Posted by C.A. Curie on Friday, February 11th, 2011
Recently, on a Q&A portion of its website, the Mayo Clinic weighed in on the gluten free, casein free (GFCF) diet for autism. Dr. Jay Hoecker, emeritus consultant for the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, stated that there was "no evidence that special diets are an effective autism treatment" and that "restrictive diets can [...]
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Posted by Michelle Gonzalez on Saturday, January 1st, 2011
DAN! (Defeat Autism Now) doctors are physicians who follow the "DAN Protocol,", which involves various forms of biomedical treatments, which may include Methyl B-12 injections, nutritional supplements, chelation, IVIG, and implementation of the GFCF diet. Many parents have claimed tremendous success in treating their children with autism using DAN doctors. However, many DAN! physicians are [...]
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Posted by Gary G. Porter on Saturday, January 1st, 2011
A good number of children on the autism spectrum also suffer from various allergies and food sensitivities. One of the more common issues related to allergies and autism can be linked to milk, or more specifically, the casein protein. Casein is naturally produced in the milk of lactose-producing mammals, which include cows, goats and humans. [...]
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