What role do antibiotics play in the development and treatment of autism spectrum disorder?
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Here’s the link to the video I refer to: What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype/). But the more important one is How to Change your Enterotype (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-change-your-enterotype/).
Tons of other videos on sprucing up your friendly flora, for example:
• Prebiotics: Tending our Inner Garden (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prebiotics-tending-our-inner-garden/)
• What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype/)
• Paleopoo: What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/paleopoo-what-we-can-learn-from-fossilized-feces/)
• Gut Dysbiosis: Starving Our Microbial Self (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/gut-dysbiosis-starving-microbial-self/)
For those interested in trying to prevent or treat autism (I completely respect not everyone is), you may want to check out my videos, such as:
• Best Foods for Autism (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Foods-for-Autism)
• Pros and Cons of Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diets for Autism (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Pros-and-Cons-of-Gluten-Free-Casein-Free-Diets-for-Autism)
• The Role of Pesticides and Pollution in Autism (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-pesticides-and-pollution-in-autism)
• Heavy Metal Urine Testing and Chelation for Autism (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Heavy-Metal-Urine-testing-and-Chelation-for-Autism)
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As a father of a child who took heavy antibiotics at birth, I sense the gut-brain connection could be key. This recent article also suggests so: http://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/05/30/more-evidence-that-autism-is-linked-to-gut-bacteria
I've seen brain inflammation links to autism. The nemceck protocol seems to have good case studies.
You say all this b's but where is your proof you doctors always say things like this but then when I call you on it you can't prove it .Jenny McCarthy has cured autism that her son had and it was not this b's she has proven that it is the vaccines that cause autism look it up she detoxed all of it out of her son's body and now he is normal you people that believe this dumb dumb you are being played and the sad part is you stupid people are going to continue to believe him over fax just because he is a doctor that is stupid when are you people going to wake up they are poisoning are children and you all are letting them do it just like bipolar illness,I have researched it fully and it is fake there is no MRI or blood test to prove it is real and that is because it is fake if you can't find it in your body with any real test then it is fake period wake up people wake up.and so you people know I do know what I am talking about my mom is a doctor and so is my dad my mom was a nurse then she went back to school and now she is a doctor so don't waste your time trying to tell me I don't know because I know a lot more about it then you do and I don't care what you say or think I know the the truth because I have seen autism getting cured so I know.
My mom had c-section. I have autism. However, the less meat i eat the better i feel. Little by little over the last couple of years its been getting better on a whole foods plant based diet. Like my sensitivity to light, sounds is normalizing. I eat a whole food, plant based diet.
What about the studies showing Ketogenic diets as a cure for severe mental illnesses in children n also a good cure or control of cancer?
For some it got better and some worse after anti-biotics. Here's my take(not to sound like Fareed Zakaria), but maybe some people have a predominance of bad bacteria in their gut. They take anti-biotics and kill them and so things get better for them. Other people have a predominance of good bacteria, they take anti-biotics, then when done, they eat a poor diet which promotes the growth of bad bacteria, so for them, it got worse. I'm getting to impression that if someone must go through a round of anti-biotics, it is very important that their diet is a good one starting immediately after the anti-biotic treatment is done, to foster the growth of the good over the bad.
This was very powerful video. thank you for sharing.
Wouldn't this suggest also the two following or (harder to prove or research) a combination of the two:
(a) Non-organic food, mainly plants spared with substances that could also kill flora (e.g. glifosate) could deliver toxins to the gut killing off a significant amount of good flora.
(b) Vaccination could in some cases send the immune system of a"rampage" killing of gut flora.
One would need a four group study with n>20 for each. So a large study. But considering the cost of treating an autistic child (not to mention the emotional burden), I think this should be done.
My son is moderately autistic, I have not had a c-section, but both family's have all different immune system disorders…. ones linked to the microbiome. I normally love your studies but I feel in this case you have drilled it down to some types of ways that the microbiome can be disturbed…. but not all ways. My son's behaviour has changed for the better and I have done this with supplementation of nutrition that he is not getting from his restricted diet but I have also massively increased his fiber intake. No one wants to pay for autism studies because no one can make money from finding the answers. To other ASD parents out there this study may also be of interest. Admittedly a small study but no big pharma wants to fund this stuff… I wonder why?
"Conclusions
Together, these findings suggest that MTT is safe and well-tolerated in children with ASD ages 7–16 years. MTT led to significant improvements in both GI- and ASD-related symptoms, and the improvements were sustained at least 8 weeks after treatment. "
https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-016-0225-7
interesting questions
Ray Peat talks about serotonin and endotoxins from the gut causing issues, and he suggests eating a raw carrot salad with vinegar and coconut oil to help reduce the bacterial load thus reducing the amounts of endotoxin from the gut. He could be onto something since these 3 foods are somewhat antibiotic.
brown market… omg i laughed out so loud
I would like to learn more about cadmium and manganese. I read an article from the CDC about cadmium found in flax cashews peanuts sunflower seeds etc. They say something like our bodies absorb approximately .5mcg a day of cadmium environmentally and in food but only can rid .
05mcg. And in a human lifetime has max capacity for 2 grams. I might be way off but I'd like to know what say he.
I just watched it again for the first time….never get tired of the almighty Dr. Gregor. My phone even auto spells it cos it knows what I like. Lol
I can't help but wonder if gut biome was a factor in the death of Anthony Bourdain.
run in your jeans XD
Dr. Gregor you need to watch the Rich Roll and Zach Bush podcast on the gut biome and study into that more and make videos and content. I believe you would do so much good for people by doing so. Thank you for everything you do.
Dr Greger please make videos debunking the nonsense "Dr Eric Berg" is spreading
"an n = 1 case" where the author is the parent of the child in question is a super weak scientific study.
yum, vaginal flora
wonder if this happens in normal carnists, the things they will say….
check out the whistleblower that found rodent virus in vaccines leading to autism and other problems. vid here
https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-06-08-the-criminalization-of-science-whistleblowers-a-mind-blowing-interview-with-judy-mikovits-phd.html
first time for me watching!!
Déja vu…
why was this reuploaded?
So could pesticides in our food damage our stomach biome leading to a heightened risk of autism?
Repost! Lets see some OC!
what does the thumbnail depict? a kid getting a dose of antibiotics orally through syringe?
Uh?! Watched this a few days ago?
interesting!
Such amazing research!
Why a reupload?
What is different in this version from the one a few days ago?