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...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Feb 27, 2007 | Nutrition News, Toxins/Non-Toxic Living
Environment toxins have an effect on all children and adults, especially those on the autistic spectrum. It is not thoroughly known whether environmental toxins are an underlying cause of autism that can change biochemistry (like mercury), or if they can damage...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Jan 30, 2007 | Nutrition News, Scientific Research
There is much research to support the efficacy of dietary interventions with ASDs. See some research studies below, and check these other sites. Feingold Association Website ——————- Nutr Neurosci. 2003 Feb;6(1):19-28. Can the...
by Julie Matthews, MS | Jan 8, 2007 | Nutrition News, Scientific Research
Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Dec;80(6):1611-7. Metabolic biomarkers of increased oxidative stress and impaired methylation capacity in children with autism. James SJ, Cutler P, Melnyk S, Jernigan S, Janak L, Gaylor DW, Neubrander JA. Department of Pediatrics,...
