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Customer Reviews

Great Information

2008-04-22
I found this book to be extremely informative and would recommend it to anyone considering a special diet.

Great starting place!

2007-11-22
This was the first book I read before starting the GFCF diet. It gave a ton of information. Some easy to understand, some, I hate to admit, went over my head unless I really had the opportunity to concentrate! The one thing I strongly disagree with is the assertion that this diet is not much more expensive than what you're spending now in cow's milk, etc. It totally is- even if you bake from scratch. All the specialty flours, etc. really add up. The switch to rice milk is a bleep on the checkbook balance compared to the switch to gluten free cooking and eating.
All in all, I'm very happy with this book. Some recipes are better than others, but the wealth of over all information in this book is great. I would definitely do a search for better prices, though! I found it for around $30.

Book Price Point

2007-10-22
Book #1 - Special Diets for Special Kids is available at AUTISM TODAY for $29.95. I don't understand the $92 charge listed by Amazon...when they have Special Diets for Special Kids TWO available for $19.95.

Great GF/CF recipe source!

2007-10-22
I recommend this book for the GF/CF recipes. My only problem with the book was there were typos, apparently not proofread very well for spelling. If you want more in depth reasoning behind the diet, I suggest the book Unraveling the Mystery of Autism... by Karyn Seroussi.

Great Resource!

2007-10-13
Lisa explains this diet in an easy to understand manner. Since the GF/CF diet is limiting, the recipes do require some time on your part. There are many ideas for simplifying your time spent on this diet. Many great recipes and resource lists.

Science + Food = Healthy Kids

2007-10-05
Using a common-sense approach to a complex subject, Dr. Lewis, a mother of autistic children herself, offers specific examples of food allergies and intolerances which impact health and behavior in children with autism or related developmental disorders, and provides gluten/casein-free recipes; lists of vitamins, minerals, and supplements; and much more.

Let's get Cookin, sort of....

2007-09-25
When we started the GFCF diet for my son I was convinced it would be impossible to find anything GFCF he would like. I liked this book because it had a ton of information about what Gluten and Casein are, however I did not like all the recipes. For those who are not great around the kitchen this is a tough one.

Couldn't live without this book!

2007-03-10
We have both of these books and I could not live without them. My husband is GF and my 2 yr old is GF/CF (diagnosed on the spectrum) and after being on this diet all of her autistic symptoms went away. I already knew how to cook GF, but this book has given us so many more possibilites to eat normal meals and have fun treats. We made our Christmas cookies from the recipe in here and the icing for them. I recommend these to anyone who needs to eat GF or GF/CF.

Invaluable Reference

2007-01-18
I bought this book a few years ago and still find it an invaluable reference. After we tried the feingold diet I felt we needed to take it a step further and we went gluten free. The recipies in the book I still find myself opening up to use and sometimes modify, such as substituting brown rice flour for bean flour. Before going on the GF diet, I discovered through a lab test me and my 13 yr old son (PDD now in remission) cannot digest wheat. My 3 1/2 year old I believe avoided any problems or delays by knowledge from this book and our avoiding wheat, milk and additives - gene and stool tests shown he is gluten and milk sensitive as well. Reading Special Diets for Special Kids really helped me suspect this problem in myself and our children which doctors may not have suspected for much longer, as gluten sensitivity is hard to diagnose and often is not found until later in life. I wish I had read this book 13 years ago! I would higly recommend anyone interested in becoming GF to also read Going Against the Grain by Melissa Diane Smith.

A must for the gf/cf diet

2006-11-17
This book is a must if you are starting the gf/cf diet. It haves the basics of why the diet works and then some great easy recipes that will help you realize how easy it can be to cook gf/cf. My kids especially love the bread recipe and wouldn't let me go back to the pre-made bread they were eating. I would recommend getting this book before you start the diet or while still in the early phase. It will make it so much easier!!!!