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...
Body Ecology Diet
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...
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
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...
Food Sensitivities
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. ...
Gluten-free/Casein-free (GFCF)
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!...
Environmental Toxins
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...
Role of Diet with Autism Studies
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....
Methylation & Sulfation Studies
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,...