Hi Zayzer. Thanks for the article. It is a theory I tend to beleive for many children with autism who have gut issues.
I don't know if you ever saw this one:
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/apr/autism-it2019s-not-just -in-the-head
No I hadn't seen that article. I am so glad you posted it. It has info on glutathione. I remember it being discussed here earlier.
I hope in the NEAR insurance starts to cover testing and treatments. This should never come down to children getting help only if their parents can afford it. We pay for insurance to keep our families healthy and thriving. They need to stop putting this off until they are forced to do something.
Got this link from the schafer report so many of you may already have seen it.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/27/autism-study.html
Thanks for the links! Yepper, I didn't realize until the last page that I had indeed read this article in Discover a few months ago - I have read so many things since the dx 4.5 months ago. The combination of these 2 links has me back to thinking about setting up a comprehensive biomedical treatment plan. I'll post about it if I do. Thank you both! Wow, That first article really does make a brain/gut connection sound possible...Thanks - I just read that, too. Animal models for autism have their limitations, but I agree that this seems interesting. Herbert says this:
Herbert strongly advocates a balanced diet, consisting of all food groups, not just "bread and cheese."
"If you have foods that child is sensitive to in their immune system, that can set up processes that can impact brain function, and it can do so in a negative way. And if you remove those foods, that negative impact can stop."
What's the take-home message? What are parents supposed to do? She's not advocating a restricted diet, obviously, but how do you tell what foods are afrecting them in a negative way? I've not seen any obvious reactions to foods around here. Ugh.
This is very interesting especially because it states:
"We were interested in finding a link between certain compounds that are produced by bacteria in the digestive system — particularly those occurring with early childhood infections."
Christian was hospitalized twice with severe cases of Rotavirus at age 2 and 3. I am wondering if their is indeed a connection and that the bacteria wasn't completely removed. I think Rotavirus caused my NT daughter (now 13) to become lactose intolerant and she has had stomach issues since then (she too was hospitalized twice as a toddler), having colonoscopies and endoscopies at age 6 and 8. She was being checked for Celiac Disease but was negative. She lives on Pepto but is otherwise fine.
Christian lives on Milk. Infact it's one of the 4 things that he does eat. I make a malted chocolate drink called MILO with it and because he doesn't eat much I still put baby cereal in it and he drinks it out of a sippy cup. He starts and ends his day with MILO.
I will ask his pedi about this at our next well visit.
BTW - has any of your children been struck but this horrible childhood illness. Don't know why it's so prevalent in Florida.
For those of you who have removed dairy, Did you remove it completely? My son only gets 2 ounces of milk every day for other reasons (PKU). He does crave carbs though. He eats potatoes everyday in some form.