Book Review: Special Diets for Special Kids

This was another good diet book. It explained a lot of the nutrient factors affecting autism and other spectrum disorders. A very good reference book. She discusses various vitamins and minerals, etc that help and what they do. She explains which ones would need to be under a doctor's supervision.

She had a very good review of the Feingold Diet, again with some scientific information to explain a bit how it works. Again, tying in with the PST deficiency and Phenols.

Good information on tests, dealing with doctors, etc. Includes some charts for documenting before and after behaviour to help convince doctors that it really is working, etc.

The second half of the book is GFCF recipes. She makes notes about how you can adapt the recipes if you are avoiding things like corn, soy, etc. Most of the recipes are FG ok. It even includes one recipe from the Feingold material. The author is Jewish so lots of recipes for Jewish Holidays and tradional Jewish fare, which is something that I haven't seen in the other books I have read.

Though the focus is somewhat GFCF, this is a good book to research nutrient therapy in general. The advise is not exclusive to the GFCF. Another highly recommended book!
(Review written May 2007)