TROY

TROY

by SEBI-RA
(INGLEWOOD, CA)

My 41-year old autistic son, 'troy' has occasional times when he refuses to eat (he will drink his ensure supplement liquid).

This happens maybe twice a year for a period of a month or so. Why is that? What, if any, possible scientific explanation is there for this ocurring?

He is on a normal non-restrictive diet; he takes depokote w/dilantin for a seizure disorder. He is otherwise, according to his medical doctors, a 'healthy' person.

His primary care physician treated the last occurrence of these symptoms with an appetite enhancer. Troy responded and began to eat. Why does it happen, remains my inquiry?

Please advise at your earliest. Thanks.

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May 15, 2010
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Low-seizure diet
by: Paul Jackson (p.jackson53@yahoo.com)

Your son, who suffers seizures, would do well to adopt a strict gluten-free, casein-free (GFCF) diet. Aspartate and glutamate--highly excitatory amino acids (proteins)--can trigger seizures. These two amino acid are contained in the following foods:

All sources of Nutrasweet--sodas, juices, yogurt, etc.--contain aspartate ("Aspartame"), which is known to excite seizures.

Your son should also avoid all sources of monosodium glutamate: hydrolyzed vegetable protein, soy protein extract, texturized vegetable protein, etc.

All cow milk products are high in glutamine. (Goat milk one are a low-glutamine alternative.) Cow-based cheeses that are the highest in glutamine cheddar, Swiss, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella and Parmesan at the extreme high end. Casein is very concentrated in cheese and is 20% glutamic acid by composition.

Among cereal grains, wheat, barley, and oats are high in glutamine. Corn and rice are lower in that amino acid, and a safe alternative for an individual who, like your son, experiences seizures.

As for legumes, your son, as anyone with seizures, should go very light on black, lentils, lima, navy, Pinto, and soy--all of which are high in glutamic acid or glutamine.

And as for animal proteins, your son would do well to eat average servings, but to avoid rabbit and turkey, which contain the highest amounts of those two amino acids; and to include chicken, eggs, and lamb, which contain the lowest amounts.

Wishing you and your son good health!

P.J.

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