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Hosted by Julie Matthews, MS
A Clear Path Forward Starts Here
Get lifetime access to all 15 expert sessions, Julie’s practical guides, and the tools
to better understand what may be driving your child’s symptoms —and where to begin.
15 Experts • Single Framework
Julie’s interviews and expert presentations were created specifically for parents and practitioners navigating autism nutrition and therapeutic diets.
These are professionals Julie trusts—you can have ongoing access to their guidance.
Elisa Song, MD
Integrative Pediatrician
Kiran Krishnan
Microbiome Researcher
Trudy Scott, CN
Nutrition & Anxiety
Steven Wright
Gut Health Specialist
Nancy O’Hara, MD
Integrative Pediatrician
Brendan Vermeire
Functional Mental Health
Bridget Briggs, MD
Integrative Pediatrician
Kurt Woeller, DO
Biomedical Autism Expert
Suzanne Goh, MD
Pediatric Neurologist
Evan Brand, CMFP
Mycotoxin Expert
Silvija Abele, PhD
Gut-Brain Connection Expert
Reed Davis, FDN
Functional Lab Testing Expert
Mary Wilde, MD
Integrative Pediatrician
Albert Mensah, MD
Advanced Nutrient Therapy
Host: Julie Matthews, MS
Certified Nutrition Consultant | Published Researcher
Author: The Personalized Autism Nutrition Plan & Nourishing Hope for Autism
Founder: Nourishing Hope & BioIndividual Nutrition Institute
Julie Matthews has spent over 25 years at the intersection of science and real-life clinical practice — working directly with families of children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, and related conditions, conducting and publishing research, and training practitioners around the world. She pioneered BioIndividual Nutrition, a personalized approach to therapeutic diets and nutrition that has helped thousands of families go beyond generic protocols and find what actually works for their child’s unique biology. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and her work has been featured by major autism and integrative health organizations worldwide.
She knows what it means to search for answers, to sit with a family who has tried everything, and to find the specific combination of changes that finally moves the needle. That knowledge is the foundation of every session she hosts and every resource she creates.
Does This Sound Familiar?
• You watched some presentations, but aren’t sure what applies to your child.
• You’ve tried diets or supplements, but without a clear system, so nothing sticks.
• You’re worried you’re missing something important.
Many parents and professionals realize that diet matters,
though struggle to see desired results.
What’s missing isn’t just more information
—it’s a framework to personalize the approach for their unique individual.
That’s exactly what Autism Nutrition in Real Life provides you.
Ongoing Access will Improve your Success
It allows you to return to the exact information you need—
at the moment it becomes relevant.
The people who get the most from this experience
are those who revisit the material, connect the dots over time,
and move forward at a pace that works in real life.
A simple path to clarity and action
Essential
All-Access
Everything from the 3-day event
+ Foundations Guide to Get Started
✅ 3-Day’s Recordings (Video/Audios)
✅ All Sessions Unlimited Access
✅ Nutrition Foundations Guide
$87$47
Insight
All-Access
Everything in Essential,
plus deeper guidance
✅ Transcripts
✅ Slides
✅ Quick-Start Insights Guide
$117$77
Complete System
Clear Path
All-Access
Everything in Insight,
plus your step-by-step plan
✅ Nutrition Action Guide
✅ Pattern Recognition Guide
✅ Therapeutic Diets Guide
✅ Real Life Meal Ideas
✅ Mistakes to Avoid
$197$147
Here’s some of what’s inside
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Julie stands behind everything she creates. If you purchase any tier of the All-Access Pass and don’t find value in the recordings and materials within 30 days, contact us for a full refund — no questions asked. Your only risk is not getting the guidance your family needs.
Watch, Revisit, and Learn at Your Own Pace
Three days of expert content is a lot to absorb in a single pass.
During the event, sessions are released for a limited time.
With All-Access, you get all the recordings so that you can:
☑️ Watch every expert presentation on your own schedule
☑️ Revisit the talks as many times as you need
☑️ Go back and catch insights you may have missed
☑️ Learn at a pace that works for you and your family
This allows you to move beyond just watching—
and begin to understand what matters most for your child.
Real progress comes from being able to return to the information—
when you’re ready to apply it.
Included with Your All-Access Pass
Julie Matthews’ eBook
“How to Use Food and Nutrition to Improve ADHD & Autism”
A foundational resource on the concepts and actions shared throughout the event.
Essential All-Access – Details
Understand What’s Really Driving Symptoms
This level helps you step back and see the bigger picture.
Instead of looking at symptoms one at a time, you begin to understand how different systems in the body work together —and how they may be influencing what you’re seeing in your child.
Included:
✅ Unlimited video access to all presentations
✅ Downloadable audios
PLUS the following:
✅ The Autism Nutrition Foundations Guide:
A structured guide to organize everything you’re learning.
- Understand the key systems that often influence symptoms
(gut, immune, nutrients, energy, and detox) - See how these systems are connected—not separate
- Learn why symptoms are often linked, not random
- Begin shifting from reacting to symptoms
→ to understanding what may be driving them
Complex information comes together and makes sense.
Included:
✅ Unlimited video access to all presentations
✅ Downloadable audios
PLUS the following:
✅ The Autism Nutrition Foundations Guide:
A structured guide to organize everything you’re learning.
- Understand the key systems that often influence symptoms
(gut, immune, nutrients, energy, and detox) - See how these systems are connected—not separate
- Learn why symptoms are often linked, not random
- Begin shifting from reacting to symptoms
→ to understanding what may be driving them
Complex information comes together and makes sense.
$87$47
Insight All-Access – Details
Make Sense of Everything You’re Learning
This level helps you move from understanding the big picture to organizing and connecting what you’re learning—so it actually becomes usable. Instead of trying to keep track of everything across multiple talks, you begin to see how key ideas fit together—and what matters most for your child.
Includes everything from ESSENTIAL level…
PLUS the following:
✅ Transcripts: Written versions of each speaker session for easy review, searching, and reference.
✅ Powerpoints: Slides from sessions (when available) to follow along and revisit key visuals.
✅ Quick-Start Insights from Every Expert [Guide/PDF]
- Get the “takeaways” from every session
- Recognize patterns and themes across different experts
- Understand how topics like gut health, nutrients, inflammation, and energy connect
- Reinforce what matters most to you – and avoid overwhelm
Go from information overload → to organized understanding.
Includes everything from ESSENTIAL level…
PLUS the following:
✅ Transcripts: Written versions of each speaker session for easy review, searching, and reference.
✅ Powerpoints: Slides from sessions (when available) to follow along and revisit key visuals.
✅ Quick-Start Insights from Every Expert [Guide/PDF]
- Get the “takeaways” from every session
- Recognize patterns and themes across different experts
- Understand how topics like gut health, nutrients, inflammation, and energy connect
- Reinforce what matters most to you – and avoid overwhelm
Go from information overload → to organized understanding.
$117$77
Clear Path All-Access – Details
Know Where to Start—and How to Move Forward
This level helps you move beyond understanding and into clear, confident action. Get structured guidance to help you take the next steps in a thoughtful, manageable way.
Most parents and practitioners don’t need more information.
They need clarity on:
- What to start with first
- Which dietary approach may fit their child
- What patterns to begin noticing
- What common mistakes to avoid
- How to make this workable in real life
That’s exactly why we created the Clear Path Guides.
These tools help you move from learning
→ to confidently taking the next steps with a more personalized approach
Includes everything from the INSIGHT level…
→ PLUS the following:
✅ Autism Nutrition Action Guide:
→ Step-by-step framework to help you begin.
- Choose a clear starting point based on what you’re seeing
- Focus on one or two areas at a time
- Take realistic, manageable steps forward
- Avoid overwhelm by building gradually
✅ Your Child in Real Life: How to Recognize Patterns That Matter:
→ Understand what your child’s symptoms may be telling you.
- Recognize patterns across behavior, digestion, mood, and food responses
- See how different systems in the body may be connected—not separate
- Identify which areas may need attention first
- Use real-life observations to guide your next steps
- Move toward a more focused, personalized direction
✅ Therapeutic Diets: A Personalized Guide:
→ Practical overview of the most effective diets.
- Understand what each diet is designed to support
- Learn when a diet may (or may not) be helpful
- See why different diets work for different children
- Avoid choosing a diet without understanding the “why”
✅ Real-Life Food & Meal Ideas Guide:
→ Realistic ways to apply what you’re learning.
- Build balanced meals without overcomplicating
- Use practical ideas for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner
- Support picky eating with gentle, realistic strategies
- Make progress without needing a perfect plan
✅ Top 10 Autism Nutrition Mistakes (And What to Do Instead)
→ Helps you avoid the most common pitfalls.
- Avoid doing too much at once
- Understand why some approaches haven’t worked
- Learn to make more effective changes
- Move forward with less guesswork and more confidence
Here’s some of what’s inside
$197$147
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Julie stands behind everything she creates. If you purchase any tier of the All-Access Pass and don’t find value in the recordings and materials within 30 days, contact us for a full refund — no questions asked. Your only risk is not getting the guidance your family needs.
FAQ
How long will I have access to the recordings?
All-Access Pass holders receive unlimited, lifetime access to all sessions. Watch them once, share them with a co-parent or colleague, or come back to a specific session six months later when it becomes relevant again.
Can I share the recordings with my spouse, co-parent, or a colleague?
Your All-Access Pass is licensed for personal and household use, including sharing with a co-parent or partner supporting the same child. For practitioner group sharing or clinic use, please contact us.
Is the VIP Workbook digital or physical?
The workbooks are delivered digitally as a downloadable PDF, so you have immediate access after purchase. They are designed to be printed or used on a tablet.
Is the content appropriate for practitioners?
Absolutely. The speaker lineup includes physicians, researchers, and clinical specialists presenting at a level that is useful both to families and to health professionals. The VIP Workbook also includes practitioner-specific clinical notes throughout.
Here is your opportunity to see everything!
At your own pace, over and again.
Get an All-Access Package!
Essential
All-Access
Everything from the 3-day event
+ Foundations Guide to Get Started
✅ 3-Day’s Recordings (Video/Audios)
✅ All Sessions Unlimited Access
✅ Nutrition Foundations Guide
$87$47
Insight
All-Access
Everything in Essential,
plus deeper guidance
✅ Transcripts
✅ Slides
✅ Quick-Start Insights Guide
$117$77
Complete System
Clear Path
All-Access
Everything in Insight,
plus your step-by-step plan
✅ Nutrition Action Guide
✅ Pattern Recognition Guide
✅ Therapeutic Diets Guide
✅ Real Life Meal Ideas
✅ Mistakes to Avoid
$197$147
Bonus: When you purchase All-Access
Julie Matthews’ scientifically referenced eBook
“Use Food and Nutrition to Improve ADHD & Autism”
$29.95 value!
What the Science Says
Diets and Nutrition That Help
What if You Have a Picky Eater?
How to Begin and Succeed at a Special Diet
Kid-friendly Recipes
Includes easy to prepare ideas for breakfast, lunch, or dinner with kid-approved favorites that support body and brain.
DAY 1 Presentations
Opening Keynote
The Missing Piece: Why Food Is the Most Powerful Tool You Have for Your Child’s Brain, Behavior, and Health – Julie Matthews, MS
Most approaches to autism, ADHD, and anxiety focus on therapies and behavior — while overlooking the one factor that influences every system in the body. Julie explains why the brain is downstream of the body, how nutrition impacts gut health, inflammation, and brain function, and why food is not a side conversation but a central one. This session sets the foundation for understanding your child’s symptoms through a biological lens.
Why Your Child’s Gut Is Driving Their Behavior, Mood, and Focus – Elisa Song, MD
If your child struggles with mood swings, anxiety, focus problems, or behavioral outbursts, the answers may be in their gut — not their brain. Dr. Elisa Song explains the gut-brain axis in clear, practical terms: how the microbiome signals the brain, why gut dysfunction creates neurological symptoms, and what it means for the way you approach your child’s nutrition and health.
Why Your Child Reacts to “Healthy” Foods — and What That’s Actually Telling You – Steven Wright
“One of the most frustrating and confusing experiences for autism families is doing everything right — eating whole, healthy foods — and still seeing reactions. Steven Wright explains the mechanisms behind leaky gut, histamine intolerance, and food tolerance issues that cause children to react to foods that should be nourishing them. This talk reframes reactions not as mysteries, but as meaningful biological clues..
Brain on Fire: How Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Epigenetics Drive Behavior and Developmental Challenges – Brendan Vermeire
“Brain on fire” is not just a metaphor — microglial activation and neuroinflammation are measurable, addressable biological processes that are driving symptoms in a significant number of children with autism and related conditions. Brendan Vermeire unpacks the root causes of this inflammation — including leaky gut, mold, histamine, and infections — and explains how diet plays a central role in both creating and resolving it.
Could Hidden Mold Be Making Your Child Sicker? Environmental Toxins and the Brain-Behavior Connection – Evan Brand, CFMP
When families have tried every diet and supplement protocol and still aren’t seeing results, environmental toxins are often the missing variable. Evan Brand explains how mycotoxins from mold exposure can disrupt the nervous system, impair mitochondrial function, drive neuroinflammation, and trigger autism-like symptoms — undermining even the best nutrition plans. He also shares how to identify potential mold exposure and what you can do about it, starting at home
When Infections Trigger Behavioral Crises: Understanding PANDAS, PANS, and Immune-Driven Symptoms – Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP
Some children experience sudden, dramatic behavioral changes — rages, OCD onset, regression — that seem to come out of nowhere. In many cases, an immune response to infection is the trigger. Dr. Nancy O’Hara, a pediatrician with decades of experience in neurodevelopmental disorders, explains PANDAS, PANS, and POTS: what they are, how to recognize them, and how medical, immune, and nutritional strategies work together to support children through immune-driven behavioral crises
Closing Session
Making Sense of It All:
The 5 Root Patterns Behind Your Child’s Symptoms – Julie Matthews, MS
In this closing session, Julie helps you connect the dots from today’s presentations on methylation, mitochondria, biochemistry, and lab testing. She shows you how to begin translating complex information into a practical starting point for your own child by looking at symptom clues, behavioral patterns, and underlying biological signals. This session is the bridge between understanding and action. And for those who want more structure and support, it also introduces the VIP implementation guide
Day 2 Presentations
Opening Session
Why Some Diets Work Better Than Others: The Science and Clinical Application of Personalized Nutrition – Julie Matthews, MS
Why does one diet help your child partially — but not completely? Julie explains why therapeutic diets can create meaningful improvements but often fall short when they are not matched to the individual. She walks through the key underlying systems — gut, immune, inflammation, and metabolism — and shows how they determine which nutrition approach will work best. This session turns nutrition from trial-and-error into a more clear, personalized strategy
Your Child’s Genes Are Not Their Destiny: How Methylation Shapes Brain Chemistry, Mood, and Behavior – Bridget Briggs, MD
Methylation is one of the most important — and least understood — processes in the body. It regulates neurotransmitter production, gene expression, detoxification, and dozens of other systems that directly affect your child’s brain and behavior. Dr. Bridget Briggs makes this complex science accessible: what methylation is, how genetic variations affect it, and how understanding your child’s methylation status can guide a personalized approach to nutrition that actually works..
Why Your Child’s Brain May Be Running on Empty
— and How to Restore Cellular Energy – Kurt Woeller, DO
Every cell in the body — especially brain cells — requires energy to function. When mitochondria are not working properly, the brain cannot do its job: language, focus, emotional regulation, and learning all suffer. Dr. Kurt Woeller, a biomedical autism specialist with over two decades of clinical experience, explains what drives mitochondrial dysfunction, how to identify it through functional lab testing, and the nutritional strategies that support cellular energy production in children with autism and related conditions.
The Pediatric Brain and Mitochondria: How Cellular Energy Affects Your Child’s Development, Learning, and Behavior – Suzanne Goh, MD
From the perspective of a pediatric neurologist who has worked with thousands of children on the spectrum, Dr. Suzanne Goh presents what we know — and what we are still discovering — about how mitochondrial dysfunction specifically affects the developing brain. She covers mitochondrial metabolism, genetic factors, laboratory assessment, lifestyle considerations, and targeted nutritional support, offering both clinical depth and practical guidance for families and practitioners.
The Biochemistry of Behavior: How Zinc, Copper, Methylation, and Targeted Nutrients Transform Mental Health in Children – Albert Mensah, MD
Why do two children with identical diagnoses respond completely differently to the same treatment? Because their biochemistry is different. Dr. Albert Mensah, co-founder of Mensah Medical and a specialist in advanced nutrient therapy, explains the specific biochemical imbalances — copper overload, zinc deficiency, undermethylation, overmethylation, and pyrrole disorder — that drive anxiety, aggression, OCD, and mood dysregulation in children. This is some of the most clinically specific and immediately applicable content in the entire event.
Stop Guessing: The Lab Tests That Finally Reveal What Your Child’s Body Actually Needs – Reed Davis, FDN
Trial and error is exhausting — for parents and practitioners alike. Reed Davis explains how targeted functional lab testing eliminates the guesswork and reveals the specific metabolic factors driving your child’s symptoms, including gut dysbiosis, oxidative stress, hormone imbalances, food sensitivities, and leaky gut. He walks through the five labs he teaches practitioners to use to get results, and how this data guides a genuinely personalized nutrition plan.
Closing Session
Reading the Clues: How to Know Exactly Where to Start for Your Child – Julie Matthews, MS
This is the closing session where everything clicks. Julie walks through how to take what you have learned today — about methylation, mitochondria, biochemistry, and lab testing — and translate it into a starting point for your own child. She shares the symptom clues, behavioral patterns, and biological signals that tell you which direction to move first. This session is the bridge between understanding and action — and for those who want a step-by-step plan to follow, it is also your introduction to the VIP implementation guide.
Day 3 – Presentations
Opening Session
Your First 30 Days: A Simple, Step-by-Step Plan to Start Seeing Real Changes – Julie Matthews, MS
The hardest part of a personalized nutrition approach is not knowing what to do — it is knowing where to start. In this opening session, Julie cuts through the overwhelm with a clear, week-by-week framework for the first 30 days. No perfection required. No doing everything at once. Just a grounded, practical starting point that creates momentum and gives you a way to measure what is working.te.
Using Symptoms to Personalize Diet: What Our Research Reveals About Therapeutic Diets in Autism (+ ADHD and more) – Julie Matthews, MS
This session shares her new research with Dr. James Adams on 13 therapeutic diets and how different diets improve different symptoms. Julie shows how to use symptom patterns as clinical clues—helping you choose the right diet for your child and move beyond trial-and-error toward a more personalized, effective approach.
Calm in 5 Minutes? How Targeted Amino Acids Can Rapidly Reduce Anxiety, OCD, and Aggression in Children – Trudy Scott, CN
What if you could see a meaningful change in your child’s anxiety, obsessive behaviors, or aggression within five minutes of a trial dose? While not every child responds this quickly, targeted amino acids can sometimes produce rapid changes within minutes when matched correctly to the underlying biochemistry. Trudy explains the specific amino acid profiles for low serotonin, low GABA, and other deficiencies, how to do a safe trial with children, and the foods that either support or undermine these pathways.
What’s Living in Your Child’s Gut Is Affecting Their Brain: Rebuilding the Microbiome for Better Behavior and Health – Kiran Krishnan
“The gut microbiome is not just about digestion. The bacteria, pathogens, and imbalances living in your child’s gut are actively signaling the brain, driving inflammation, affecting food tolerance, and shaping behavior. Kiran Krishnan explains how dysbiosis contributes to leaky gut, neurological symptoms, and the inability to tolerate foods that should be healthy — and how targeted use of prebiotics, probiotics, and therapeutic diet strategies can begin to restore balance..
How the GAPS Diet Heals the Gut-Brain Connection — and Which Children It Helps Most – Silvija Abele, PhD
The GAPS diet is one of the most powerful therapeutic approaches for children whose gut dysfunction is driving neurological and behavioral symptoms — but it is not right for every child. Dr. Silvija Abele, who has researched GAPS specifically in children with autism and ADHD, explains what the diet does biologically, which symptom patterns and clinical presentations suggest it is a good fit, and how to implement it in a way that is sustainable for real families.
Treating the Whole Child: Integrative Nutrition Strategies That Calm Anxiety and Improve ADHD in Real Life – Mary Wilde, MD
From an integrative medicine perspective, anxiety and ADHD are not just neurological events — they are whole-body conditions that respond to whole-body approaches. Dr. Mary Wilde shares the practical, real-life nutritional and integrative strategies she uses with her patients: what to prioritize, how to layer interventions, and how to make meaningful changes that hold up outside of a clinical setting — in real homes, with real children, in real life.
Closing Session
You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone: Your Clear Path Forward – Julie Matthews, MS
Three days of science, clinical insight, and practical guidance — and it is a lot to hold. In this final session, Julie brings it all home. She distills the most important takeaways from the entire event, gives you a clear sense of where to focus first, and offers a direct, honest message to every parent who is exhausted from trying to piece this together alone: there is a path forward, and you do not have to walk it without support. This session naturally introduces the next step for those who want structured, personalized guidance beyond the event.
This ground-breaking event brought together
some of today’s most cutting-edge physicians,
researchers, and practitioners.
Here is your opportunity to see everything!
At your own pace, over and again.
Get an All-Access Package!
Essential
All-Access
Everything from the 3-day event
+ Foundations Guide to Get Started
✅ 3-Day’s Recordings (Video/Audios)
✅ All Sessions Unlimited Access
✅ Nutrition Foundations Guide
$87$47
Insight
All-Access
Everything in Essential,
plus deeper guidance
✅ Transcripts
✅ Slides
✅ Quick-Start Insights Guide
$117$77
Complete System
Clear Path
All-Access
Everything in Insight,
plus your step-by-step plan
✅ Nutrition Action Guide
✅ Pattern Recognition Guide
✅ Therapeutic Diets Guide
✅ Real Life Meal Ideas
✅ Mistakes to Avoid
$197$147
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Julie stands behind everything she creates. If you purchase any tier of the All-Access Pass and don’t find value in the recordings and materials within 30 days, contact us for a full refund — no questions asked. Your only risk is not getting the guidance your family needs.
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