Comments on: Healing Autism: Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey on Larry King

By: Natural Autism Strategies

Natural Autism Strategies — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:10:02 +0000

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Atlanta, Ga.

By: Healing Autism

Healing Autism — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:26:10 +0000

Autism can be treated in so many ways. If diagnose at its early stage the better. There are therapies that can help an autistic child to cope with its surroundings.

By: cheeseslave

cheeseslave — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:15:29 +0000

Hi, Dawna,

Casein is not bad for everyone. It is only bad for people who have a damaged digestive tract. However the digestive tract can heal — but it does take time, avoidance of allergens, and you need to take good quality probiotics.

People who have a damaged digestive tract (leaky gut) are not able to produce the enzymes to digest complex sugars including disaccharides and polysaccharides. These include: dairy, grains, starches, and sugar (except honey). Dr. Campbell-McBride author of GAPS recommends going off all complex sugars for 3-4 weeks, then slowly introducing dairy starting with ghee or clarified butter to see if there is a reaction.

Please visit http://www.gapsdiet.com — tons of info there about the GAPS diet. They also have a Yahoo support group (click on Support).

I also recommend reading Dr. Campbell McBride’s book The Gut & Psychology Syndrome (they sell it on gapsdiet.com). If you use my coupon code, CHEESE on http://www.gapsdiet.com you will get 10% your order.

By: Dawna Coxon

Dawna Coxon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Sorry I guess I worded my question wrong. I realize raw dairy has casein in it BUT I thought since it was raw it had all the enzymes to help digest it (the casein) – so I wouldn’t have to worry about the casein content. My daughter is not autistic but does have vaccine damage. I want her to get all the wonderful nutrients in the raw dairy but am confused on the casein issue. How do you tell whether or not someone can tolerate it? Is casein bad for everyone? Did you ever hear of http://www.dogtorj.com (he seems to think so)? I just need some help deciphering what the best food options are for my children!!! Thanks for your site!

By: cheeseslave

cheeseslave — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:37:28 +0000

Peg -

It was Jenny McCarthy would encouraged me to learn about all of this in the first place. The last time I saw her on Larry King and Oprah, my daughter Kate was about 4 months old. As a mother these days, you worry about autism.

Well, watching Jenny and reading her books made me realize that I didn’t have to worry about autism. I learned from Jenny and Dr. Campbell-McBride that digestive issues and gut dysbiosis goes hand in hand with autism. I learned that autism can be treated by helping to heal the gut. You can also treat allergies, ADD, depression, etc. by healing the gut.

I started my daughter on BioKult when she was 9 months old. She has been on it ever since. She also drinks kefir and kombucha and eats naturally fermented sauerkraut and pickles and relish. I also don’t give her tap water (chlorine) and I would only resort to antibiotics in a dire emergency. I also try to give her plenty of bone broth — I cook her beans and rice in it, make sauces and stews, etc. Bone broth is really good for the lining of the digestive tract.

I’m doing everything I can to build up the good flora in her digestive tract so she can be healthy for life. And she has great movements, by the way. She poops like clockwork — twice a day.

By: Fellow Dustpan Dweller

Fellow Dustpan Dweller — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:41:14 +0000

“gluten (wheat) from the diet”

Just FYI for you readers, other forms of gluten include barley, oats, and rye.

By: Misti

Misti — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:16:05 +0000

Hi, AnnMarie, There will always be people who are threatened by anything outside the mainstream that challenging their pet beliefs. It's true to some degree of all of us, but it is most true of religious fundamentalists. In this case the religion I refer to is "Scientism". (The belief that if science hasn't already proven it, (or the popular opinion amongst the scientific "in crowd" holds otherwise) it is, by definition, not true.) I wouldn't worry too much about losing such a reader. A fundamentalist is hard to reach -- but the aware enquirer, while possibly holding a different view, is open to questions about scientific truth. You have a message for the aware enquirer. Misti Misti’s last blog post..Quiet because the weekend isn't ...

By: peg

peg — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:10:18 +0000

I found this post very interesting. I have been a teacher for 25 years and I can tell you that I have personally seen a rise in the problems associated with our children. There are more with attention deficit probelems, more with hyperactivity problems, more on medication, more with emotional problems, more with memory retention problems etc. I have tried to inform myself about the effects of the foods they eat, vaccinations, lack of exercise, and others, but still have a lot to learn. I feel that there is a problem with the vaccinations, though I don't know what it is. In the interview, they say that parents need to inform themselves. I believe this to be true. Parents of young children should not be under the false impression that everything they hear from their doctors and television ads is necessarily true. They need to do their own research. If I were a new mother, it would frighten me to think of giving my baby so many shots at such a young age. I passed along a link to your post to a young teacher who is pregnant and due in 7 weeks. I hope that she does some looking into all of this. Thank you for all of the great information I have found at your site. peg’s last blog post..Passion: The Beach