by Brenda Watson | May 2, 2014 | Autism, Children, Diet, Digestive Health, General
According to a recent study published in the Public Library of Sciences ONE journal, autistic children who are fed soy formula had 2.6 times as many febrile seizures as those children fed non-soy formula. About 25 percent of infant formula sold in the United States is...
by lsmith | Jul 27, 2011 | General
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by severe abnormalities in communication, social awareness and skills, and behavior. Before the 1980s, autism occurred in 2 to 5 of every 10,000 children. Today about 1 in every 110 children gets autism. This rapid...
by Brenda Watson | Sep 15, 2010 | General
There was a study done recently that got a lot of press, and I have to say it really got under my skin. Researchers looked at the effects of a gluten-free, casein-free diet in kids with autism, and what they said was that it didn’t have any behavioral effects on them....
by Brenda Watson | Jul 9, 2010 | General
Lactose intolerance. It’s one of those phrases we hear a lot, but the truth is, a lot of folks don’t really know what it means. Case in point? I was reading an article in the newspaper the other day in which the author concluded that most Americans misunderstand...
