food Additives

This is a Very Controversial Subject

Mainstream scientific and medical communities think that the idea that food additives cause or contribute to autism and ADD is all hogwash.

The basics of a preservative- and chemical- free diet are fairly well evolved and many working in this area agree on some common points. The diet should be:

• allergy free
• there should be appropriate supplementation (lots of opinions here)
• detoxification
• and some form of increased breathing (as in exercise).

The Problems with Cow’s Milk

One of the common points of agreement is the elimination of cow’s milk as a first step. This leads, however, to depletion of some nutrients and necessary amino acids.

As I’ve stated on another page, the issue with milk seems to be related to the pasteurization and homogenization processes and we’re beginning to see good improvements in autism when clients follow the “Raw Milk Cure.”

Artificial sweeteners are also rejected as foods for autism.

See Sally Fallon’s book Nourishing Traditions for an alternative milk solution. Don’t use Soy milk or Rice milk.

What Should the Kids Eat?

What foods for autism should kids eat? Many argue for only “organic” foods, encourage digestive enzyme use, trace minerals, and essential fatty acids and you can read more here about essential fatty acids in your consideration of foods for autism.

Also recommended are many nutrients, herbs, or homeopathic remedies.

It’s pretty difficult for a layman to understand what to choose and what to do. It’s also just as difficult for a physician to do this as they aren’t trained at all in these areas.

Seeking counsel is very difficult because it’s hard to find people who have a broad-based background in these large varieties of areas.

That’s Why You Need an Autism Counselor

The challenge with food is to find out which ones are problems. One of the first attempts to define dietary restrictions in susceptible people was the Feingold diet. Dr. Feingold restricted the intake of synthetic (artificial) colors, flavors, and preservatives.

Although effective, the harsh criticism of the diet related to the notion that it did not work all the time. (Yes, and modern medical therapeutics work all the time. Not.)

Postulated reasons were that maybe some of the permitted foods such as:

• corn
• wheat
• eggs
• chicken

were also allergenic. This highlights the lack of broad-based training in so many. Clearly, corn and wheat, are just nasty actors, implicated in the glycation process via their production of glucose.

Also, grains are an issue for many other reasons, and are not well-tolerated by most people (healthy), let alone those with pre-existing weaknesses such as autism and ADD.

Grains are not good foods for autism.

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