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Cure Autism with Diet?

In Australia around 1 in 120 children are diagnosed with Autism. It's a condition very little is know about. Now, some mothers of autistic children and some doctors say Autism, as well as other disorders such as ADD/ADHD, are treatable through diet, nutritional supplements and the removal of toxins.After 3...
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Gluten Free Diet Benefits Autistic Children

Washington: A gluten and casein-free diet may lead to improvements in behaviour and physiological symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a new study has suggested.Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine discovered that autistic children with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, who follow a gluten and casein-free (the protein found...
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Top 10 Chemicals Most Likely to Cause Autism and Learning Disabilities

Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC) released a list of the top ten toxic chemicals suspected to cause autism and learning disabilities.This list can’t come soon enough, as last month, the CDC reported that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects 1 of every 88 American children – a 23%...
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What’s Wrong with the Gut of Children with Autism?

At its core, autism, with all its bizarre behaviors, poor language, social isolation and delays in development, might come down to an altered intestinal ecosystem. That possibility was expressed by Professors Finegold and Borody [below] (and others) at the GI Think Tank at the Autism One conference in Chicago last...
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More Evidence that Microbes in the Gut affect the Brain

Bacteria in the gut may be capable of influencing thoughts and moods, raising the possibility that probiotics could be used to treat psychiatric illnesses.The microbes in your gut might influence your brain and behaviour, according to the July/ August 2012 issue of “Scientific American MIND”. The article focuses mainly on...
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The Relationship between Sensory processing Ability & Eating Behaviour in Children with Autism

 During the past decade the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) has increased to 1% of the UK population. Anecdotal reports of children with ASD suggest they are atypical selective eaters who restrict their food intake based on idiosyncratic pre-requisites of texture and food presentation.Research has previously focused on the nutritional adequacy...
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Benefits of Cultured & Fermented Foods

Some call them bacteria or bugs but the nice name for this lively population is "flora." More than 500 different species make up the flora in our bodies, weighing in at between 2 and 5 pounds.This colony of microbes doesn't just coexist within us. Our health is dependent upon their...
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The A-Z of the most toxic INGREDIENTS

The best way to take care of our bodies is to be careful what we put into them. Below is a great article on what ingredients we should avoid. "Ever wonder what’s really in the food sold at grocery stores around the world? People keep asking me, “What ingredients should I...
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