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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 4 year old with HFA who had a dairy intolerance as an infant, plus chronic constipation.  I never suspected wheat as an allergen, but I now have a younger child who has clear allergies to both dairy and wheat, so I'm wondering if my older child also has difficult with gluten.  My older child definitely has major inconsistencies in his behavior, and I think some of the behaviors and the intensity of the behaviors are related to food.

Firsts question - for those with kids with ASD/ADHD/behavior problems, etc - did you find this diet helpful?  I know this is strictly anecdotal, but I'd still like to hear success or failure stories since this is a lot of work.

Second question - how strict do you have to be?  Clearly a glass of milk or slice of bread is absolutely not ok.  But what about a meatball that has bread crumbs baked in?  A vegetable sauteed in butter?  Is even that amount of exposure too much?

Third question - how do you swap those foods?  Of course, like most 4 year olds, carbs are his favorite food.  I have been able to swap gluten-free pasta very easily, and he will eat quinoa and rice.  I use soy milk instead of regular milk (I know this is not ideal as some kids can have soy allergies, but he won't eat meat and I need him to get protein somehow, and rice/hemp/almond milks have almost no protein).  The 2 things I am having trouble swapping are bread (gluten free bread tastes very different than regular) and cheese.  Any suggestions?

Thanks....[/quote]

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