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]]>We were already pretty close to this diet in that we were not consuming casein, gluten or soy and we are very confident that there was zero of any of that stuff in our diet. (That said we did have to take about three grocery bags of food to the homeless shelter after we learned how much of our “good” food had msg in it!)
The changes: for our child first of all we are noticing a willingness to try new foods. She is willingly putting things in her mouth that she has never had AND enjoying them. We are noticing an increase in her joy and smiling. We are noticing a more talkative child and spontaneous engaging social exchanges. The other morning I zombied my way to the coffee machine and from behind me I heard, “mommy, I’m making pancakes with papa.” I almost dropped my cup on the ground. She never acknowledges someone in the room unless prompted. We can’t really put our finger on what is “different” about our child since the diet change but something is definitely happening with her.
What hasn’t changed so far is her repetitive behaviors. We still see a lot of pacing and we still see a lot of repetitive play themes and unwillingness to divert. We also are still having a rough time with focus. Being that we are only a week in I am hoping to see even more improvement.
Helpful hint to parents starting the diet: we are keeping a food/behavior journal as each day goes on. It’s so much easier to track this stuff and go back to see what changes are occurring when it’s written down.
Kaili Reynolds
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]]>We were already pretty close to this diet in that we were not consuming casein, gluten or soy and we are very confident that there was zero of any of that stuff in our diet. (That said we did have to take about three grocery bags of food to the homeless shelter after we learned how much of our “good” food had msg in it!)
The changes: for our child first of all we are noticing a willingness to try new foods. She is willingly putting things in her mouth that she has never had AND enjoying them. We are noticing an increase in her joy and smiling. We are noticing a more talkative child and spontaneous engaging social exchanges. The other morning I zombied my way to the coffee machine and from behind me I heard, “mommy, I’m making pancakes with papa.” I almost dropped my cup on the ground. She never acknowledges someone in the room unless prompted. We can’t really put our finger on what is “different” about our child since the diet change but something is definitely happening with her.
What hasn’t changed so far is her repetitive behaviors. We still see a lot of pacing and we still see a lot of repetitive play themes and unwillingness to divert. We also are still having a rough time with focus. Being that we are only a week in I am hoping to see even more improvement.
Helpful hint to parents starting the diet: we are keeping a food/behavior journal as each day goes on. It’s so much easier to track this stuff and go back to see what changes are occurring when it’s written down.
Kaili Reynolds
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]]>He is making a big progress in other areas as well – much more focused and ‘present’. Language is also improving (according to his speech therapist), although I’m personally still waiting for a bigger breakthrough. Again, we attribute this both to the diet and the medication. There are several scientific articles discussing the success of medication with children on the spectrum with identified epileptic seizures.
Sharon Einav
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]]>He has had night terrors most of his life and I noticed some relationship to food but was never quite sure because they would mysteriously show up when I thought we had eaten “clean” food (no-gluten, no-dairy, organic but still lots of boxed and bottled things).
In 2013, he started to exhibit tics which we thought would go away….then things escalated when later that summer he had either fainting spells or seizures (our pediatrician said they can look like the same thing in young children.) We changed his diet to include only homemade organic meat and veggies in bone broths for a week and the tics and seizures immediately abated, but when we went back to our busy work and school schedules, the tics came back. (Thankfully, he has not had any more faint/seizure spells). We kept eliminating various foods thinking there was a specific food allergy or intolerance at play, but we could not get the tics to go away. The tics became more and more uncomfortable, to the point where Seb was tongue-thrusting so hard he was hurting his neck and other kids thought he was making fun of them….
Then one day I saw Katie’s presentation, printed the list of specific additives to avoid, and we started being much more controlled about ingredients. We noticed an immediate difference. The game-changer was Katie’s tour of the health food store tour, a place where I had assumed most food was relatively unprocessed…. Ever since then we have been much more vigilant. When we avoid the additives on Katie’s list, Sebastian’s night terrors of 7 years completely disappear, his bedwetting stops, the rash around his mouth stops, and his attention goes up. He still has intolerances and we need to work more with his digestive strength, but the most impactful of all are glutamates. Of course, when I let him have something that looks innocent and has no list of ingredients or he sneaks a piece of gum or Cheeto at a friend’s house these symptoms reappear.
Sebastian still has mild attention issues at school. Six months ago, a family friend who is a neurosurgeon who has practiced for 30 years suggested we put him on Ritalin because he seems to have ADD. We have decided to hand-make almost all of our food instead of putting him on medication. He is functional, ahead in school for his age, and I can’t help but think how handicapped Sebastian would be by this point if we weren’t avoiding these neuro-toxins.
I sincerely hope there is further investigation of food additives’ effects on children with neurological disorders. If I knew what I know now when this had first started and had the specific instructions and videos Katie uses on Unblind My Mind, the last 7 years would have been much less painful for my entire family. I can’t imagine how painful this is for so many other families whose children have even worse reactions to these additives.”
D. Voisin
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]]>BUT, here is the other stuff that has happened that I think is incredible and I am so grateful:
I no longer have restless-leg syndrome which used to drive me crazy and I’d have to get up at night and stretch and stretch. I started having heart palpitations in my 40’s (one time I went to Urgent Care thinking I was having a heart attack), usually at night as I am falling asleep, and my doctor just said it was normal and age related. I think I’ve had maybe two in the last three months. They’re pretty much gone. And since I came out of the womb, I’ve had eczema — this improved almost immediately with the diet. Maybe a little patch here or there due to contact with something in my garden, but it’s reduced significantly. Also, allergies have decreased, but they still come and go with less severity. I no longer take Zyrtec daily, but still use Benadryl at night if needed. My sight has changed too. I see colors more vividly — that’s how I explain it. This was something that I didn’t know was “missing” but when color started to be more saturated, I totally noticed. This happened in April.
So that’s the other stuff, which is wonderful! And my health continues to improve — in general I just feel better, calmer, more connected. And while all of this has been happening I have also dealt with two separate injuries that needed attention and intervention. Even with those health challenges, I’m fine. And I think that because of the diet, the healing time for both injuries was probably shortened considerably.
Thank you Katie. I think your findings and your program are so significant.
R.P.
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