Researchers: Restrictive diets may not help kids with autism
July 28th, 2009From the New York Times:
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say the strict gluten-free or dairy-free diets often favored by parents of kids with autism may not be warranted, and may actually cause problems.
The study is published in the journal Pediatrics. Lead researcher Samar H. Ibrahim suggested that the diets be used only after appropriate diagnostic testing.
“There is actually no trial that has proven so far that a gluten-free and casein-free diet improves autism,” she said. “The diets are not easy to follow and can sometimes cause nutritional deficiencies.”
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