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Hi there! Wondering if anyone has experience with Aspbergers specifically? I have a 10 year old daughter with Aspbergers who is eating vegan. But her diet is VERY limited: (raw) broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, apples, peanut butter, breads, some cereals, almond milk and plain pasta. She'll eat some food bars but really, not too much else. No beans. No potatoes. No corn...I worry about her not getting what she needs—though she is already 5'5" and weighs in OK at the doc's.

Trying to figure out if there's something I can do or if I don't need to worry...thanks in advance for any input! If this has already been addressed, please forgive me. Couldn't find it in search.

You can input her food into cronometer (see Jeff's forums about posts regarding how to using cronometer on the McDougall plan).

I eat a fairly limited diet myself and I get everything i need. I also don't eat legumes, and eat almost no corn (i hate it, though very occasionally i'll eat corn tortillas).

I typically eat:
bananas
apples
occasional other fruit: blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, pears, oranges, watermelon, peaches, raisins (depending what's in season and cheap)
romaine lettuce
carrots
broccoli
occasional celery
occasional red cabbage (been on a cooked cabbage kick lately)
cucumber
quinoa
brown rice
gluten free oats
occasionally millet
ground flaxseed
potatoes
sweet potatoes

That is really it. I am keeping track of my nutrients on cronometer and I am getting everything i need to maintain a healthy pregnancy so far. Since a non-pregnant females needs are even less (with regards to iron, protein etc.) I would bet she is getting what she needs. But by all means, check on cronometer.