by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 28, 2007 | Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets
As we have seen in great detail (in my book, Nourishing Hope), many individuals with ASD and other neurological and immune system disorders appear to have faulty sulfation and cannot process phenols well. This protocol reduces phenols in the diet. The...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 28, 2007 | Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets
The Body Ecology Diet incorporates excellent principles of proper food combining, acid/alkaline balance with low acid-forming foods, low/no sugars and starches, easily digestible foods, fermented foods, and other solid nutrition recommendations to clear up candida...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 28, 2007 | Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet was introduced by Dr. Merrill Haas and made popular by Elaine Gottschall in Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet eliminates all disaccharides (two-sugar molecules) and polysaccharides (starches). Only...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 28, 2007 | Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets
Removing all food sensitivities is an important step in the process of cleaning up the diet for anyone with the symptoms described below, an autistic spectrum disorder, or autoimmune conditions. Regardless of which diet you do,...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 28, 2007 | Autism Diet & Implementation, Nutrition News, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets
I recommend most people try GFCF regardless of the IgG and opiate test results. The test results can be incorrect and so many children show some level of improvement that the diet is worth the effort. Some DAN! physicians require their patients to be on...