Posted on 06/17/2015 7:04:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When a doctor told Susan Levin her 4-year-old son, Ben, was autistic, she was shocked. It was October 2007, and autism wasn’t mentioned in the media nearly as much as it is today.
“I remember thinking, ‘Oh my God. What are we going to do?’ ” Levin recalls. “Everyone knew autism was a lifelong disorder and couldn’t be cured.”
Except that in Ben’s case, it could be. And it was.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Read it; the child in question was not exactly cured, but improved. Had the mother watched her diet during pregnancy, perhaps autism would not have happened.
A lot of possibilities, much finger pointing, and much resistance from drug companies. Personally, I am reasonably sure that my excellent health is due to being very well informed and eating only what’s good for me — which does not include fast food, anything in a can or box, or GMO crops. And avoiding prescription drugs 99 percent of the time.
If he was cured, and he wasn’t, then it wasn’t autism. The article talks about improvement through diet. And that’s cool. But suggesting a miracle cure is just mean.
You are spot on. This kid is much improved but certainly not cured. Autism kids have 67% more neurons than normals because the brain “pruning” process is defective. The “pruning” process eliminates half of the neurons and is common to all vertebrate neonates. Improved insulin signaling is the therapeutic objective which can be improved by the ketogenic diet and may be marginally improved by a plant based diet. Iron loading/inflammation is the systemic problem that is not likely to be resolved by anyone not fully understanding the pathology.
You took the words right outta my mouth...!
Any crops you eat have been genetically modified.
Distinguo... "genetically modified" vs. "selectively bred." If one were to presume that these things differ, would your statement still be true?
Same here. I try to only eat what will spoil. My neighbor is a farmer and I get my meat from his grass fed cows.
Also, there’s a diet called the Keto Diet that has helped someone in my family with epilepsy. It’s a specific ratio of fats/proteins/carbs.
I have a friend who is a nurse. Her daughter was diagnosed with mild autism several years ago. My friend and her husband worked overtime so they could pay for aggressive therapy. Today the girl is in her pre-teen years, and perfectly normal in every way.
I am not in the medical field. Nor do I know anyone with autism. So this is a gut feeling and not based on anything other than “hearing” a lot of about autism diagnosis.
I used to have an employee with a child that was diagnosed with ADD. She would see ADD in everyone.
I once got into a discussion with her, asking how come there is all of this ADD going on around us, when it did not seem to be when we were kids. It went on and on and I did not get it.
Then I had a doctor diagnose me with ADD. I thought they were crazy. Then I had another doctor diagnose me. Then I had a battery of pretty in depth tests. Once again, a third Dr sat down and explained the whole thing to me.
But they also explained that it was good that I went through the trouble to get completely tested and evaluated. He told me there were a lot of doctors out there prescribing drugs to kids that were bored and being, well—being kids.
It changed my life. A few minor adjustments later and my life is very different.
I think the same thing about autism. It seems that there is a lot more of it around these days. I wonder how much of it is “real” and how much of it is diagnosed incorrectly.
This is not an indictment of your friend, but rather a pondering/thinking out loud situation.
You do make good points.
I’m glad your situation is so much improved.
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