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Thank you.

I think the best thing is just to give it a try, if you're able to get past not eating wheat products. I love food made with wheat and would hate to give it up. However, try it for at least a month and see what happens. Or if you do the Lent thing, give it up for Lent and see what happens.

I wouldn't bother trying it myself, as I'm fond of wheat bread and biscuits, and as I don't cook, it would be difficult to think of a decent substitute for making sandwiches. If I could think of a logical reason why AS could be linked to gluten intake, I might be tempted to try, but I don't see how a brain-wiring thing can be associated with diet. But don't let that put you off if you want to give it a go.

The only thing I can say is if you think it will help, it can help.

The singularly most potent and generally effective treatment is the placebo.

I used to carry a box of orange Tic-Tac mints and call them my happy pills. Every time I got frustrated or down, I'd take a happy pill and feel better. Be careful trying this at home, though. Tic-Tacs are a gateway drug to Mentos and Altoids.

I have been GF since I found out that I was intolerant. It has improved my bowel function, nasal allergies and headaches, and lost a trivial bit of weight, but I haven't noticed a change in my AS.

My brothers and I are all celiac, and all aspies in ascending severity from oldest to youngest. If the youngest has wheat, he gets horridly depressed and grouchy. If I have it, I get a little depressed but not so much. Mostly just because I am tired though, I think.
So, it's a try and see I think. If you have an allergy - and many people do, NT's included - try to weed it out. You're doing your body a favour at any rate.

My family has been through very difficult times with the people promoting this diet. Read my blog for the very long, very detailed full story. At this point my daughter is diagnosed as having both Aspergers and Gluten Intolerance. The Aspergers presented some sensory issues dealing with food textures and tastes that made it hard to understand the food intolerance without medical help. The gluten intolerance presented as stomach upset and migraine headaches that, in a toddler, looked a lot like AS (banging head against the wall, throwing unbelievable tantrums, making strange inhuman sounds.)

What I believe is that there is an overlap in such people where symptoms that at first looked AS, but were actually due to gluten intolerance (or other intolerance) are cleared up by the diet. I do not believe AS can be cured through diet. I also do not believe the diet will work for all people. We saw dramatic results, but she went from a diet with A LOT of gluten to one with NO Gluten and she is (according to a very respected very mainstream gastroenterologist) seriously gluten intolerant.

I'm on the paleo diet, which proscribes grains, dairy, and legumes, so I don't have any gluten or casein. It does not change my logic or way of thinking.

However, it does seem to make me more tolerant of interactions with other people and of irrationality in general. I still don't like them, but I don't spend a lot of time fuming silently about them.

However, in my case, I think this is more a result of a better omega 3:6 fatty acid balance than a lack of gluten and casein.

Unless there is a physical intolerance or allergy......

As my chinese doctor says......."All things in moderation"......

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