by Julie Matthews, MS | Oct 5, 2009 | Autism, Nutrition News
Research released today in the journal Pediatrics stated that in 2007 rates of autism in the U.S. were 1 in 91 for children 3 to 17 years old. This data involved a sample size of 78,037 children from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health. According...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Jul 3, 2009 | Autism, Autism Diet & Implementation, Food & Nutrients, Personalized Nutrition/Special Diets, Scientific Research
The Journal of Child Neurology published a special article online June 29, 2009 (published ahead of printing) entitled “Celiac Disease Presenting as Autism.” The article is a case study of a 5-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and celiac disease. The boy was...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 3, 2009 | Egg-Free, GFCFSF (for Gluten-free Casein-Free Soy-free), Nut-Free, Nutrition News, Recipes - Cooking To Heal, SCD/GAPS
To make SCD compliant, use shredded coconut in place of chocolate chips and coat in melted oil and shredded coconut. Use soy-free chocolate chips, such as those from Enjoy Life Foods. Ingredients 1 ½ cups pitted dates ½ cup coconut butter 1 Tablespoons of coconut oil...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Sep 23, 2008 | Autism, Digestion/Microbiome, Nutrients/Biochemistry, Nutrition News, Scientific Research, Toxins
In a study conducted by Dr. Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, et al. and published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, the artificial sweetener Splenda was found to have several health concerns. According to the study on rats, after 12 weeks of Splenda...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Sep 1, 2008 | AIP, Egg-Free, Elimination, Featured Recipes, GFCFSF (for Gluten-free Casein-Free Soy-free), Low Oxalate, Low SAG, Low Salicylate, Nut-Free, Nutrition News, Paleo, Recipes - Cooking To Heal, SCD/GAPS
SQUASH MEATBALLS (GFCF/SCD/LOD) From Cooking To Heal (Cookbook with DVD) by Julie Matthews To make SCD, use nut flour in place of GF breadcrumbs. For LOD and nut-free, use coconut flour. These can easily be made egg-free and grain-free (therefore SCD/GAPS, Paleo, AIP,...
by Julie Matthews, MS | May 16, 2008 | Nutrition News, Toxins/Non-Toxic Living
With the state of California planning to spray unnecessary, ineffective, untested (and known to be harmful) pesticides on 7 million people, I think it’s prudent to highlight studies that demonstrate the increased risk of autism associated with pesticides. (See my...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Apr 1, 2008 | Nutrition News
Comment re: Autism diet: Are claims true? Autism families need help, not opinionated discouragement from our nations leading scientific institutions. Why do organizations such as the Mayo Clinic spend time and effort trying to maintain a status quo that offers...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 13, 2008 | ADHD/Learning Delays, Nutrition News, Scientific Research, Toxins/Non-Toxic Living
A study published in September 2007 issue of The Lancet “Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial,” conducted by Donna McCann and her team in the UK, has...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Nov 20, 2007 | Radio Interviews
Julie Matthews hosts a weekly radio show in San Francisco called Reality Sandwich, where she investigates nutrition & diet interventions and other alternative and holistic healing topics. You can listen to Julie’s past radio shows at...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Nov 7, 2007 | Radio Interviews
Betsy Hicks, author, diet counselor, and the mother of a son with autism, interviews Julie on her Autism One radio program that also airs on Heath America radio. Betsy and Julie talk about varied diet approaches, recent news about gut-brain connection, learnings from...
