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Grin Have to share this article! Great News!

It's great news! My son is on gfcf diet and also Peptizyde enzymes, for neurological issues (not autism, but Tourette etc) We've had amazing results with gfcf diet, though I hear that the neurologists etc typically aren't accepting of it, they don't believe in it. Hopefully some more will start to take notice.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/...ism-study.html

Scientists make gut-brain connection to autism
Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 5:29 PM ET
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Compounds produced in the digestive system have been linked to autistic-type behaviour in laboratory settings, potentially demonstrating that what autistic children eat can alter their brain function, say scientists from the University of Western Ontario.

They announced their findings Thursday in Ottawa.

Scientists are learning that the brain and body can influence each other, says a Harvard researcher.
(CBC) UWO researchers investigated the "gut-brain" connection after many parents of autistic children reported significant improvements in the behaviour of their autistic children when they modified their diet, eliminating dairy and wheat products, Dr. Derrick MacFabe, the director of a research group at UWO in London, Ont., told CBC News Thursday.

Researchers were particularly interested in one dietary characteristic the autistic children seemed to exhibit, he said.

"Certainly, a lot of these children had peculiar cravings for high-carbohydrate foods that caused their behaviours," he said.

"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."

The bacteria produce propionic acid, a short chain fatty acid, which in addition to existing in the gut, is commonly found in bread and dairy products, MacFabe said.

To test their hypothesis that diet plays a part in generating autistic behaviour, UWO scientists administered the compound to rats' brains.

"They immediately engaged in bouts of repetitive behaviour, hyperactivity and impaired social behaviours which had close similarity to what parents are seeing with autism," MacFabe said.

When the rats' brains were examined later, they were found to have inflammatory processes similar to those in the brains of autistic children, he said.

"We found, looking at the rats' brains under the microscope, changes that looked a lot like what's occurred from autopsy cases of patients who had autism."

It's remarkable that a simple compound like propionic acid would have such a dramatic effect on "normal" animals, he said.

MacFabe said his research team, and scientists at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., and Harvard University, are now conducting screening studies looking at effects of dietary changes in the general population.

New way of approaching autism

Dr. Martha Herbert, assistant professor in neurology at Harvard Medical School, told CBC News that the study opens up a new way of thinking about the disorder.

"Now we're learning that the brain and body can influence each other," she said.

Autistic children are increasingly being seen as "oversensitized," meaning "things may bother them that don't bother other people," she said. "We need to pay attention to this."

Treating a child's health should be the first step in addressing autism, Herbert said, rather than solely focusing on behavioural therapy, currently a mainline approach.

"Behaviour therapy is certainly important. But the child's health controls the bandwidth that the child has for being able to benefit from behavioural therapy. If a child is sick, they won't be able to focus."

Parents should watch their children closely to determine what foods trigger reactions and to consider removing those triggers, she said.

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."
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Thanks for the article, but I'm especially thrilled to hear your son is showing improvement with a gfcf diet! I'm smiling big about that!

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Thumbs up Bravo!!!

my name is Tena, I used to be an advocate to cure Parkinson's disease, and all diseases, was researching and finding answers when Amgen started a clinical study for [GDNF] one of the major proteins in the brain that will cause
neurons to grow etc, then AMGEN found out our patients were getting out of their wheel chairs, and suddenly the came in like the FBI, and immediately stopped the clinical trial and blamed it on - a BS claim the monkeys had brain tumors and were dying - "they lied"...
trial was stopped -the lawsuits were filed, and our patients lost the right to finish the clinical trial...
So I decided to research for the healing of the brain, and considering my friend has had TS -which is the exact opposite of Parkinsons -too much dopamine is made in TS, and too little is made in PD...

continue -because the body was given the abilities to heal, and our foods and water system is sooooooooooooo full of toxins, you just have to start
and I believe you will find the answers -but you must search for them!!!

and thank you so much -jccglutenfree for coming to the PD forum
we may have different illnesses however the body is connected, it functions together as it must, you cant cleanse the liver before you cleanse the bowel,
if you continue - you will find health.
the medicines are actually in the long run the toxins that kill the PD patients,
by depleting our vitamins and minerals and other nutrients...
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