Diet for Pediatric Reflux Hi. It would mean a lot to me if you could anonymously share this as this discovery has massively improved our lives. I wanted to share this with you all as I suspect I am not the only person out there who has had this problem and I am so delighted and surprised to have now found the solution. My five year old little girl with severe learning disabilities has had chronic reflux for years. She is non verbal and would spend hours of the day with spit up in her mouth. We would often go through five different set of clothes a day. We had tried everything and were told by the paediatrician that, this was just her and that it was rumination disorder and she enjoyed it. We were also prescribed antacids which made it far worse. A few weeks ago we changed her diet, following advice from an alternative therapist, and the reflux has almost completely disappeared. This has also meant that she is vocalising far more. I am not saying it would work for everyone but, bearing in mind how desperate we were, I thought Id share. The diet suggested is quite restrictive so the version I post here has been adapted by us and still seems to work. Key principles: Buy organic where possible. Use filtered water. Limit red meat. Exclude wheat (my daughter was already wheat free and had been for several years). Restrict dairy - we switched to goats cheese and nut milk. Avoid combining high carb foods with animal products so either meat and veg or noodles and veg. Do not give fruit with meals but instead as a snack. Introduce millet into diet (porridge, stews, millet noodles.) Avoid highly processed foods - in our case this has meant stopping gluten free bread and pasta both of which were staples before. I hope this helps someone else as much as it has helped us.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:00:53 +0000