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Personalized Diet & Nutrition for Autism • Julie Matthews / Nourishing Hope
Julie Matthews, MS is a world reknown expert is the science and application of diet and nutrition intervention for autism. She is an award-winning author, inspirational educator, and published researcher. Her guidance is backed by over twenty years of clinical experience and scientific research with complex neurological and physiological needs; particularly autism and related disorders.
She founded Nourishing Hope to stand for the efficacy of improved diet and nutrition for autism, and the BioIndividual Nutrition Institute to train health professionals to improve the effectiveness of therapeutic diets through a personalized BioIndividual nutrition approach. See Julie’s bio below.
Julie Matthews & Partha Nandi, MD – Outstanding interview about the gut-brain connection and how food and nutrition can help children thrive.
10News Tampa – Julie Matthews.
Local news reports on Autism & ADHD while Julie in town to teach doctors at the MEDMAPS conference.
CTV News Canada – Julie Matthews – Symposium in Saskatoon where Julie was speaking to doctors and parents garnered coverage on the news!
Dr. Martha Herbert explains autism as a “whole body” disorder and that “diet is big” when you’re helping to heal.
– it’s all about changing the foods
that children are eating.
Julie’s message of Hope Message for Autism
Parents deserve to know every helpful option for children
Many children with autism exhibit demonstrable physical symptoms that go unaddressed due to a narrow focus of autism as a strictly psychiatric disorder. However, significant scientific data and overwhelming anecdotal analysis demonstrate a link between autism symptoms and diet. Doing her part to spread autism awareness, Julie takes to the airwaves, internet, and the leading biomedical autism conference venues to share the knowledge and inspiration of hope for autism.
Leading autism practitioners believe that diet is the most important place to begin biomedical autism intervention. As an international leading advocate of diet for autism, Julie is expanding her efforts to inform parents and healthcare practitioners about nutrition intervention. People should be fully informed about their options and the need for conscious attention to the nutritional requirements of these children.
In her presentation and interviews Julie explains the scientific rationale for specials diets, the gut-brain connection, foundations of a healthy diet, ASD diet options, and particulars on getting started and evolving special diets for children with ASDs. She is rich with personal insights that help support and encourage parents to try, and persist, with nutrition intervention.
Three primary truths:
- Autism is a whole body disorder – Common physiological symptoms, GI tract and brain are connected, body systems breakdown affect cognitive function and behavior.
- Food affects the health of body and brain- Digestion & biochemistry, brain is “downstream” from the body, nutrients required for brain function, common symptoms that can improve.
- Children’s health and behavior can improve through Nutrition Intervention and Special Diets – Foundations of healthy diet, special diet options, providing essential nutrients, creative approaches for implementation.
Testimonials
“I am doing the best for my son”
“It’s possible”
“The best thing I ever did”
Julie teaches
Personalized BioIndividual Nutrition
to Nutrition and Health Professionals
22 Doctors + Julie Matthews
Julie presents at world’s leading
Integrative Medicine and Mental Health Conference
Some Media Articles
(click to read)
Gold Coast News reports on Julie’s education event and collaboration local moms and resources
About “Nourishing Hope for Autism”
2009 “Most Progressive Health Book”
Julie introduced at 2008 DAN! Conference
“Gold-Standard” scientific research
Julie Matthews is co-author of a 12-Month comprehensive study
that validates her approach at nourishing hope
And a Published Study on the Effectiveness of Several Diets
Did you Know?
Julie also teaches “Nourishing Hope” in the kitchen
for ANY situation or dietary circumstance
Some NEWS links
Showing up in Google in recent months
Food and Autism WJMN – UPMatters.com
Some research studies are looking at what, if any, foods can help young people on the autism spectrum. Is what you’re feeding an autistic child ..
Dietary Intervention Allows for Quick Relief in ASD Symptoms – Outlook India
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a range of conditions characterized by some degree of impaired behaviour, communication, language, narrow …
Best Life: What Foods Improve Autism Behavior? WMC
Wendy Ross, MD, FAAP, director, Center for Autism & Neurodiversity, Jefferson Health shared, “A lot of kids on the spectrum do have restrictive diets.
CHEO’s ‘Mini Chefs’ teaches children with autism about cooking and healthy eating Otttawa Citizen
“I’m helping save the planet by cutting them so small,” he says. “We won’t have to run the food processor so long.” Across the sun-drenched room in …
Julie/Nourishing Hope NOSTALGIA
Check this Newsletter from 2009
to see what Julie was up up way back then.
About
Julie Matthews
Julie Matthews, BS NC is a globally respected nutrition expert, award-winning author, inspirational educator, and published researcher. Her guidance is backed by eighteen years of clinical experience and scientific research with complex neurological and physiological needs; particularly autism and related disorders.
She has lectured in more than 60 cities across three continents, appeared on television, radio, newspaper, blogs/podcasts and more. Julie has published scientifically referenced articles in journals and websites; she’s been featured by Price-Pottenger, twice honored by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, sits on two scientific advisory boards including the Autism Research Center, and is co-author on a recently published university research study proving the efficacy of nutrition intervention for autism.
Julie is a Certified Nutrition Consultant with a successful practice in San Francisco. She has a ten-year old neurotypical daughter.
Julie is a dynamic speaker who has educated professionals at trainings for Integrative Medicine for Mental Health, Autism Research Institute/DAN!, Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs and the MINDD International Forum in Australia. Now, nutrition professionals around the world embrace her comprehensive online training in bioindividual nutrition.
During her early nutrition studies back in 2001, Julie discovered that food and nutrition influenced the condition known as autism. She committed to investigate the connections then explain them to parents and clinicians that can make a difference helping children recover. Herfinal research paper at Bauman College became her award-winning book Nourishing Hope for Autism. It explains WHY food and nutrition affects the varied systems and biochemical pathways routinely occurring in autism and HOW to strategically apply a specialized diet to help children heal.
After many years in practice, it became evident to Julie that the dietary approaches that helped the most difficult clients, were useful in healing most chronic conditions. And because autism is one of the most complex disorders (with underlying immune/autoimmune, digestive, neurological, and metabolic dysfunction issues), it provides a unique perspective on chronic disease that helps Julie teach others to see hidden connections between symptoms, circumstances, and effective healing dietary strategies for varied complex conditions.
She founded Nourishing Hope to stand for the efficacy of improved diet and nutrition for autism, and the BioIndividual Nutrition Institute to share the synthesis of her knowledge with cutting edge clinicians to help improve their effectiveness with therapeutic diets.
How it all Began
Check this Blog Post
22 Years: ONE Empowering Idea for ADHD & Autism.
A little more about Julie
Julie is also an avid Taiko drummer and roller skater.
She co-founded Nourishing Hope with her husband, life companion, and business partner, Martin Matthews. Together the are committed to co-creating, sharing, and impacting the world together.
