Is a GFCF diet for autism inherently unhealthy? (part 2)

Consider today's entry as a sort of continuation of a previous post looking at the 'horror' that is a gluten-free, casein-free (...

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Gluten- and casein-free diets and autism: the Hyman results (at last)

" Although these findings must be interpreted with caution because of the small sample size, the study does not provide evidence to sup...

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The best books... are those that tell you what you know already

The title for this post comes from a quote in George Orwell's  Nineteen Eighty-Four . I'm using it to plug the fact that as from tod...

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Does not support an association...

I want to briefly draw your attention to  the paper by Fernando Navarro and colleagues * which concluded: " Our study although underpow...

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Gluten-free diet, immune response and autism?

I was heartened to see the publication of the paper by Giacomo Caio and colleagues* (open-access version available here ) discussing how th...

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Camel milk for autism: one hump or two?

I am so sorry dear readers for the dreadful pun used in the title of this post. It comes from years of reading books about  'knock-knock...

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use and autism

I want to talk today about the paper by Roger Akins and colleagues  [1] and their finding that: " Use of CAM [Complementary and Altern...

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Autism in the Somali population in Minneapolis

I see that the report from Amy Hewitt and colleagues * (open-access) providing results from The Minneapolis Somali Autism Spectrum Disorder ...

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