We occasionally get letters or comments from parents that have seen improvements in health with REID. To help provide hope to so many still in the trenches, I’ve decided to make more of an effort to share some these comments (with their permission, of course). Many of us don’t have it all figured out, but we cling to the hope and words of progress. Everyone’s journey is different, diet changes may not reap huge changes for all, but it is absolutely helping some. Like this family, glutamate and the REID diet have been a huge piece to our puzzle. Thank you for giving us hope…

“The psychiatrist and clinical director at my son’s school just told us that that his issues are so subtle now that he wouldn’t meet the criteria for autism.  We noticed drastic changes within a week of removing processed food (we went gfcf, then pulled the processed food).  We didn’t (and still haven’t) removed all sources of glutamate – for example we don’t grind our own nut flour) but still saw drastic changes within a week.  Went from daily tantrums to almost never.  Overall irritability was greatly improved.  Started coloring and doing art with joy (was always scared to get out of the lines before), and imaginative play emerged.  This all happened pretty quickly after the diet change.  We’ve been on the diet about 6 months now, and we see continued improvement.  We need to continue to balance the diet and add herbs for the next phase of our work.”

-Anonymous REID Mom