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Wow, this sounds very familiar to what we've been going through with my son for years now. I posted about it a few months ago and got a lot of interesting theories to check out, which we did to no avail. The doctors have said there is nothing physically wrong with him that would cause him to eat the way he does and yet they also feel that it isn't good for him either physically or mentally to be eating this way - just can't tell us how to get it under control.

Here's our experience so far:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt128696.html

We're still out here looking for answers too!

I have no self control when it comes to chocolate...once mom bought chocolate and put it in the frezer thinking I would not eat it like that...I ate it frozen. by the way they make these wall safes that are made to look like a wall outlet...you could do that.

When you say that you checked out the the "interesting theories" does that you mean that you have thoroughly investigated a long-term, consistent gluten-free, dairy-free and fructose free diet?

I ask because I notice that I strongly suggested that he might be intolerant of and addicted to gluten, casein, and/or sugar/fructose, in my two posts on your thread at: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2846688.html#2846688

You say "to no avail" ... does that mean that since mid-June ( less than six months ago ) when I suggested that a gfcf and/or sucrose and/or fructose diet might work you have been following such a diet without any success/change so far?

Or do you mean that you tried gfcf "on and off", or for a short period of a few weeks, or not at all, that you just thought about it?

If you did try a ( completely ) gfcf and/or sucrose/fructose free diet , even if only for a few weeks, what effect did it have, if any?
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Last edited by ouinon on 01 Dec 2010, 2:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

PS. I didn't refer to gluten and casein before on this thread because I got the impression from Elaine33's opening post that the problem was mainly "pure" sugar, ( icing, candy, chocolate chips etc ), but there might be a connection all the same.

So am posting a link to information I posted yesterday ( in two large posts! :lol ) on another thread in the Parent's forum at: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp3214560.html#3214560

The gist being that there are food opioid peptides in gluten ( wheat, bread, biscuits, cakes, etc ) and casein, ( milk, cream, cheese, butter, etc ), and that a subset, ( 36.7%, more than a third ) of people on the spectrum have unusually permeable intestines ( compared to just 4.8% of the general population, according to a very recent study, abstract at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20683204 ), such that their brains are very likely exposed to unusually large amounts of these food opioids, which are not only highly addictive, but also have a very negative effect on dopamine pathways ( essential for evaluating long-term consequences, or even caring about them ).
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