The Healthy Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet For Autism & Adhd

How to use the gluten-free, casein-free diet to improve your child's health, clean up their diet, and help them thrive

What you'll learn
The fundamental principles of a nutritious diet for children.
The potential benefits of a healthy gluten-free/casein-free diet.
The potential harmful effects that gluten/grains and casein/dairy can have on children who have an existing condition..
How to implement the gluten-free/casein-free diet well and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.
Which foods to include and avoid in your child's diet in order to maximise your chances of success with the diet.
Understand why the science on the gluten-free/casein-free diet is inconclusive and what the positive research findings show.
Requirements
The only requirement is that you want to improve your child's diet in order to give them the best chance of thriving and improving their physical and mental health.
Description
Learn how to leverage the Healthy Gluten-Free and Casein-Free diet to help your child thrive.In this course, you will learn:How to clean up your child's diet from harmful foods and additives.The rationale for trialling the gluten-free/casein-free diet.The potential benefits of the diet, including what the research has reported and parent-reported benefits.How gluten and casein-containing foods can harm children with conditions such as autism, ADHD, or other gastrointestinal issues.How to implement the diet WELL, to ensure you maximise your chances of success.The most common pitfalls and mistakes parents make when trying the diet, and how to avoid or minimise them.As you may know, the gluten-free/casein-free diet is a popular intervention used with children on the autism spectrum, with ADHD, and when there is some sort of gut dysfunction be it diagnosed or suspected.Truly the most important part of a child's health-building program is the diet. Many families have reported incredible benefits from switching their children over to the GFCF diet and we have a number of studies that also show benefits from going gluten-free and casein-free.These include not just improvements in gut function and physical health, but also in communication and use of language, reduction in hyperactivity, better social integration and interaction, reduced self-injurious behaviour, and better sleep, just to name a few.However, to maximise your chances of success with the diet, there is some important information you need to know. This is why I created this course - to share this information with you so that you will avoid common pitfalls and mistakes, and will get the best results for your child and hopefully minimise the stress on yourself.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 What you will learn in this course

Lecture 2 About your instructor

Lecture 3 The importance of working with a practitioner

Section 2: Cleaning Up Your Child's Diet

Lecture 4 Principles of Healthy Diet

Lecture 5 Cleaning Up Your Childs Diet

Lecture 6 Summary of Reasons to Eat Only Organically Grown Food

Lecture 7 Transitioning to an Organic Diet

Lecture 8 Common Foods to Avoid

Lecture 9 Food Additives to Avoid - E Numbers

Lecture 10 Food Additives to Avoid - Salt and Sweeteners

Lecture 11 Food Additives to Avoid - MSG and Excitotoxins

Lecture 12 Food Additives to Avoid - Emulsifiers

Lecture 13 Food Additives to Avoid - Preservatives

Lecture 14 Food Additives to Avoid - Food Colourants

Section 3: The Healthy Gluten-Free/Casein-Free (GFCF) Diet

Lecture 15 Module overview

Lecture 16 The role of the GFCF diet in your child’s health-building program

Lecture 17 Why research on GFCF diets in autism is “inconclusive”

Lecture 18 Potential benefits of the GFCF diet - Quick overview

Lecture 19 Where the science does support the GFCFdiet

Lecture 20 Parent reported benefits of the GFCF diet

Lecture 21 Potential problems with gluten and grains

Lecture 22 Potential problems with dairy

Lecture 23 Opioid peptides overview

Lecture 24 Potential risks of GCFC diets and how to address them

Lecture 25 Risk 1: Lack of dietary calcium

Lecture 26 Risk 2: Lack of the nutrients used to fortify wheat flour

Lecture 27 Risk 3: Lack of dietary fibre

Section 4: Implementing the Healthy GFCF Diet Well

Lecture 28 Module Overview

Lecture 29 Steps to take

Lecture 30 Foods to avoid

Lecture 31 Hidden sources of gluten

Lecture 32 Hidden sources of casein

Lecture 33 Food substitutions

Lecture 34 Common pitfalls when implementing the diet

Lecture 35 Expanding your child's diet

Parents of children with conditions including autism, ADHD, and gut issues, who want to trial the healthy gluten-free/casein-free diet.,Practitioners who work with autistic children who wish to better understand the rationale and practicalities of the gluten-free/casein-free diet.