Special Diets for Special Kids

 

"I have had both volumes of this book in my cupboard for years now, and it is filled with crumbs. Pages are stuck together from spilled parts of delicious recipes that I have made and my family has savored, and I cannot come close to expressing how excited I am that my loose-leaf volumes are now in one gorgeous book!"
~Customer Review

 

Lisa Lewis, Ph.D.

 

Summary

Special Diets for Special kids includes Volumes 1 and 2 and a FREE CD of printable recipes!

 

I’ll get this out of the way first. I know some of your children (including mine) will flee from anything that doesn’t resemble a chicken nugget or Cheeto. At the same time, I can’t discount the success that so many parents have with dietary intervention. Above all, children perform their best when they have proper nutrition. That said, here we go.

Let’s talk gluten and casein. One of the biggest hurdles for starting a special diet for your kid is knowing what gluten and casein have to do with autism. Chapter 1 of Lisa’s book is dedicated to explaining that. She answers questions like:

Why Dietary Intervention for Autism?

What the Heck is a Leaky Gut?

How Does the Intestine Become Too Permeable?

 

She points out dietary interventions have been used historically, but today we often look for a more conventional medical solution. Many dietary interventions have been successful in treating “incurable” disorders. Now the gluten-free landscape has been completely transformed. Many gluten-free foods and ingredients are available. Many of us can "give it a try."

 

“I now realize that many parents do not have the time to really learn to cook, and when a GFCF diet is suggested, they panic! They are sure they will be tied to the stove. . .The fact is that the easiest (and cheapest) way to go GFCF is to forgo many of the baked goods and stick to the simple foods, prepared simply.”

~Lisa Lewis Ph. D., Special Diets for Special Kids

 

The first thing I did was make a list of ingredients in the book that I would need to buy GF or CF—I picked two recipes to start. Then I went to the store to look for the ingredients.  I confess I started with the “Kiddie Colada” p. 95. I knew that was something Alex would slam. Easy, but then I ventured into the meat section and chose “Meat (Loaf) Muffins” p. 131. I don’t know if it was the taste or the cute-ness of these morsels, but they were gone quickly.

 

I’m realizing that it isn’t so much the creative zing of the food, but substituting the right ingredients. Let’s see how Alex responds!

 

Audience

This book is good information for parents and caregivers of any kid, but specifically those of kids with celiac disease, asd, and other pervasive development disorders.

 

Points to Ponder

It's important to consider how diet plays into your child's behaviors

You can follow these recipes, and they include many foods you serve already with modifications.

What if you gave it a try?

Momma's summary: “With this book I can ease into the GFCF diet with minimal stress. If I can do this, you can do this!"

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