Archive for December, 2007
GF/CF Diet Diary (for Asperger Syndrome) December 21, 2007
This is continuing my Gluten Free diet diary post. I’m about 2 months into the diet.
Three weeks ago I stopped drinking milk and other Casein containing foods. So now my diet is Gluten Free/Casein Free, (GF/CF).
I’d put off eliminating Casein as it only takes 3 weeks to get rid of the withdrawal symptoms and it [...]
ASDs are caused by genetically inherited gut malfunctions
It is routinely put forward that the causes of Autism aren’t known for certain. But I think all the evidence so far shows that Asperger Syndrome and Autism are caused by genetically inherited abnormalities in the functioning of the gut. People just seem to be uncomfortable with the idea that ASDs are genetic in origin.
I was moved to [...]
GF Diet Diary (for Asperger Syndrome) December 6, 2007
This is my Gluten Free diet diary post. Not a great deal is happening as I’m into the waiting phase.
There isn’t a great deal I can report about my Gluten Free diet as I’ve had the initial improvements (see earlier posts) that you get after 3-4 weeks on the diet, and I’m now got to [...]
Flaubert, Sartre and Asperger Syndrome – revised April 2008
I read somewhere that Jean-Paul Sartre, the famous existentialist philosopher, had written a biography of Gustave Flaubert, the author of Madam Bovary, in which Sartre said something to the effect that Flaubert’s very detailed descriptive style and poor understanding of social relationships exhibited in his fictional writings, were due to Flaubert being “Autistic”.
This aroused my [...]
