Immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels can be measured easily in blood and in this retrospective cohort study, a significant number of children with OCD had consistently low IgA levels, comparable only to those diagnosed with coeliac disease. IgA is the first line of defence against harmful microbes, and crucial for maintaining immune tolerance. Low levels increase the…
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Gut Protective Nature of Lactobacillus Plantarum in NSAID Use
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01000 We work with a lot of children who take NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) prescribed by their medical team. In many cases, these children tend to be those who suffer from PANS or PANDAS, where, in clinical practice, the link to gut health is of major significance. The children don’t need to be suffering from major overt GI…
Disturbed Gut Microbiota Correlates With Behavioural Abnormality in ASD Patients
Next time a medical professional dismisses the significant impact of gut health in symptoms of autism, please show them this 2019 peer-reviewed study published in Translation Psychiatry. This is a systematic review which means that hundreds of research papers were scrupulously vetted and only those with enough quality were included in the main study. In…
Your Evidence Based Guide to Seaweed a Superfood for the Gut
By Stella Chadwick BSc (hons) mBANT, CNHC THE BIG PICTURE The first human trials using seaweed by Dr. Pia Winberg, from the University of Wollongong in Australia, has shown that after just a few weeks of using seaweed fibre supplements, as many as 15 completely new groups of good bacteria were discovered in the colon of…
WHY CAN’T MY CHILD SLEEP?
This is an article which was published in the Autism Eye Magazine in December 2018 By Stella Chadwick BSc (hons) mBANT, CNHC It is estimated that between 50% to 80% of children with ASD have sleep issues. In this article, I will consider the underlying contributory factors to poor sleep and will assess environmental, medical and nutritional…
Diet Changes Gut Microbiome Significantly in Less Than 1 Day
Nature volume 505, pages 559–563 (23 January 2014) Abstract Long-term dietary intake influences the structure and activity of the trillions of microorganisms residing in the human gut1,2,3,4,5, but it remains unclear how rapidly and reproducibly the human gut microbiome responds to short-term macronutrient change. Here we show that the short-term consumption of diets composed entirely…
Fungal Dysbiosis, and Health in The Gut. It’s About Balance.
Published in the American Society For Microbiology Dec 2017 The mammalian gut harbors a dense and vastly diverse microbial community, known as the microbiome. The majority of human microbiome studies have primarily focused on bacterial organisms, with less focus on fungi in this population. While the fact that commensal fungal species live within and on…
Missing 4 Hours Sleep in Just One Week Heightens Aggression Significantly
Iowa State University. “Lack of sleep intensifies anger, impairs adaptation to frustrating circumstances.” AMES, Iowa – Losing just a couple hours of sleep at night makes you angrier, especially in frustrating situations, according to new Iowa State University research. While the results may seem intuitive, the study is one of the first to provide evidence…
Why You Should Never Supplement Zinc and Iron together
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2007.04.006 Abstract Iron and zinc deficiencies are the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. Combined zinc and iron supplementation are one of the strategies used to prevent these deficiencies. Zinc has an inhibitory effect on iron absorption. The objective of the study was to determine the duration of the inhibitory effect of zinc on iron absorption.…
Link Between Vitamin D Treatment and Autism
10.1186/s13229-017-0125-0 The discovery provides further evidence of the crucial role vitamin D plays in brain development, said lead researcher Professor Darryl Eyles, from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute. “Our study used the most widely accepted developmental model of autism in which affected mice behave abnormally and show deficits in social interaction, basic learning and stereotyped behaviours,”…
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