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What do you think about casaine free and gluten free diet? Can this diet make damages? Does this diet help every person with AS?

A few here say it helped them. There is zero science saying it works. I tend think
there is zero chance it works. That being said I do take fish oil and a number studies show it may help a number of neurologic conditions, depression, ADHD. Its
not a wonder drug either.

you know i've heard about this diet and im wondering if it works also

i stopped eating gluten a while ago, and can say i do feel different... whether its related to AS or not, i dont know. i dont think gluten in itself causes AS symptoms, but in my case at least it does seem to worsen matters... now if i eat any gluten containing foods, i feel intoxicated and mentally fuzzy and tend towards depression.

there does seem to be some scientific evidence, albeit inconclusive...

http://www.ebmonline.org/cgi/content/full/228/6/639

peebo what exacltey does you're diet consist of? i'd like to get off of gluten as well but isn't in almost everything??

my diet mostly consists of fruit, vegetables, pulses and grains that dont contain gluten. i already have unusual eating habits, so it wasnt that difficult for me to stop gluten, and i dont eat any cheese or dairy anyway, so casein wasn't a concern.
gluten is in grains like wheat, rye, oats, barley. so obviously most types of bread, a lot of breakfast cereal, processed food and suchlike. the hardest thing for me to give up was beer, i still indulge in beer occasionally, but it affects me for days afterwards...
i suppose if your used to eating a lot of bread and processed food it probably be a bit more difficult. you can buy gluten free types of bread and stuff, but its pretty expensive, and i dont know if its really any good or not.

Lets just put it this way keep alot of garlic on you, stay in the sun light, keep
a cross on your neck if you get near peebo while he is on his "diet".

yikes it sounds like all the food that tastes good has gluten in it. i like eating chips and love bread so this is going to be a major problem. i use to be a heavy drinker but quit that when i went on my little getaway. so that won't be so much of a problem

you're cool with chips, potatoes are fine. but you need to watch the flavourings and stuff. really you just need to read the labels on all food you buy, and know what to avoid. i already did this anyway cause i am quite obsessive about food.
but yeah bread is out straight away. i actually used to be quite addicted to bread. i would eat huge amounts of toast... but having not eaten it for a few months, i dont even really miss it now.. as i say beer is the only thing i have difficulty avoiding..
there are a lot of websites with info on what you should try to avoid, this one is quite good.
http://gfkitchen.server101.com/

I followed the diet pretty strictly for a couple of months, then I started to have kidney trouble and I had to be operated for it.

It may be a coincidence, but no one in my family ever had any disease of the kind, so I wonder if there could have been a link.

I did feel an awful lot better on the diet before all those things started to happen though, for what it's worth.

Well.....myself & my child have severe NLD/Asperger & we are also both celiacs, so it was a case of having to give up wheat/gluten. Also, my child has an intolerance to milk (not an allergy) which causes eczema so we have to alternate with 3 months on/3months off milk & milk products anyway. Being celiacs, we have had to give up gluten/wheat to alleviate depressive symptoms (mood swings) & irritated digestion.
My child also had a skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis (a rash only celiacs have) so yes, it has helped us completely & utterly & couldn't do without it. I did post a wk or so ago as wanted to find out if any connection between autism, aspergers, HFA etc & celiac disease. Try it, but I would suggest taking calcium supplements along with vitamin D supplement (req'd to absorb calcium properly) if you do.
Give it 3-6 months to see any real difference too.

remember also mullion, that dairy products arent the best source of calcium. its much better to get calcium from dark green salad leaves, nuts seeds an beans. especially watercress and sesame seeds. cos magnesium is also required to absorb calcium (lack of magnesium actually can cause vitamin d deficiency). too much calcium without enough magnesium is actually a bad thing.
gluten also seems to give me digestive trouble, dont think its celiac disease or anything as serious tho...

michaelknight, i doubt that excluding dairy and gluten would affect your kidneys adversely. maybe you were eating too much of something else at the same time you were off the gluten? sorry to hear about that anyway.