The Autism & ADHD Diet: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hope and Healing by Living Gluten Free and Casein Free
Review
Author Barrie Silberberg was inspired to write this book by her personal journey through challenge, hope, love and healing for her son Noah, who has experienced drastic improvements with his autistic symptoms as a result of the GFCF diet. (Carin Yavorcik Autism Society of America )In a “nutshell”, I thought it was an excellent reference book. I, myself, have tried to use this diet in the past but found it an overwhelming task. Barrie, however, gives you a step by step guide to make your implementation of the diet much easier …..what foods, where to buy foods, and how to stay on the diet while eating out, vacationing, and even for a hospital stay. I certainly recommend adding this book to your personal library. (Chantai…
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My name is Arman Khodaei, and I was once diagnosed as having autism. I myself have been on a casein free diet for a long period of my life. I run an autism support group, and give many presentations on autism. I’ve had many parents over the years ask me about the GFCF (gluten free, casein-free) diet and the best way to implement it. Finally, a book has been released that fully addresses that questions for parents. I’m a firm believer that diet has a major impact on individuals from both first-hand experience and also from what other parents tell me. I, myself, before going casein free had insane temper tantrums among many other autistic tendencies that once milk was removed from my diet, they greatly calmed. I’ve had parents come to my group and tell me that once they started the GFCF diet that their children were able to verbalize if they were non-verbal among many other improvement in behaviors. Overall, I recommend this book because I believe in it and the GFCF diet.
I just wanted to share a HUGE public thank you to Barrie. We just went gf/cf and I have to say your book was an answer to my prayers. While that might sound corny to some, those of you who are new or remember how daunting it was to begin this diet it is an accurate response because it offer hope and direction. Even the very beginning questions part was seriously all the questions I had been trying to wrap my brain around. What I love most is that it broke the diet down and gave me a plan to begin and not feel overwhelmed. I also appreciate the info about additives and food dyes and colorings and how to get those out of your diet too. My only “negative” comment…is that I didn’t purchase the book sooner. This would also be a great read for family and friends who are wanting to understand more about gluten and casein, etc. Thank you Barrie and my family thanks you too. Sincerely, Kelly Cooper
This book is an excellent resource. It explains the basics of the GFCF diet as well as listing links on where to find additional information and products. This would be a great gift for someone just starting out with the GFCF diet and for explaining the diet in understandable terms to family members who have questions about the hows and why’s of GFCF. The book is great for parents with experience with the GFCF diet, too. I wish I had this book when we first changed our diet! Barrie does an amazing job of explaining a sometimes complicated subject in understandable terminology. (For example, she walks the reader through the basics of label reading which for most people can be overwhelming in the beginning). I can’t recommend this book enough!