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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Vitamin-mineral mix for ADHD?

The BBC quite recently ran with the headline: " Vitamins ‘effective in treating ADHD symptoms ’" discussing  an interesting paper ...

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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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Iodine deficiency and autism

With all the recent-ish chatter about dietary quality for those on the spectrum ( see here ), coupled with a hint of something like the mech...

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Autism risk and interpregnancy interval

Pregnancy issues and adverse birth factors 'associated' with the development of autism in offspring is a topic which has cropped up ...

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27 ways to keep your cholesterol low

Cholesterol in the body will be manufactured in order to perform certain important tasks one by one to help build new cells, manufacturing h...

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Pole position in autism research

Many research groups are at work in the autism research arena. I have blogged about a few of them over the past few months, and in some cas...

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