Study: Ketogenic Diet Offers Hope in Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) can include what are commonly defined as impeded social interactive developments and learning disorders. ASD could be as mild as hyperactivity and attention deficit or as extreme as total developmental shutdowns at early ages, little to no language abilities, and possibly chronic epileptic seizures. The ketogenic diet is simply one that restricts carbohydrates, especially refined carbohydrates, allows moderate or adequate protein intake, and enhances healthy organic dietary fat consumption. Categorizing the different factions of ASD psychologically unrealistically ignores the physiological aspects of ASD disorders. Instead, intense bowel and intestinal tract inflammations are listed as “co-morbid symptoms” and unrelated to ASD diagnostics. Not enough attention is placed on finding the underlying metabolic disorders involved in most cases of autism, which also produce the “co-morbid” symptoms. It’s already known that the ketogenic diet has positively impacted some with intractable epilepsy. Yet anti-seizure and anti-psychotic pharmaceuticals that at best merely control seizures without curing epilepsy are more commonly prescribed than monitored dietary changes. Not only do they have side effects, they create more metabolic disorders. Over the past two decades or so, more medical research has focused on the ketogenic diet’s potential for reducing the metabolic dysfunction that some consider as the root cause of many neurological diseases that plague us today.

Study: Ketogenic Diet Improves Core Symptoms of Autism

This study looks at the effect of a ketogenic diet (low carb, high fat) on Autism spectrum disorders. The results suggest that a ketogenic diet improves multiple autistic behaviors in the BTBR mouse model.

Gluten-free Ketogenic Diet with MCTs Reverses Autism and Eliminates Seizures

The ketogenic diet was developed as a natural cure for epilepsy, when drugs failed. Today, the diet therapy is coming back into favor. The results of this modified diet in one girl’s life was that it reversed autism and stopped seizures.

Adding Cholesterol to Diet Reduces Autism Symptoms

The cholesterol has changed our life. It is exactly what she needed, and the development started almost immediately.

Woman Heals Developmentally Delayed Grandson with Coconut Oil

I don’t even want to imagine what this child’s life would be like without coconut oil.

Asperger’s Disorder: Success with Coconut Oil and Diet

We added 3-5 tablespoons of coconut oil to our daughter’s diet. Within a week we noticed a new level of clarity. Her speech improved rapidly...