Me..self diagnosed...only react to fish & that came on very suddenly about 20 years ago
Daughter... NT
Son.. diagnosed AS
Son...? AS
None of these have any allergies or reactions, although AS son has an undiagnosed skin condition ( undiagnosed because they don't know what it is, only what it isn't ) food or anything else I have tried doesn't affect it.
Incidentally, Scotland has the highest incidence of Athsma in the world.
I was told that one Island in particular was under investigation regarding this, as no one can understand why such a clean place would have a higher incidence than say Glasgow....but I can't find anything about this island on the web.
Autism is no more or less prevalent.
People like NeuroZym say that people who have food-intolerance towards something can grow an addiction-like relationship to it. This had effect on my mom and she got scared from letting me have any milk.
I have heard of this, but I haven't checked the validity.
I think the success of GFCF diets is due to an increase in the percentage of individuals with food sensitivities within the group of autism. If this is true, is that increase due to increased sensitivity, as in more autistic individuals who notice the problem which would go unnoticed on someone with less 'tuned' senses, or is it due to a propensity of autistic's immune system to be wary of outsiders?
Trying again here. I don't know if there actually is a higher incidence of food allergies or sensitivities within autistics. I do think that an autistic individual currently suffering with a food issue will be significantly less function than an autistic individual who isn't-- perhaps enough to look 'cured'.
I also think that food intolerances like celiac disease are likely largely undiagnosed. (it isn't easy to diagnose, and given the varied symptoms, when do you look for it?) Thus, more focus on looking food intolerances within a certain group could come make the group look like there is a higher incidence of food intolerances within it.
I don't know for sure about food intolerances, but I seem to have a mild problem with kiwi, cantalope and mango. It isn't texture since it seems to be a problem in juice- causing throat tightening and nausea.
For contact allergies I have grass, tree, and pollution- though I suppose maybe it isn't an allergy if it is a 'realistic' response.
I think that you are very likely correct.
I would also add that many 'studies' are flawed as most are carried out by institutions / organisations, who have a financial or / and 'organisational integrity' interest in the results.
ie.propaganda, using half truths to sway public opinion to the relevant organisations' way of thinking.
I'm no gastroenterologist, but the leaky gut thing might actually really exist:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...d_RVDocSum
Anyway, I probably have IBS according to my doctor (he gave me a referral to a gastroenterologist a year and a half ago, but I didn't have the money to go, so I didn't. I don't have any known food allergies/sensitivities, but I do have a dustmite, pollen and mold-spores allergy. Gene is quite colicky, so I tried eliminitating dairy, which seems to do some good, but especially today he's been crying a lot (he was nice the past few days). When I was pregnant I could pretty much only eat dairy the first three months though, everything else would make me nauseous.