So I’m currently in a relationship with this most awesome girl, and of course this most awesome girl has a mother who happens to read this website. Her mother brought up the suggestion of me trying a Gluten Free Diet. I have mixed feelings on this and have yet to hear of any real benefit backed by scientific evidence to those with Autism Spectrum Disorders.She has an unrelated diagnosis and swears that the Gluten Free Diet has helped improve her condition. (I’m not going to state what she has as its private information, but shes free to post a comment when she reads this.) I’ve heard some parents swear Gluten Free diets have helped their children with Autism, but I’m not convinced yet.
I have to admit, I love my pastas and I would have a hard time giving them up. So I would also like to hear some suggestions on how to eat on a budget gluten free.
So What Am I Asking For?
- I would like people on the Autism Spectrum’s personal perspective that have tried gluten free diets. Have they helped you much? If so in what way?
- Suggestions on how to eat gluten free on a budget.
- Suggestions on tasty gluten free food.
- If I should just tease her mom about being afraid of the ‘Spaghetti Monster’?
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The main thing is, if you don’t have symptoms of gluten intolerance or such, then there isn’t a reason to exclude it. If you do have symptoms, you should go to a doctor to see other potential causes for these symptoms.
Myself, I suspect a mild dairy allergy (or perhaps intolerance, but allergy seems more in line with my experience) based upon my lifetime, and after I excluded dairy (I rarely drank milk as a teenager/adult anyway because I never liked it, but I wasn’t excluding packaged foods that had milk ingredients or anything like that). So I get calcium from other sources like plants and nuts (especially broccoli) and rice or soy milk (there’s also almond and oat alternatives too).
But, while my physical health has improved during the time that I have been dairy-free (and I don’t have the symptoms of a wheat or gluten sensitivity), I am just as autistic, still going through the independent living skills assessment. Eliminating dairy just improved my health, not doing anything about my autism.
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