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[quote=Anonymous][quote][quote][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are doing a light-ketogenic diet and still getting good results with our ASD child. We just increased the fats, decrased the carbs but we did not strictly cut the carbs. He is stimming less and learning better. 
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Technically you can't really do keto-lite, you are either in ketosis or you are not.  To transition to a child onto a keto diet requires strict adherence to a carefully calibrated diet devised by a certified nutritionist / dietitian.  There are many specialists at Childrens who can guide you, and help you keep track of ketone levels once your kid is in the zone. This really isn't something you can wing by increasing the child's fat intake.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

I wonder if they are seeing improvement because they have reduced the amount of free glutamate that the child is eating.  (The glutamate in meats is bound so that less of it is absorbed by the body.) Processed foods and carbs, such as gluten containing breads, are very high in free glutamate.  Before we tried the glutamate and aspartate restricted diet (G.A.R.D.) we consulted with a nutritionist and tried an aspartame free diabetic diet.  My daughter improved on that diet, but she is doing much better with the G.A.R.D.  We have not tried the ketogenic diet.  Her doctors did not want us to do that diet because of her age (12).  They said that they see too many school age children in the E.R., that cheated on the ketogenic diet while they were at school, then had severe seizures.

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