PANDAS and GFCF

[emma1]

Does anyone find this helpful for a PANDAS child? A doctor just told me this should be my first step, but it seems so hard with a teenager to try to get her to eat this way!

[michele]

We are currently doing this. It gets easier to figure out as you go. Check out Special Diets for Special Kids book. There is a lot of regular products you can use. Goggle GFCF and you will get alot of foods and recipes. We have a local health store that carries a ton of GFCF foods. It is expensive though. My son has some hyperactivity so a low sugar diet is very important too. I bought some sugar cookies from a local bakery that are GF but the sugar is high and they have corn syrup and in an hour after eating them he is flying high. I feel bad though because he has to have a special snack at school and church so he looks different to the other kids. Plus like today they had pizza at the fire station after church for lunch and I did not have a substitute meal. I can see a difference in his behaviors when we stick to the diet. To me it is worth it. It is a change in life style though.

Michele

 

 

Does anyone find this helpful for a PANDAS child? A doctor just told me this should be my first step, but it seems so hard with a teenager to try to get her to eat this way!