Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and the autism epidemic
I first met Peter a couple of years ago at an Autism Research Institute Think Tank. At the Think Tank Peter impressed everybody with his knowledge, specially about biochemical pathways. […]
Category Archives: autism
Dental care and autism
A few years ago Temple Grandin came as my guest to Louisville, Kentucky. I had the opportunity to pick Temple up from the airport and then take her to the […]
The Waisman Center and its Autism-Related Efforts
This path month I had the opportunity to visit the Waisman Center in Madison, Wisconsin in order to provide the John D. Wiley Seminar Series. I was hosted by my […]
Early- and late-onset complications of the ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy
The following is an abstract of a publication dealing with the side-effects of the ketogenic diet. The reference to the article is: Kang HC, Chung DE, Kim DW, Kim HD.Early- […]
Part 3: Implementing the ketogenic diet
This is the last of a series of blogs written about the ketogenic diet. The first two dealt with a historical background to the diet (http://bit.ly/11Q9HWX) as well as some […]
THE ROLE OF THE KETOGENIC DIET IN AUTISM OR WHY BACON IS YOUR FRIEND? PART 2: METABOLIC CONSIDERATIONS
Low carbohydrate diets create fuel metabolism by using fatty acids and ketones while minimizing glucose utilization. In a low carbohydrate diet the body consumes the available blood glucose and then […]
Risk of seizure recurrence after achieving freedom on the ketogenic diet
My most recent post on the ketogenic diet was meant to convey one possible treatment approach for those cases where seizures had not been controlled by medication. Although the ketogenic […]
THE ROLE OF THE KETOGENIC DIET IN AUTISM OR WHY BACON IS YOUR FRIEND PART 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Shortly after my grandson was born it became evident that he was suffering from relentless seizures. Although something was definitely wrong to us his primary physicians believed that we were […]
A Graphic on Vaccines and Autism
I recently received a request to post a graphic on vaccines and autism on my blog. The same came from Healthcare Management Degree Guide (http://www.healthcare-management-degree.net/). The request was made by […]
The National Database for Autism Research (NDAR): Playing Favorites in Autism Research
According to their web site (http://ndar.nih.gov/): “The National Database for Autism Research (NDAR) is an NIH-funded research data repository that aims to accelerate progress in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) research […]
