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    Food for Autism: Essays and Recipes
    Food for Autism: Essays and Recipes
    Food for Autism: Essays and Recipes
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    Food for Autism: Essays and Recipes

    By Alain Braux

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    Since I started out knowing little about autism, I did some research. Please remember that this chapter is not written by a medical doctor and is offered for your information only. Besides, if you are the parent of a child with autism you already know a lot more than I do about the condition afflicting your child.

    According to the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD, is a developmental behavioral disorder characterized by socialization and communication impairment. It is also described as stereotypical and restricted patterns in behaviors, interests and activities. Typically, children suffering from ASD present hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity to sensory stimulus. They might display intense reactions to loud sounds, bright lights, unwelcome touch, unknown tastes and smells. They have a hard time integrating with other kids in social situations, changes in their daily routine and adjusting to new things or environments. They also tend to repeat the same behavior and thought processes over and over. They may develop fixations on certain objects or people. More in my ebook. Alain Braux

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlain Braux
    Release dateAug 11, 2015
    ISBN9781311561152
    Food for Autism: Essays and Recipes
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    Alain Braux

    Chef Alain Braux is an award-winning Executive Chef and Nutrition Therapist. He’s also an Amazon.com best-selling and award-winning food and health author. Chef Braux is also a food and health consultant, a speaker and panelist on food allergies, Paleo and anti-GMO issues. Chef Alain is the co-host on the podcast, the Low Carb Paleo Show and the food and health contributor to the Low Carb Magazine, Hip4Kids Magazine, Healthy Organic Women Stuffed Pepper, CNN iReports and Food Solutions Magazine. Chef Braux is an expert in food allergies diets and the author of multiple award-winning food and health books. “How to Lower your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food”, “Living Gluten and Dairy-Free with French Gourmet Food”, “Healthy French Cuisine for Less Than $10/Day” and most recently “Paleo French Cuisine”. Chef Braux upcoming book is titled: GMO 101. A Practical Guide. Chef Braux is the Executive Chef and Culinary Nutritionist at A Votre Santé – To Your Health Nutritional Services, a health food consulting private practice. Chef Braux provides customized food plans for a wide assortment of food allergies: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Paleo, Vegetarian and Vegan.  He has helped clients with Celiac, Autism, ADD/ADHD, Diabetes, Crohns’ disease, IBS and other diseases. Chef Braux is also an expert in GMO issues. See my Media Page or you can also find him on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter.

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      Food for Autism - Alain Braux

      What is the Autism Spectrum Disorder?

      Since I started out knowing little about autism, I did some research. Please remember that this chapter is not written by a medical doctor and is offered for your information only. Besides, if you are the parent of a child with autism you already know a lot more than I do about the condition afflicting your child.

      According to the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD, is a developmental behavioral disorder characterized by socialization and communication impairment. It is also described as stereotypical and restricted patterns in behaviors, interests and activities. Typically, children suffering from ASD present hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity to sensory stimulus. They might display intense reactions to loud sounds, bright lights, unwelcome touch, unknown tastes and smells. They have a hard time integrating with other kids in social situations, changes in their daily routine and adjusting to new things or environments. They also tend to repeat the same behavior and thought processes over and over. They may develop fixations on certain objects or people.

      Again, according to the DSM-IV, there are five levels in the autism spectrum. At the higher levels of ability to function in a normal environment is Asperger syndrome. Then there is Rett’s disorder, pervasive developmental disorder and childhood disintegrative disorder. On the lowest end of the functioning level (some might argue with that classification) is classic autism, also called Kanner’s autism.

      For reasons not yet fully understood, for the past few years the rate of ASD has increased alarmingly in children all over the world. In the U.S., about 1 in 500 children were diagnosed with autism in 1995. In 2000 that rate went up to one in 250. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest survey shows that about one in 120 children are afflicted with autism.

      What is it about Gluten and Casein that Makes Some Children Sick and Not Others?

      Although this scientific answer is not absolute, it is believed by some researchers that leaky gut syndrome is the cause of your child’s misery. According to Dr. Karl Reichelt, M. D., director of clinical chemistry at the Department of Pediatric Research at Riskhospitalet in Oslo, Norway, many children with ASD suffer from a leaky gut where the damaged villi lining the child’s small intestine allows incompletely digested proteins (also called peptides) like gliadin and casein to pass through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. He noticed that to these affected children, these proteins turn into opioid peptides called gliadomorphin and casomorphin. After passing through the leaky gut, these opioid peptides move through the bloodstream and into the brain where they attach themselves to opiate receptors, creating an assortment of sometimes extreme sensory reactions and behaviors, similar to how a normal person might behave under the influence of opiate drugs. Remove these peptides from your child’s diet and there will be a good chance that his behavior will improve.

      Please know that this GFCF diet does not work for all children. Some parents still report some form of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and other possible social difficulties. But in many cases, this diet is effective and deserves to be looked at. After being on this diet for a while, many of these children would not be diagnosed with ASD, according to the DSM IV criteria. So, talk to your local DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) doctor and ask him/her for help with this diet.

      I first found information on the gluten/casein free

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