Comments on: the gluten free/ casein free story http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/ the world as it exists Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: cmgrowl http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12739 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:28:59 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12739 Maybe Jenny McCarthy has a leaky gut. There seems to be something wrong with her brain. Maybe Jenny McCarthy has a leaky gut. There seems to be something wrong with her brain.

]]> by: Liz http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12728 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:47:58 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12728 Malingering I really was jokingly commenting about your gluten experience. I wasn't advocating pro or con GF. I simply thought I'd point out that what you're saying breaks *your* own rules. Arguments are a lot more interesting when logic is adhered to. You didn't say that it was solely YOUR experience, you implied that because this happened to YOU, that going GF could kill others. For all of the people with Celiac Disease who have lived GF, surely there's evidence to prove your claim. Another thing is that you expect YOUR anecdote to be taken at face value ( I'm sincere when I said I'm sorry you got sick. With a bill so high, it must've been serious and scary.) I know some people are overzealous with "the diet". I'm not a newbie to ASD. It doesn't mean that their anecdotes are less valid than yours. Did the physician find GF to be the cause of your illness? On this blog, you state that you were on the zone diet, I can't comment - since I know very little about it. It makes me wonder though what exactly you WERE eating and whether perhaps that also contributed to your getting so sick. ?? You see, the problem with simply saying I went "GF" is that it only describes what a person's NOT eating. It doesn't tell us what they are. An ex of what happens- a parent can put their child on GF and end up feeding their 2 yr. old - 2 lbs. of meat and 8 bananas per day. Then report it made them worse. Heck, that would make anyone sick!! poor kid. Then there are those who absolutely do better with gluten (and dairy). Trust me, the GFCF cultish push on newbies annoys the crap out of me too. But it's so out of control by now- it's like an urban legend. What parents should be is advised/supported to work on feeding their kids more well-balanced meals, from all the food groups, and not to omit nutritious foods- just because. My kid has benefitted from this greatly. No DAN necessary for me to know my kid needed to expand his choices (common sense, no?) However, I can't fathom telling someone that they HAVE to do this or else they're not a good mommy. So does that mean *I* was not a good mommy when my kid wouldn't eat but a few foods? Heck no! I'm learning everyday and I make mistakes, but my love and dedication have been the same since day 1. And I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the exception to the rule. I digress. Thanks for letting me dialogue (or was it monologue? LOL... sorry) You got a pretty funny blog here. Stay cool! Malingering
I really was jokingly commenting about your gluten experience. I wasn’t advocating pro or con GF.
I simply thought I’d point out that what you’re saying breaks *your* own rules. Arguments are a lot more interesting when logic is adhered to.
You didn’t say that it was solely YOUR experience, you implied that because this happened to YOU, that going GF could kill others. For all of the people with Celiac Disease who have lived GF, surely there’s evidence to prove your claim.
Another thing is that you expect YOUR anecdote to be taken at face value ( I’m sincere when I said I’m sorry you got sick. With a bill so high, it must’ve been serious and scary.) I know some people are overzealous with “the diet”. I’m not a newbie to ASD. It doesn’t mean that their anecdotes are less valid than yours. Did the physician find GF to be the cause of your illness?

On this blog, you state that you were on the zone diet, I can’t comment - since I know very little about it. It makes me wonder though what exactly you WERE eating and whether perhaps that also contributed to your getting so sick. ??
You see, the problem with simply saying I went “GF” is that it only describes what a person’s NOT eating. It doesn’t tell us what they are.
An ex of what happens- a parent can put their child on GF and end up feeding their 2 yr. old - 2 lbs. of meat and 8 bananas per day. Then report it made them worse. Heck, that would make anyone sick!! poor kid.
Then there are those who absolutely do better with gluten (and dairy). Trust me, the GFCF cultish push on newbies annoys the crap out of me too. But it’s so out of control by now- it’s like an urban legend.
What parents should be is advised/supported to work on feeding their kids more well-balanced meals, from all the food groups, and not to omit nutritious foods- just because.
My kid has benefitted from this greatly. No DAN necessary for me to know my kid needed to expand his choices (common sense, no?)
However, I can’t fathom telling someone that they HAVE to do this or else they’re not a good mommy.
So does that mean *I* was not a good mommy when my kid wouldn’t eat but a few foods?
Heck no!
I’m learning everyday and I make mistakes, but my love and dedication have been the same since day 1. And I’m not so arrogant to think I’m the exception to the rule.
I digress. Thanks for letting me dialogue (or was it monologue? LOL… sorry)

You got a pretty funny blog here.
Stay cool!

]]> by: Malingering’s World » at this point i wish i were autistic http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12553 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:53:57 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12553 [...] I did some of my own searching on the GFCF thing. I have come to no conclusions other than the fact that being a parent of an autistic child doesn’t decrease your risk of being an arrogant asshole and in fact can turn you into a defensive pseudoscientist name calling jerk. [...] […] I did some of my own searching on the GFCF thing. I have come to no conclusions other than the fact that being a parent of an autistic child doesn’t decrease your risk of being an arrogant asshole and in fact can turn you into a defensive pseudoscientist name calling jerk. […]

]]> by: malingering http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12468 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:19:40 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12468 Left brain/right brain is awesome all around. Left brain/right brain is awesome all around.

]]> by: HCN http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12451 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:02:14 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12451 I am glad you liked the webpage I linked to at Left Brain/Right Brain. I started to lurk in the Healthfraud listserv when I first saw some strange claims on a listserv I was on for my severely speech disordered son about a decade ago. Dr. Laidler is a frequent commenter on the Healthfraud listserv (which I found through www.ratbags.com/rsoles ). I am glad you liked the webpage I linked to at Left Brain/Right Brain. I started to lurk in the Healthfraud listserv when I first saw some strange claims on a listserv I was on for my severely speech disordered son about a decade ago. Dr. Laidler is a frequent commenter on the Healthfraud listserv (which I found through www.ratbags.com/rsoles ).

]]> by: tequilaanddonuts http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12450 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:36:53 +0000 http://www.therealmalingering.com/2007/09/21/the-gluten-free-casein-free-story/#comment-12450 My life changed the instant someone told me I was In-da-cow. I knew from that moment on I should drink as many margaritas as possible. Seriously, I had no idea Jenny was that f*ed up. Everyone has an overwhelming feeling of wanting to put the world right for their child. What arrogance to believe that she was hit with divine light that us mere mortals are not privy to. Since I might want to pick up a prescription someday or eat a cake, I, for one, don't want to live in a world devoid of memorization -- but hey Jenny, good luck with all that. My life changed the instant someone told me I was In-da-cow. I knew from that moment on I should drink as many margaritas as possible.

Seriously, I had no idea Jenny was that f*ed up. Everyone has an overwhelming feeling of wanting to put the world right for their child. What arrogance to believe that she was hit with divine light that us mere mortals are not privy to.

Since I might want to pick up a prescription someday or eat a cake, I, for one, don’t want to live in a world devoid of memorization — but hey Jenny, good luck with all that.

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