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Old 12-31-2006, 04:25 PM
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Default sugar as a trigger and other questions

hi all-

my son with ts and adhd has been off dairy for a long time because he and I felt it worsened his tics. however, as he's gotten older , he has come to believe that sugar is the worst trigger. I looked at sheila rogers' 'tics and tourettes' book and she notes literature that shows a connection between those who tic or ocd to sweets and a problem in glucose regulation. therefore, we may ask doc re this.

Question: do any of u tic more when eating sweets?

Question- also- if it is glucose dysregulation, then how does this fit in with other lab results such as high arabinose(yeast- which is possible to see a connection there with the araabinose- but also low arachidonic acid, high linoleic acid.and antibodies to casein in the gut--thanks- once again, trying to piece the puzzle together, limpia
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