re: #306 ggt

I’ve been hearing a lot about “mitochondrial” and “diet” in the same concept regarding putting disorder/disease into remission.

Anyone got any ideas/links on it?

Our family will give a firm but limited endorsement to the no milk/no gluten experiment. It does not apply to all cases, nor has the mechanism been explained. At the same time, there is no doubt that GD3 quickly goes into headaches and loses it for half a day if she slips off the diet. Her reaction is way stronger than any placebo effect, and was obvious before she had any idea of what a ‘diet’ was. By age 6 she was completely self-policing on treats-of-opportunity.

A Norwegian doc at Uppsala is the proponent, and thinks it is a metabolic reaction in certain types of autism. Other studies have attacked it. There is no great ‘movement’ associated with the diet. If it works, do it, if not forget it. Watch for adequate nutrients.