Happy New Year eveyone. If you're interested in biomedical and/or dietary interventions to support your child with asd, please feel free to post here. It will be great to exchange ideas.
With my twins (3.11 years old with severe, nonverbal autism) we are dealing with issues around their gut health which I believe got much worse when they had a very nasty bout of gastroenteritis at 8 months. Both boys have an absoption issue and as such are unable to absorb B vitamins, Vit D and iron. They have had 3 lots of iron supplements and there has only been a marginal increase in iron levels. Vit D is finally in the normal range after supplementing with 25 ug daily and we're now on a maintenance dose. They're also on ranitidine. In addition we take probiotics, fish oils and Vit C in the winter.
The other issue we have is with inflammation and their immune system. Both boys have been congested since birth, one has had his tonsils removed, the other his adenoids and there is very little difference post surgery. High histimine is an issue and this is being treated with a combination of anti-histimines and a steroid nasal spray. DT1 has terrible sinus problems too which causes him considerable distress. We've been referred back to ENT and the Allergy Clinic. I'm looking into quecertin which is supposed to help but need to do a lot more reading about it and talk to the GP.
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MaterofDragons · 01/01/2017 17:21
Unlike most children who do dietary interventions, GFCF didn't work for us. They were dairy free for 2 years due to a CMPI but then did well firstly with A2 milk and now goat's milk. I've tried cow's milk yoghurt but it causes diarrhoea so we stick to goat's milk yoghurt. We tried gluten free for a few months and that also caused diarrhoea so we stopped. We generally follow the 80/20 rule and this seems to work. Their paediatrician said their diet is better than hers 
We're on a similar path as we're also doing ABA with the twins. There's definite progress but sometimes it seems achingly slow. I think this is when I realised that I need to get to the bottom of their health problems once and for all.
Going GFCF never had the wow factor for us. In fact, it was after we reintroduced cows milk (A2) that they both seemed to "wake up". Eye contact was re-established for DT2 and they both became so much more social.
Poos are good here 
and if at any time they're not then I know there's been a dietary infraction.
Epsom salts make the boys go crazy so we've stopped adding them to the bath. Again, it seems that they're not following the traditional biomedical rules.
As well as quercetin I would like to add in some colostrum. Once I've done more reading, I'll let you know how I get on. I would love to have a doctor oversee everything but I can't find one. There are a lot of nutritionists and naturopaths who offer a biomedical service but no doctors. I talk over things with the boys GP and paediatrician but we are all pretty much in the dark. This is when I wished I lived in the States. I have friends who have seen nutritionist Lucinda Miller and they're happy with her. I think she has a long waiting list though.
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