Dietary Autism Therapy? It clearly works for some
Diet can affect behaviour - but in some people much more so than others. As the threshold for a diagnosis of autism, and indeed ADHD, is reduced more and more people may find a dietary solution. Even people with a more severe neurological disorder may find dietary modification provides a benefit. The big mistake is to think that all you can/need to do to treat disorders like autism is modify diet and pop a few vitamins and supplements. In today’s post I grouped together causes, or contributors, to autism that fall in my “dietary” category. Food allergy Food intolerance Gluten related disorders Histamine intolerance Pesticides SIBO Propionic and Butyric acid (SCFAs) Probiotics and Fiber Low Glycemic Diet Ketogenic Diet FMT/MTT Fragile Gut Pancreatic Insufficiency I do not dwell too much on diet in this blog probably because I have one son who has always had a near perfect diet, has no GI issues, but has autism and yet my other son, with an arguably poor self-restricted diet, is hea...