Autism rates have reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Many autism pediatricians, researchers, clinics, and most importantly, parents have embraced the broader reality that autism is a whole body condition for which there is treatment. As children successfully recover from autism, it is becoming extremely clear and medically-proven that autism is treatable.

In addition to ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) and other evidence-based autism recovery treatments, another equally promising area of treatment is through biomedical intervention beginning with autism diet implementation. While healthy nutrition and diet are very important for all children, they are critical for the child with autism, as the majority of children diagnosed with autism have impaired immune and digestive systems. Because the brain is directly impacted by the digestive system of these children, the foods they are fed will either help them or harm them.

Typical physical symptoms of children with autism include food allergies, gastrointestinal distress, diarrhea or constipation, yeast overgrowth, immune system impairment, rashes/eczema, sleep disturbance, inflammation, pain and more.

Biomedical intervention, which is initiated with an autism diet, is based on the practical conclusion that the psychological and behavioral symptoms of autism are a direct result of physical and medical issues within the body of the child. Many of these issues exist directly in the ‘gut’ and digestive system.