Originally Posted by poindexter

Hi,
My son has ADHA/Tourettes/Aspergers

One thing we found out when he was only diagnosed with the ADHA was that the feingold diet helped enormously.

Thefeingold diet removes, BHT/TBHQ/BHA--preservatives, as well as artif. food colors ad flavors, and certain fruits and veg that are high in salicilates : apples, peppers, grapes, etc.
We even avoid fragrances, which is hard to do if you want to go to church, or almost anywhere b/c of perfume, airfreshners, candles, laundry detergent. Most these fragrances are petroleum based, which is something that affects him.

We did not limit gluten or wheat, just kind of went natural.

What we found after a week was the preschool teacher telling us that we now had a different child. And that if he had a purple charms lollipop he went loopy, including his tourettes tics increasing.

Then obviously, there is the whole gluten research for special diets for thoses on the autistic spectrum.

I just think that the more processed the food, and the less natural....it can affect your nervous system as much as your brain and your weight

Maggie