As readers of this blog may be aware by now I’m the father of an eight year old boy with autism.

So I try and keep an eye on the various therapies available for ASD. So just before I went away on holiday I read an article which suggested that camel milk was a possible therapy.

As you can imagine I was taken somewhat by surprise by the very idea of gargling a pint of camel milk. So when I mentioned it , in passing, to an American friend (last month) they assured me that it had taken the country by storm. Well okay a few people on the East Coast and West Coast were drinking it – but you know what I mean.

So I decided to find out if it did the trick. Firstly I went to me local wholefood/hippie shop where one can get all sorts of improbable things which if the marketing is correct should, if consumed, lead to a life expectancy in the late 90s. (Actually to be fair some of the stuff is very good – my daughter loves the brown rice and sea weed snacky things). But no camel milk to be found for love or money. In fact the girl at the counter looked at me as though I had invited her to a black mass when I asked if they were selling any.

Online is not much better. Camel milk pills are available as is a book called “Camel Milk” which seems to be a memoir of happier times under the late (and I suspect unlamented) Col Gaddafi. For the connoisseur there is a book on Amazon called “Milk and Meat from the Camel: Handbook on Products and Processing” edited by Zakaria Farah and Albert Fischer. If you are tempted you can see the book here.

Which means that I have to repeat the oft provided arguments provided in favour of camel milk.  In India and by the  Bedouins of the Middle East it is thought to have medical properties.

This one from Ingy Fit seems to be fairly standard. Indeed she suggests it might help diabetics.

That being said camel milk is being touted as a treatment from autism as I mentioned. In this video Christina Adams takes about her testing camel milk.

Adams’ mentions that camel milk is a non-allergenic which is used on young babies in the Middle East.

So what do you think? Have you used camel milk. If so why? Have you tried for ASD? How effective was it?

It would be really great if you could share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Thanks very much in advance!