As a mother with two autistic boys, I would do anything to help them. I would often wonder why they weren’t responding well to certain interventions. As a molecular geneticist, I was keen to look at the genetics behind the issues my boys were facing. Fitgenes is foundational – looking at the fiber of their … Continue reading
There is no need to be daunted by diet change in this population of kids. However, certain changes need to be initiated to allow the gut to begin to heal and the immune system to become more viable. Paradoxically, removing some foods allows for an expanded diet and then feeding these little people becomes much … Continue reading
Traditional diets studied by Dr’s Price and Pottenger As a society we are rapidly evolving – from horse and cart to space travel in a single lifespan! And from the perspective of evolution this change is like the blink of an eye where change is usually measured in glacial time frames. Are we moving too … Continue reading
While many parents firmly believe that the cause of their child’s autism was a direct result of the immunisation program they were subjected too, recent research points to an underlying susceptibility in the child with the immunisations being one of many potential triggers. It seems that in a subset of these children, this susceptibility may … Continue reading
Step one is to take charge of your child’s diet as food can be helpful or harmful, nourishing or inflammatory depending on the ‘state’ of the gut. A damaged gut allows for altered digestive and immune function which expresses as some of the symptoms of autism. There are lots of different diets out there and … Continue reading
The traditional view of autism is that it’s a “mysterious” genetic or psychiatric disorder that results in certain observed behaviours, and little can be done in the way of treatment. Through the breakthrough work of the Autism Research Institute (founded in 1967), a more appropriate “whole body disorder” perspective of autism has emerged. It is … Continue reading
How it all went… The first of a series of seminars on Autism Awareness took place last Friday evening in Corrimal. Resident naturopath Darren Sassall, who specialises in Autism Spectrum disorders (as well as being the Illawarra’s Chapter leader for the MINDD Foundation) captivated the audience with his explanation of the Biomed Approach to Autism. … Continue reading
Jan Brenton will be there with copies of her book ‘Can We Manage Autism- YES We Can’. She’ll also be available to chat about her online support group ‘Biomedical Autism Group’, an Australian email forum majoring on Biomedical protocols and treatments for children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders. Known simply as “BioMed’ it acts as … Continue reading
As part of Autism Awareness month, Core Naturopathics will be hosting an evening seminar on the 13th April. Come along to find out more about the biomedical approach to Autism Spectrum Disorders. We’d love to see you there!… Continue reading