Anyone with SPD kids, did you change what they ate?

[GoofyG]

My DD4 was diagnosed with SPD, her OT mentioned taking some foods away. HFCS, gluten and maybe milk. All of my kids have chronic gastritis and I can't do anything without the gastro Dr involved. My DD6 is heading to the gastro tomorrow and I was going to talk to him about the foods for DD4.
So I guess I was just trying to find out what youa ll have done. How it has affected you. My DS2 was eavaluated and I will know next week if he has any SPD also.

 

[koolaidmoms]

My DD4 was diagnosed with SPD, her OT mentioned taking some foods away. HFCS, gluten and maybe milk. All of my kids have chronic gastritis and I can't do anything without the gastro Dr involved. My DD6 is heading to the gastro tomorrow and I was going to talk to him about the foods for DD4.
So I guess I was just trying to find out what youa ll have done. How it has affected you. My DS2 was eavaluated and I will know next week if he has any SPD also.

We just started DS (7) about 4 months ago on a GF/CS/SF and food dye free diet. By removing those things most HFCS is removed too. We heavily concentrate on removing the GF and CF and once in awhile let him have soy (he asked for rice cakes today and soy lecithin was the last ingredient so we told him he could have one today).

Do we think it is the magical cure? No. But, we have seen a bit of a difference. His tantrums are much shorter and not as intense as they were.

He gets "upset" some times that his diet is different especially when he wants to eat out or they are doing something special at school and we have to substitute items. But, we have found a great vegan bakery in our area and a GF bread bakery. That has really saved us.

We all eat healthier and my son loves when we talk about his "Caveman Diet" - all the vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries and meat he wants.

Hope you will let us know what you decide to do!

 

[GoofyG]

We just started DS (7) about 4 months ago on a GF/CS/SF and food dye free diet. By removing those things most HFCS is removed too. We heavily concentrate on removing the GF and CF and once in awhile let him have soy (he asked for rice cakes today and soy lecithin was the last ingredient so we told him he could have one today).

Do we think it is the magical cure? No. But, we have seen a bit of a difference. His tantrums are much shorter and not as intense as they were.

He gets "upset" some times that his diet is different especially when he wants to eat out or they are doing something special at school and we have to substitute items. But, we have found a great vegan bakery in our area and a GF bread bakery. That has really saved us.

We all eat healthier and my son loves when we talk about his "Caveman Diet" - all the vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries and meat he wants.

Hope you will let us know what you decide to do!

Thanks, I will update after tomorrow.

 

[GraceLuvsWDW]

The one item I elimated that had the most profound effect was artifical food colorings and flavorings. It is well documented that many children react to some dyes (mainly red 40, yellow 4 & 5 and some others). Now if my dd has a dye I can see almost immediate horrible reactions. A good place to start is to wean off all artificial foods and go with whole foods only for about a month. Then (if behavior has improved) you can add foods in one by one to check for a reaction. If you still see no results, a GF/CF diet might be in order. The UK has already banned the dyes from their foods, which is a good indicator that there are enough significant issues. Unfortunately it is very hard in the US to find foods that are free of these chemicals, you basically have to shop at health food stores.

 

[GoofyG]

The one item I elimated that had the most profound effect was artifical food colorings and flavorings. It is well documented that many children react to some dyes (mainly red 40, yellow 4 & 5 and some others). Now if my dd has a dye I can see almost immediate horrible reactions. A good place to start is to wean off all artificial foods and go with whole foods only for about a month. Then (if behavior has improved) you can add foods in one by one to check for a reaction. If you still see no results, a GF/CF diet might be in order. The UK has already banned the dyes from their foods, which is a good indicator that there are enough significant issues. Unfortunately it is very hard in the US to find foods that are free of these chemicals, you basically have to shop at health food stores.

Thanks, I try to get organic foods when I can. I will start looking at what she is eating. I've been cutting back the high fructose corn syrup.