autism | casein-free diet | gluten-free diet | gut | opioid | proteins
Special diets may be able to help some children with autism.
Many children with autism have problems with their gut. Some people think that children with autism are not able to do a good job digesting some proteins and therefore they have little pieces of proteins that act on their brains (opioid peptides). This study looked at urine of children with autism to see how they break down and use protein and sugar. The study had 63 children with autism (aged 5-15 years) and used their 29 siblings as a control. The authors found that children with autism seem to break down protein and sugar differently than other children.
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