FOOD INTOLERANCE
NETWORK FACTSHEET
Autism, ASD (Autism
Spectrum Disorders)
The
gluten free casein free diet doesn’t work says study
There
is an effective science-based diet for autism
Effects
of smelly chemicals (VOCs)
The
use of perfumes and scented products
According to statistics from the US Centres
for Disease Control and Prevention, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are
increasing dramatically. One of every 110 children will receive an ASD
diagnosis by the time they are 8 - a rate 10 times higher than it was in the
1980s.
The gluten-free casein-free diet doesn’t work says study
According to a small, tightly controlled
study at the University of Rochester in New York using the gluten-free,
casein-free (GFCF) diet often recommended for autism, there were no benefits
for sleep, attention and quality of bowel function in 14 preschoolers
with diagnosed ASD.
Of the 7000+ families in the Food Intolerance
Network who are using diet usually for their children, many have autistic
children who previously used the GFCF diet and found it didn’t work, or didn’t
work well enough. In our experience, the GFCF diet works less well now than
previously. Fifteen years ago, children on a GFCF diet had to avoid all
processed foods. Now there are many GFCF food products – often containing nasty
additives or extra salicylates – that can cause problems (see study below). As
well, smelly chemicals (VOCs) such as fragrances that have been proliferating
in our society must be avoided by many of these children. The University of
Rochester study is a case of too little, too late.
Reference: Hyman SL and others,
Dietary Treatment of Young Children with Autism: Behavioral
Effects of the Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet. Presented at the International
Meeting for Autism Research, Philadelphia, May 22,
2010. http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2860
There is an effective science-based diet for autism
In a trial with 140 behaviourally disturbed
children, of the 86 who improved on an elimination diet, double-blind
placebo-controlled challenges showed approximately:
75% reacted to
dietary salicylates
60-70% reacted to
preservatives including benzoates, propionates, nitrates and sulphites 55%
reacted to artificial colours and
40% reacted to MSG,
synthetic antioxidants such as E320, natural glutamates and biogenic amines.
Although a smaller percentage reacted to
dairy foods and gluten, subsequent guidelines recommended avoidance of these
items for severe symptoms such as ASD.
Most children reacted to between 2 and 5
challenge compounds. As in the study below, perfumed products and other smelly
chemicals were also avoided.
This is the diet used by Food Intolerance
Network members (currently over 7000 families), see Reader Stories below.
References: Swain A, Soutter V, Loblay R, Truswell AS. Salicylates, oligoantigenic diets, and behaviour. Lancet. 1985;2(8445):41-2 (there
are more details in the report below).
Loblay RH, Swain AR. Food
Intolerance. In: Wahlqvist ML and Truswell
AS, editors. Recent Advances in Clinical Nutrition: Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Clinical Nutrition; 1985 Sept29-Oct 2; Sydney,
Australia. London: John Libbey; 1986. p. 169-177.
Effects of smelly chemicals (VOCs)
In the US, 49 children aged 2-17 with
diagnoses ranging from severe autism to PDD were put on an effective restricted
diet (unusual tropical root crops and other unusual foods) to eliminate
diet-related symptoms while environmental exposures were investigated.
In Group I (14
subjects) there was no initial environmental avoidance
In Group II (27
subjects) there was moderate initial environmental avoidance
In Group III (8
subjects) there was complete environmental avoidance using a clean room.
Children were studied for periods ranging from
3-12 months. As the study progressed, it became obvious that exposure to VOCs
were more important to the children than anticipated - children became obsessed
with smelly objects and were observed
hoarding or attempting to hide scented items.
Among the conclusions of this study:
There appeared to be nothing inherently wrong
with autistic children studied. The children in the program (universal diet and
clean room) returned to normal physically, in temperament, in awareness of
surroundings and others, in emotions and empathy, and in ability to learn. The
children were, however, initially deficit in learned behaviours and skills that
must be taught; apparently in these areas they had remained at the level
present at the time of initial diagnosis of autism. In the present program, the
autistic children demonstrated ability to rapidly and enthusiastically learn
and begin catching up. Children began progressing through the normal stages of
learning and social development in their clean rooms.
·
Based
on the results of the present study, a broad spectrum of severe and chronic
autistic symptoms appear to be environmentally based, apparently caused by
chronic exposure to volatile organic compounds, and appear to be fully reversible in the proper environment.
·
There
was a strong, predictable correlation between symptom levels and environmental
exposures (P<.000).
·
The
results suggest strongly that the autistic condition of the children studied,
was the result of chronic exposure to volatile organic compounds.
Although the details of the unusual diet are
not given, it would appear that this diet is similar to the one above but goes
into far more detail with VOC avoidance. Mothers who hear about this study
often say “but we can’t lock up our kids in a clean room for the rest of their
lives”. No you can’t, but you can change their diet,
and you can remove a lot of VOC exposure from their lives, especially at home
and in the classroom where they spend most of their time, see next item and
Reader Stories below.
Reference: Slimak,
K. 2003. Reduction of autistic traits following dietary
intervention and elimination of exposure to environmental substances. In
Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Indoor Air Quality and Health
Hazards, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, USA, and
Architectural Institute of Japan, January 8-11, 2003, Tokyo, Japan, vol 2, pp 206-216. http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/slimak.html
The use of perfumes and scented products
Given that ASD is increasing, and that
chemicals in perfumes and scented products appear to be associated not only
with ASD but also with certain cancers and other conditions (see the effects of
phthalates in Slow Poison by Rubber Duck, reference below), wouldn’t it make
sense for those in authority to help the mothers of ASD children by limiting
the use of these chemicals – especially in schools and hospitals. Fortunately,
this is actually happening in some places, particularly in Canada. For example,
see the University of Toronto Guidelines below for the use of perfumes and
scented products; see my book Fed Up or our Product
Update pages for fragrance-free alternatives.
References: Farrow A and others,
Symptoms of mothers and infants related to total volatile organic compounds in
household products, Arch Environ Health. 2003;58(10):633-41.
(A large study of VOCs in household cleaners showed that infant and maternal
health problems such as diarrhoea, earache, vomiting, headache and depression
were associated with higher use of air fresheners and aerosols in the home.)
University of Toronto Environmental Health
and Safety: Guidelines for the use of perfumes and scented products. http://www.ehs.utoronto.ca/resources/HSGuide/Scent.htm
Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie, Slow Death by
Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health. UQP, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010801303.html
From
[574] One-liners (August 2007)
My autistic son has gone without Gatorade,
PowerAde and coloured drinks for just three days, and already his behaviour is
improving - such a small thing to do for such a great result.
[357]
282: A typical email about the effects of the bread preservative (December
2004)
I have taken my 3yo son off all commercial
bread products (it's become quite a crusade for me!) with marvellous results.
He was going to be assessed for autistic disorders in a few weeks, but since
taking him off 282 he has changed (he talks now! and his behaviour is so much
better) and I know that his paediatrician will be amazed at his progress. At 18
months my son was only just babbling, and was considered to have the language
skills of a 9 month old. After 6 months of speech therapy he was starting to
mimic animal noises with prompting. By 27 months he had he had just two words -
mummy and no. At 30 months I took him off commercial bread and at 34 months, he
just started talking one day. At 36 months (last week) he now has the normal
vocabulary of a 3 - 3.5 year old, and the understanding of language of a 4 year
old. He is still having problems with actual speech, he only uses 2 word
phrases most of the time and stutters occasionally, but the change in him in 4
months was amazing. He also has less tantrums, sleeps
better and is generally easier to get along with. - by
email
From
[356] One-liners (Nov 2004)
·
First
let me tell you how impressed and grateful I am: I work with children with
autism, ADD and learning difficulties and the best way to tell people about the
effects of what their children eat is to lend them one of your books. – WA
·
Our
three and a half year old son is a lovely child with a few difficulties when on
failsafe food but before diet, he had enough symptoms to class him as autistic:
little or no eye contact, spent hours alone fixated with various objects ie string, sand, wouldn't accept hugs or show affection,
constant tantrums, his development regressed a lot from about 18 months or 2
years with regard to loss of speech, and for quite a while he said only one
word repetitively, as well as severe reflux, diarrhoea, eczema and sleep
disturbance. - Qld
·
My
four year old autistic son’s pain threshold seems to have decreased on the diet
– he used to be barely aware of pain if he injured himself, but now responds as
any "normal" child would. - NSW
[540]
Heading towards a diagnosis of autism before - the difference in him is so
dramatic the paediatrician was in shock (January 2007)
When I originally wrote to you, my
three-year-old son had a severe speech delay, many behavioural problems,
refused toilet training, was having upwards of 6 dirty nappies a day and the
paediatrician was heading towards a diagnosis of autism.
The first two weeks on the elimination diet
were "HELL". My son’s behaviour was so bad I was in tears when the
day was over and he was in bed asleep. My husband and I were determined to give
this a go and we stayed strong together to get him through the rough patch.
Four weeks after starting, his behaviour improved each day, the tantrums
decreased dramatically, he became calmer, his attention span increased, he was
happy to try sitting on the toilet for me, the autistic traits stopped, he
would sit and do activities with me and the most impressive of all in one week
he said - "Dad", "Mum" and his own name "Sam". He
has never called me mum & it brought tears to my eyes - he has since then
said love you mum and tries hard to string words together.
The difference in him is so dramatic the
paediatrician was in shock, he is a non-believer of diet having an effect on
children, however, after seeing the difference in Sam he was blown away. He
said he was pretty sure after the last visit he would end up making a diagnosis
of autism for him, now after seeing him six months later he is thinking it is
just speech delay and is not so worried about the minor autistic traits. We are
focused on sticking to the diet especially with the progress Sam is now making.
He does on occasions slip on behaviour - but he is only three. We feel we have
our beautiful little man back. – by email, Qld
[539]
Possible autistic spectrum if not failsafe (January 2007)
My husband and I have two lovely children. We
have been through the whole thing of oppositional, erratic and violent
behaviour and for us the worst part was insomnia and extreme restlessness at
night. No-one ever got a rest. This all was cured with the invaluable
assistance of your books, and a profound response to the elimination diet
especially for our youngest child who is a 7 year old girl, Lily. She is
extremely sensitive to everything – salicylates, amines, chemicals - you name
it. Our son is affected, but not as badly.
At times I have wondered if Lily perhaps has Aspergers, or is somewhere on the autistic spectrum, but we
had her assessed at age 4 (after being failsafe for three months) and were told
that she is bright, possibly gifted, and that she can be extremely anxious
because she is clever enough to be able to think about things and therefore
worries about things. We prepared her very carefully for school and so far have
had no problems - until this month.
Twice this month Lily has lashed out at
school, due in part to chemicals. She started swimming lessons every day and
the other thing was a class party with heaps of bad food which no-one helped
her to avoid. Today she has been "red-booked "and placed on detention
for the second time, for hurting someone. The school counsellor who was called
in told me "there are NO studies that prove that food intolerances are in
any way related to behavioural disturbances". She went on to tell me that
it was all in my head, and that it is coincidence that withdrawing a food
substance or chemical would have a positive effect on our daughter. She then
proceeded to tell me that Lily probably has Aspergers
and that the paediatrician probably didn't want to tell me that. I am feeling
so enraged. She hasn't even met Lily.
We follow the failsafe lifestyle to the
letter, and are eternally grateful to you and your family for sharing your
stories, and for your tireless work. Our family wouldn't have survived without
Fed Up and how some one can say the things that this counsellor said belies
belief. Our son who is now 13 is easily able to make good food choices and
knows only too well what bad choices do to him. He was shocked at the response
of the school counsellor. My husband - who was a total sceptic 4 years ago -
was absolutely livid with that school counsellor. He knows how bad it was here,
and how much work I have put in to making our little family happy and calm. I
guess we will just keep soldiering on and spreading the word, but this person
nearly got the better of me. – by email, NSW (see
comment on this story at [552])
[441] Tim's world (shadowings
of Asperger's) (August 2006)
When we had
our son Tim assessed for Asperger's, we found that his way of viewing the world
was different from ours. The tests highlighted his strengths such as maths, eg he scored 17 out of a possible 19 for this area,
comprehension and reading skills. They also highlighted his weaknesses in motor
coordination and his differing ability in various social situations.
Tim's world
can be black and white. He doesn't cope well to change and is like a sponge
soaking up written information. He was described as a little adult trapped
inside a child's body. This can vary from day to day, depending whether Tim is
in what I call 'child mode', happy to play with trucks and toys and his
brother, or 'adult mode', needs specific jobs to do, be busy, needs to know and
plan ahead.
Tim's
overall score fell just a few points short of the criteria for diagnosis. When
this happens, the person is described as having shadowings
or ghostings of Asperger's, that is, enough of the
traits to be a huge concern. This has helped us to find ideas and strategies to
cope with his condition.
An
occupational therapist with a special interest in sensory/tactile areas
explained such things as why Tim likes to wear specific clothes, bounces up and
down, spins (though this only happens every now and then) and why his hearing
and sense of smell are so acute. These actions and sometime making noise help
Tim balance himself. We were advised not to stop these actions, but find ways
of directing them into a more socially acceptable form eg
bouncing on a trampoline.
Overall, if
we can improve his motor skills, his social skills and behaviour will improve.
Tim
struggled socially at school last year, but this year things seem much better.
We have had friends around to play, though I'm always on hand to help direct
the play and social skills needed for a happy afternoon, and I can honestly say
Tim is not the lonely little boy he was eight months ago.
My advice to
other parents who feel there is something different about their beautiful
child, but no one will seem to listen: don't give up. We were patted on the
head by doctors for three and a half years ('he's just highly strung, he will
grow into himself ' - what a great help that was!) and it was my own sister who
suggested Asperger's due to an article she had read.
Having put a
name to and found a reason for Tim's behaviour has empowered us to help our
beautiful, bright and unique child to be happy. Tim seems sensitive to any
artificial products, either additives or smells. We have seen him react to
smells such as air fresheners and roadwork smells such as tar. We were also
told to watch if his ears go red as this can often be a warning that something
is not agreeing with him chemically and we have found this to be true. He can
eat salicylates but is limited on amines. – Elaine.
From [325] Autism - on or off-diet during assessment? (April 2004)
My autistic son has been on the diet strictly
now for nearly 2 years. He looks terrific and is very healthy with only a very
mild sniffle since going failsafe.
He starts pre-primary school this year. It is
the school where he went to kindy last year so they
are very aware of his requirements such as: no hairspray, aerosol deodorants,
perfume etc and are using enjo
gloves in the classroom to avoid any chemical being used during the day. Big relief.
We have a five-month wait for the formal
disability services assessment to obtain aids for school. I don't know whether
to take him off the diet for the period of the assessment. On the diet,
although excellent, autistic signs are still evident, for example: no eye
contact, no imaginary play, everything is black or white, no flexibility etc.
If we take him off the diet we get a severe reduction in speech, more tantrums,
aggression, argumentative, rashes, red ears, hypersensitivity to noise, dislike
of being touched and the list continues.
I am an avid failsafer
and can't now imagine life without failsafe (my son has failed all challenges
on a number of occasions and is also intolerant to airborne salicylates). Could
I have input from other failsafe mothers on what they think would be best
during the assessment? - reader, WA.
[324]
Autism and diet at school (2) (April 2004)
About 18 months ago you helped us put our son
Ryan (now nearly 5 years old) on the elimination diet, after we had been to RPA
for Ryan's hyperactivity, ADHD and autism. Three months later you helped us
find a problem with wholegrain wheat and antioxidants that had pulled us
undone. Salicylates turned out to be our main problem although antioxidants are
a close second, with amines and other additives a problem too.
Our son is now in his second year at special
school, where he has made great leaps and bounds. When Ryan started school he
was already on the diet. Months later when we'd allowed bananas to become more
frequent than one half every second day, his teachers actually came to me and
asked was Ryan eating something he shouldn't be. It took us three weeks to
figure it out, and cut back on the bananas. Through this incident, they really
came to see what we were talking about. Interestingly the school has strongly
supported us, always keeping us up to date with what's coming up for 'tasting'
in cooking classes, and seeking alternatives for Ryan. I'm very grateful for
this! - reader, NSW
[300]
Dramatic improvement in speech delay (December 2003)
Our nearly two year old twin girls are
awaiting a psychology assessment to determine whether they have autism. They
both have a few symptoms especially lack of language - only use the words Mum,
Dad, Nan, Bub, no and hello. Their understanding is slow although we feel this
is improving. Although both show a few signs they also have signs that keep us
hopeful that the girls do not have autism. They have fairly good eye contact
and are very affectionate little girls. After researching for hours on the
internet, I started the girls on a gluten free and
dairy free diet last week. By the end of the day, one of the twins (who would
normally use maybe one word a month) had not stopped using her basic words and
was making new sounds. Within days they had both improved very noticeably. At
first I thought it couldn't work that fast but whilst reading your books I have
a different view and realise it might be lack of the bread preservative. -
Reader, Tas
[271]
Autistic sound sensitivity improves on diet (June 2003)
We discovered failsafe over a year ago when
my son Liam was four. Ironically, because of the failsafe internet support
group he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a while later.
He used to hate loud sounds and either shut
down, cringing in a corner with his hands over his ears, or more often, he rose
above it with the most aggressive behaviour and loudest noise he could muster.
One time I had the blender on for one minute and he screamed and threw a chair
across the room, quietening down as soon as I turned it off. This has
dramatically reduced now. It was not instantaneous with the introduction of
diet but somewhere in the course of last year it improved. I have found that
this is the improvement which most intrigues other parents of autistic kids.
Liam still doesn't like loud noises such as fire alarms but he is content to
hold his hands over his ears.
For Liam, the diet has been like unfogging his brain and allowing him to catch up where he
is delayed, mainly socially and in his emotions. But the most interesting thing
was watching his drawing develop. When he first started Kindy,
he drew like a two year, all scribbles. After he started the diet, his drawing
just took off and in a matter of months we watched him improve to above his age
level. Literally every week there were new dimensions. It was so exciting and a
very visible reminder of how the diet now allowed him to develop.
Liam is gluten, dairy and egg free as well as
failsafe and he has soy only once every four days. I
could not say he is perfect, but he is light years ahead of where we were. -
Caroline (finb and Failsafe group)
[215]
Autism and diet (October 2002)
My son is 3 ˝ and was diagnosed with Autism
at 2˝. He also presented with almost all of the criteria for the hyperactivity
side of ADHD. The diagnosing doctor gave us very little information to go ahead
with. By good fortune my husband picked up Sue Dengate's
Failsafe Cookbook the weekend after our son was diagnosed, when I was still
reeling and had no idea which direction to head in. We went looking for
triggers for our sons hyperactive bouts, he was always active, preferring to
permanently run rather than walk, and he had no attention span, but sometimes
he would just go off, usually for about two days, where he would literally
climb the furniture, sitting on top of the bookshelf, watching TV upside down,
while lying on top of it, and he was causing his older sister, not to mention
his parents, huge amounts of grief.
Early intervention has proved a godsend, but
even so, we couldn't get him to sit still, or even sit down! and
ADHD drug trialling was mentioned, if we couldn't improve his behaviour. This
made me very nervous because previously any medication, bar panadol,
for more than 3 days, sent him berserk. I now understand this to be the
flavourings in all children's medication (I thought I was covering my bases
buying colour-free!) Before I went to RPAH I had done quite a lot of work on
his diet myself, and we had discovered a lot ourselves, but after I'd read
Sue's book and been to RPAH I was able to make a real difference for our son.
His biggest problem is salicylates and colourings - why didn't anyone know to
tell me that bad nappy rash is always a sign of salicylate intolerance? That
sign was present from when he was a baby. I always put it down to teething -
how wrong I was! What a huge amount of grief we could have been saved if we'd
known.
Our son is a typical limited Autistic eater.
We were told that he was eating a good nutritious diet and we shouldn't
interfere. After RPAH and Sue's book, we learned that almost everything our son
was eating was bad for his intolerances. I'd tried Helgas
Rye bread thinking I was avoiding bread preservative 282 - with no idea that
vinegar was a problem! He drank lots of diluted apple juice - so I bought the
one with no flavourings and thought he would pee out what he didn't need, which
he did. I thought it was good that he drank between 2 and 3 litres a day - the
chemist told me it wasn't a problem. RPAH told us he was consuming the
equivalent of 10 - 12 apples a day and he is salicylate intolerant!!! Since we
removed the fruit juice, he doesn't crave it any more
and now drinks about 1 litre of water a day - and it was far easier than I
could have imagined!
So even with lots of knowledge under my belt
and advice from all the so called "experts" before I went to RPAH I
still was far off base. Three days on the elimination diet and our son was a
changed child. Preschool reports that he now walks instead of runs. As a result
he has slowed down enough to take an interest in the activities around him. He
has broken the diet a couple of times, so one week in we inadvertently
challenged salicylates and colourings, both with obvious results.
The good news is that he is allowed to still
eat wheat, pears, and drink diluted pear syrup from tinned pears, and he has adapted
beautifully - something I never thought possible.
Our son is still Autistic - it's not a cure -
but it has certainly made a difference to his hyperactivity and therefore he is
now far more teachable, with a wider interest base, and the ability to pay
attention to things better than before. Grandparents who were sceptics of the
diet have noticed that he is calmer, and can only attribute it to the diet. He
has even started looking at his grandad, for the first time in two years!
We are only in the second month of the
elimination diet, with several mishaps already under our belts, but I really
wanted to encourage anyone who is thinking about the diet, dealing with Autism
or ADHD - give it a go - you'll learn a lot. It has lowered the stress on our
family, particularly his five year old sister, considerably, and has made our
son far easier to deal with. Also, when he is not affected by a food
infringement, his eye contact improves, he is coming out with new words every
week, and is approaching other teachers, apart from his regular carer,
something he's never done before.
Interestingly, before we went to RPAH, Sue Dengate told us the main problem would be salicylates but I
couldn't face it, I thought it was too hard. It really wasn't that hard, and
the fast results were well worth it. Sorry about the long email, but I hope I
can encourage others out there to give it a go. - from
failsafe2 group
[178]
Ratty behaviour (September 2002)
My son aged 10 is autistic. Our speech
pathologist suggested that a big part of the ratty behaviour he often exhibits
could be from additives in our everyday food and said what you are saying about
our daily bread containing more additives. I have eliminated soft drinks from
his daily intake and what a remarkable difference I can see already. - email, Vic
[155] A
Brush with Pizza Snack Biscuits (June 2002)
My sons are severely food and chemical
intolerant. Their diets are severely restricted, just to enable them to cope
with day to day life. Their adherence to the restricted diet literally enables
them to survive. We avoid additives in food at all costs, and we avoid
chemicals wherever possible as they affect the boys equally to the wrong food
choices. They are aged 6 and 3 …. [a small amount of pizza flavoured biscuits
led to] rocking, flapping and squealing behaviours (which are found on the
Autism Spectrum along with face blindness and tactile defensivity
– not wanting his personal space invaded, oversensitivity to touch, pushing me
away despite wanting comfort). …
see the full story and many others.
Hyman SL and others, Dietary Treatment of
Young Children with Autism: Behavioral Effects of the
Gluten Free and Casein Free Diet. Presented at the International Meeting for
Autism Research, Philadelphia, May 22, 2010.
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2860
Swain A, Soutter V,
Loblay R, Truswell AS. Salicylates, oligoantigenic diets, and
behaviour. Lancet. 1985;2(8445):41-2
and there are more details in the report below.
Loblay RH, Swain AR. Food
Intolerance. In: Wahlqvist ML and Truswell
AS, editors. Recent Advances in Clinical Nutrition: Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Clinical Nutrition; 1985 Sept29-Oct 2; Sydney,
Australia. London: John Libbey; 1986. p. 169-177.
Slimak, K. 2003. Reduction of autistic traits following dietary intervention and
elimination of exposure to environmental substances. In Proceedings of
2003 International Symposium on Indoor Air Quality and Health Hazards, National
Institute of Environmental Health Science, USA, and Architectural Institute of
Japan, January 8-11, 2003, Tokyo, Japan, vol 2, pp 206-216. http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/slimak.html
Farrow A and others, Symptoms of mothers and
infants related to total volatile organic compounds in household products, Arch
Environ Health. 2003 Oct;58(10):633-41.
University of Toronto Environmental Health
and Safety: Guidelines for the use of perfumes and scented products http://www.ehs.utoronto.ca/resources/HSGuide/Scent.htm
Rick Smith & Bruce Lourie, Slow Death by
Rubber Duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health UQP
2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010801303.html
1. See an
introduction to food intolerance
2. Fed Up by Sue
Dengate, Random House
3. Fed Up with
Children’s Behaviour DVD by Sue Dengate
4. The RPAH
Elimination Diet Handbook with food & shopping guide 2009 available from www.allergy.net.au
5. Our frequently
updated “Salicylate Mistakes Information sheet” is available on request from suedengate@ozemail.com.au
6. Symptom discussion paper:
Pervasive Development Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
The information given is not intended as medical
advice. Always consult with your doctor for underlying illness. Before
beginning dietary investigation, consult a dietician with an interest in food
intolerance. You can find a supportive dietitian through the Dietitians
Association of
© Sue Dengate update July 2010
