OT: digestion and the brain

[Guest guest]

Hello,

This may be somewhat off the topic, but I thought I would share as it

may help someone.

Perhaps many know this already, but it was news to me. Recently I

have begun researching autism as I guess 1 in 166 kids has this now

and there are a lot of parents trying things with some success. I

just read a book written in 2000 called " Unraveling the Mystery of

Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder - a mother's story of

research and recovery " by Karyn Seroussi (library can get it). Easy

read and interesting - she makes connections between autism and

digestion - specifically the possibility of a yeast overgrowth in the

digestive tract which bores holes in the intestines and causes

undigested proteins to get out and into the bloodstream and into the

brain, causing serious brain impairments. Additionally the yeast

fungus also is toxic to the brain/body. She explains how she coped

with this to heal her son.

Then I went to www.youtube.com and did a search on autism and found 6

short video clips by Donna Gates (www.bodyecology.com) and Dr.

Natasha -McBride titled " The cure for autism and mental

illness - part 1 " (the rest are the same title but part 2, 3, etc.,

just type title in search box to bring up). They discuss the

importance of probiotics or beneficial bacteria to the health of the

gut, very interesting information as well. Working with fermented

foods as our ancestors consumed (Nourishing Traditions by Sally

Fallon is a good resource for this also). The doctor made a

statement that autism is born in the digestive tract. I feel I have

just scratched the surface of this and there is a lot more good info

out there yet to uncover, but I just wanted to share this as it may

be helpful to someone.

Reese

Mom