Like many patients with ASD, he had already tried several diets, including a gluten-free diet and a dairy-free diet, without any lasting benefit. His unusual day-to-day diet was not helping him, either, but that wasn’t surprising. He ate almost no fruits or vegetables, as he disliked both their texture and smell. Instead, his diet consisted largely of refined carbohydrates, including pancakes, waffles, potatoes, noodles, pizza, snacks, and protein bars, as well as some meat and chicken.
