Comments on: Autism and the new Celiac Disease Link

By: Gluten Free Diet

Gluten Free Diet — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:43:07 +0000

People with celiac disease have to live with gluten free diet for life. This does not sound as simple cause most of our daily product are made of gluten. Also there are many saying that children with autism will improve if they go for gluten free.

By: james

james — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:29:48 +0000

After having misdiagnosed colon problems all of my life, my daughter, who is a med student, started learning about celiac disease. The things I’ve been learning from reading the material have been AMAZING!

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By: Crimson Wife

Crimson Wife — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:36:38 +0000

Celiac is one of those diseases that is very often misdiagnosed. I know a bunch of folks who finally got the correct diagnosis when they were well into their middle age. So I don’t think the incidence has *ACTUALLY* quadrupled over the past 50 years. It may very well have gone up, but better diagnosis likely accounts for a good portion of the apparent increase.

By: Cate Nelson

Cate Nelson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:22:58 +0000

Jamie,
You make a really good point about the differences in children (and their genetics). Not only do they present different symptoms, but there’s a huge variance on the spectrum.
The children with ASD that I know–many (not all!) have strict diets to avoid gluten and that helps the severity of their symptoms. But of course, that’s not the case for everyone.
Celiac disorder is thought to affect 1 in 100 people, so many don’t even know they have this sensitivity.

By: Jamie Ervin

Jamie Ervin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:05:40 +0000

It’s quite common for ASD kids to have GI issues, including Celiac, so this comes as no surprise to me, a Mama to a 4 year old with ASD tendencies and possible Celiac (no to mention a host of other GI concerns. It’s only been in the last few years that we discovered my family history of Celiac, we also have a host of other Autoimmune diseases like Diabetes and the rare Autoimmune TTP.

I have no doubt that once ASD is figured out, we will find a plethora of causes. No two ASD children present exactly alike, so it wouldn’t make sense for everyone to have the same link.

By: Cate Nelson

Cate Nelson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:56:08 +0000

Okay, Russ…Ready?
Autism Spectrum Disorder, like cancer, is thought to have many causes, both environmental and genetic.
But unlike cancer, researchers don’t know yet what causes it. So they are looking for and finding many links on the pathway to a cure. I’m sorry if that is hard to grasp.

Didn’t you promise me fruitcake on my AP post? I’m still waiting…

By: russ

russ — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:42:39 +0000

And here I just read is was due to plastics!

I remember when I was flying to Argentins in ’78 and they determined charbroiled burgers were cancer causing. Haven’t paid any attention to the latest drivel since then.

After it is really decided – then time to consider change.