A helpful diet for many kids, teens and adults on the Autism spectrum is the low oxalate diet (LOD).
The vulvodynia foundation was the first organization to use this diet.
Women with vulvodynia suffer from pain and inflammation from the accumulation of oxalates in their vaginal tissue.
Another group that has found the low oxalate diet useful is those suffering from kidney stones.
We also see children on the Autism spectrum who have a problem with high accumulation of oxalates in their bodies and can benefit from a low oxalate diet.
Oxalates are organic compounds found in various foods like spinach and almonds.
Oxalates are commonly seen in green veggies, some fruits and nuts.
A good resource for low oxalate foods is lowoxalate.
info.
That website is run by an independent researcher named Susan Owens who has given the Autism community much information on oxalates.
Accumulation of oxalates in susceptible adults can lead to kidney stones.
Beginning a low oxalate diet can be a helpful first step to resolving them.
When you have oxalate formation in the body and look at them under a microscope, they appear as jagged, pointy edged crystals.
These jagged, pointy crystals can accumulate in any tissue of the body such as the kidneys, nervous system, joints, muscle tissue, etc.
and can be very irritating and painful.
The children who tend to have high oxalates can be irritable, aggravated, show aggression or other negative behaviors, can have poor sleep and coordination, all as a result of these painful crystals.
Starting your child on a low oxalate diet can help with those behaviors as the oxalate load in the body is reduced and so is that pain and discomfort.
Digestive inflammation can also be helped through the use of the low oxalate diet.
The gluten and casein free diet (GFCF) and the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) are also very beneficial diets for children with Autism but it can get confusing as to which is the best for your child.
If you have your child on a gluten and casein free diet and haven't seen a lot of results, this could be a good addition.
The low oxalate diet can also be helpful for those whose child is on the specific carbohydrate diet and who still see unresolved bowel issues, aggression, agitation, poor sleep, poor coordination and self injurious behavior.
High oxalates can also cause poor mineral absorption and utilization since they bind with minerals, causing your child's blood work to show lower levels of minerals.
The vulvodynia foundation was the first organization to use this diet.
Women with vulvodynia suffer from pain and inflammation from the accumulation of oxalates in their vaginal tissue.
Another group that has found the low oxalate diet useful is those suffering from kidney stones.
We also see children on the Autism spectrum who have a problem with high accumulation of oxalates in their bodies and can benefit from a low oxalate diet.
Oxalates are organic compounds found in various foods like spinach and almonds.
Oxalates are commonly seen in green veggies, some fruits and nuts.
A good resource for low oxalate foods is lowoxalate.
info.
That website is run by an independent researcher named Susan Owens who has given the Autism community much information on oxalates.
Accumulation of oxalates in susceptible adults can lead to kidney stones.
Beginning a low oxalate diet can be a helpful first step to resolving them.
When you have oxalate formation in the body and look at them under a microscope, they appear as jagged, pointy edged crystals.
These jagged, pointy crystals can accumulate in any tissue of the body such as the kidneys, nervous system, joints, muscle tissue, etc.
and can be very irritating and painful.
The children who tend to have high oxalates can be irritable, aggravated, show aggression or other negative behaviors, can have poor sleep and coordination, all as a result of these painful crystals.
Starting your child on a low oxalate diet can help with those behaviors as the oxalate load in the body is reduced and so is that pain and discomfort.
Digestive inflammation can also be helped through the use of the low oxalate diet.
The gluten and casein free diet (GFCF) and the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) are also very beneficial diets for children with Autism but it can get confusing as to which is the best for your child.
If you have your child on a gluten and casein free diet and haven't seen a lot of results, this could be a good addition.
The low oxalate diet can also be helpful for those whose child is on the specific carbohydrate diet and who still see unresolved bowel issues, aggression, agitation, poor sleep, poor coordination and self injurious behavior.
High oxalates can also cause poor mineral absorption and utilization since they bind with minerals, causing your child's blood work to show lower levels of minerals.
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