On Feb 11, 2008, at 11:56 pm, Marilyn Harris wrote:

> These results are not terribly encouraging, but as they say, future  
> research is probably needed...

None of these studies were very substantial, seems like they weren't  
taken seriously.  The second two ("Gluten and casein free diets in  
autism: a study of the effects on food choice and nutrition" and  
"Plasma amino acids profiles in children with autism: potential risk  
of nutritional deficiencies") are typical fetch-the-microscope-we've- 
got-an-elephant-to-identify medical trials.  The first one ("The  
gluten-free, casein-free diet in autism: results of a preliminary  
double blind clinical trial") was more interesting, but short and the  
sample size was tiny.

What I'd like to know though, is how do you do a double-blind gluten-  
and casein-free dietary trial?  Liquidise everything the kids eat?  I  
wish I had access to the full version of that study.

Ashley