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Parents Try Alternative Treatments for Autism Research Shows

Gluten-Free and Casein-Free Diets Are Among Treatments for Kids' Autism

By Jenifer Goodwin health.usnews.com is.gd/bSSzW

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one in five children with autism uses alternative treatments to help with

the neuro-

developmental disorder,

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most often a special diet, a new study finds

Of 1,212 children with an autism

spectrum disorder included in the study, about 17 percent were on special

diets. More than half of those were on a gluten-free, casein-free diet, which

eliminates wheat and dairy products. Other common dietary changes included

avoiding processed sugars and taking probiotics, microorganisms found in

foods such as yogurt and supplements that may help maintain gut bacterial

flora.

" People turn to complementary and

alternative treatments anytime they perceive conventional medical treatments

as either not doing the job or being too expensive, or that the complementary

and alternative treatments are more natural, " said Dr. Coury,

medical director of the Autism Treatment Network and a professor of

pediatrics and psychiatry at Ohio State University. " We see the same

sorts of reasons among children on the spectrum. "

The study was to be presented Sunday at the

Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada.

Other alternative treatments parents reported

trying for their kids ran the gamut from hyperbaric oxygen, which involves

pressurized chambers with

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