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Gluten-free and casein-free diets in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

November 22nd, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

As diet treatment is a hot topic in autism, it´s great to see that the number of published research papers are raising. And now Mulloy, Lang, O´Reilly, Sigafoos, Lancioni and Rispoli has mad a Systematical review of the published research to be published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Based on their review they recommend that:

such diets should only be implemented in the event a child with ASD experiences acute behavioral changes, seemingly associated with changes in diet, and/or medical professionals confirm through testing the child has allergies or food intolerances to gluten and/or casein.

Link to the article; Gluten-free and casein-free diets in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review



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