Autism/ADHD 3 day nutrition conference, free temporary access.

This is good info, pay to retain access to the three days of videos. There is also an ebook free download.

I’m passing this along as a quick post in case anyone is interested in listening to the conference while it is free. Today is Day One.

This link is from my email but it seems to be open access - anyone could sign up for the full access if desired, or view the free videos from this link.

https://bioindividualnutrition.com/forum2-autism-and-pediatric-special-needs/

• The free 21 page ebook can be downloaded from my Sync file or from the link above: The Science of How Food And Nutrition Can Improve ADHD and Autism, by Julie Matthews, (pdf)

While 21 pages is not long - this is densely written, solid info, rather than a just pretty pictures with a few words. *A trend I’ve noticed in online courses is having some really short content along with a lot of sales pitch that is very confident: “We can fix you with this course, you just have to buy it! . . . and commit to doing the work.” Simple getting started steps can really help, especially for people who are only just beginning to realize that change is needed, AND yes it is important to learn, and BELIEVE that change might be POSSIBLE too!

Too often we are stuck in a mindset of life is just like this, I am just a scattered person with poor ability to function. BUT if too much stimulatory food ingredients and screen time and bright light at night are literally causing mental confusion — THEN it truly is possible to change those things and then likely feeling more mentally decisive and confident will follow changing some of those habits.

Twenty-one pages is concise, packed with text because truly changing diet and lifestyle habits that are adding to inflammation, is complex rather than just a one or two step process. But starting with those first steps is a HUGE step to take.

Steps towards change

Recognition is step one, and is a two-parter - change is needed, and change is possible.

Leaning more about what action steps to take is a next step, and planning which steps to take and taking them are next steps. Evaluating how the change is going, maintaining the habit change and preventing/restarting after relapse is a part of the process to count on too. No one is perfect and it helps to accept that perfection is not a realistic goal.

The Science of How Food and Nutrition Can Improve ADHD & Autism, by Julie Matthews. (bioindividualnutrition.com/forum2-autism-and-pediatric-special-needs/)

Anxiety is the topic of the first guest session with Dr. Mary Wilde. She offers a free workshop and support group for parenting children with anxiety. (drmarywilde.com/home) *There is a free workshop for parents and children with anxiety. It is through a Facebook Group. The group is mentioned on the Home page but not the workshop. See the Resource page for more details. (drmarywilde.com/resources)

• A major discussion point is screen time - The type and amount of time spent online or watching TV can be a physical and an emotional stressor for children and adults.

• A second major discussion point is that our practicing calming and self-regulation techniques CAN help children too because they unconsciously will mimic more coherent, calmer energy, or they would mimic an anxious parent or excitable upset parent’s energy. This would also happen with caring for an elderly person with or without mental issues. Our mood and energy can help or harm others too. Being a calmer caregiver is good for the patient or child and for the caregiver.

• Supplement discussion focused on look for quality and in general, it is a good idea to only add one new thing at a time so you can tell if it seems to help or doesn’t seem to do anything. Some supplements work together as a team so that sort of recommendation might need to be trialed as a unit.

• Elimination diets can make a huge difference, but also may not be a need for that person. Making changes one at a time can help clarify which changes seem to have helped a little or a lot. Then try another change and see what happens.

With a new change, another way to test to see if it made a difference is to stop it for a week or month - see if things get worse again. Castor oil does seem amazing. I used it daily almost for a month, but the expensive glass bottle ran out. I stopped using it for about a month, and my skin and puffiness is a little worse. My craving sweet things is also. Coincidence? I bought a hexane free brand that is not in an expensive glass bottle and will try to get into the daily use again. It seems to be a change that did help and I did go back to earlier symptoms when I stopped use of it.

Related post - YES, castor oil does seem to help with odd lumpy things too. (Substack)

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The next speaker is Donna Gates of the Body Ecology Diet, bodyecology.com. Oxalate and inflammatory foods need to be reduced for many people and fermented foods are likely a need for most of us. There is a probiotic product line including beverages and mixes on the site, bodyecology.com. The site also has free informational videos and articles and longer courses and digital products for sale.

Donna has a focus on prenatal planning for a healthier gut microbiome and that can help to not give your newborn a Candida yeast problem at birth. Our babies can be born with microbiome dysbiosis if that is what we have. Treating newborns with a tiny bit of diluted fermented products can help their microbiome. Coconut milk kefir is mentioned. **Pomegranate products would help with microbiome goals. Preventing mental differences in your child can start with prenatal or prior to conception choices and health improvement.

We train for the Olympics - and we should train for conception. Optimal health for the female and male will help set up a baby for a good start.

Mitochondrial Dysfunction is the focus of the talk by Kurt Woeller, DO.

Many things can negatively affect mitochondrial function and we need to improve as many of those as possible for optimal health and energy level. Our mitochondria make the energy from glucose accessible for our cells (or other energy providing nutrients).

• EMF, cellphone use, glyphosate, and gut dysbiosis, …

• oxalate - can be from diet and lack of beneficial gut species that degrade it can increase risk (more later), …

• nutrient deficiency, alcohol use, mold exposure, heavy metals and other toxin exposure or the body burden from birth - are a few.

• Lactic acid excess can cause mitochondrial problems and then would be added to from mitochondria switching to anaerobic glycolysis. Mold increases lactic acid, or yeast and negative gut bacterial species.

Mold can be a cause of mitochondrial dysfunction which we may not realize is an underlying problem. Brain fog and difficulty thinking can be symptoms of yeast issues.

What can help? Sulforaphane as an Nrf2 promoter and glutathione promoter may help (so all the other Nrf2 promoters would too). Basic healthy eating and key nutrients like magnesium, CoQ10, and B vitamins are discussed briefly.

A lab test called Organic Acid Test (Great Plains) may help identify mitochondrial dysfunction for diagnostic and therapeutic guidance. *This is probably not covered by standard medical insurance. **Great Plains Laboratory is now Mosaic Diagnostics (Organic Acids Test (OAT)). (mosaicdx.com/test/organic-acids-test/)

Kurt Woeller, DO has an intensive course available on his site AutismBiomedEssentials.com, regarding microbiome and other causes of mitochondrial dysfunction. The lab tests that help clarify will be included. Discount code Autism100 may be $100 off. (AutismBiomedEssentials.com)

AutismBiomedEssentials.com - Intensive course available regarding microbiome and yeast issues, nutrient deficiency or toxins, and lab tests that can help clarify, discount code Autism100 ~ $100 off , Kurt Woeller, DO.

Fungus are among us:

**Chimeric spike effects include an increased risk for fungal overgrowth due to inhibition of dectin-1 receptors. Eating a little beta-glucan in the diet could protect the receptors and their immune fungal fighting function. Oatmeal, barley, bacteria, algae and mushrooms and Nutritional yeast flakes are sources of beta-glucan. Beta-glucan is a “non-starch soluble polysaccharide”. (Du, et al., 2019)

Mold sensitivity is a little different than a Candida yeast infection but other fungal species can also become an chronic internal problem - aspergillosis is an example. Tea tree, Clove or Camphor essential oils can be helpful on a toenail fungal infection. Many other oils likely would help too.

Aspergillosis has been increasing for a few decades. Glyphosate/herbicide increase is likely a matching graph. (cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/aspergillosis/statistics.html)

Oxalate-degrading bacteria species include Bifidobacterium -

…so chimeric spike issues might increase risk for oxalate excess - (prickly pain in the gut and when urinating can be symptoms and it can lead to kidney stones). Chimeric spike seems to preferentially take out our Bifidobacterium species. (Reference - Sabine Hazan)

What is oxalate?

“Humans lack the enzymes needed to metabolize endogenous and dietary oxalate, a toxic compound causing hyperoxaluria and calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Oxalate in humans can be eliminated through (1) excretion in urine, (2) forming insoluble calcium oxalate and elimination in feces, or (3) oxalate degradation by gastrointestinal (GIT) microorganisms.”

Species that degrade oxalate in our gut include Oxalobacter formigenes and Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species.

“In this article, anaerobic oxalate catabolism in gut bacteria is reviewed, and the possible use of these bacteria as probiotics for treating kidney stone disease is evaluated. Oxalobacter formigenes and Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species are the best studied in this regard, with oxalate degradation in the lactic acid bacteria being both species- and strain-specific. The GIT oxalate-degrading bacteria express the catabolic enzymes formyl-CoA transferase (Frc) and oxalyl-CoA decarboxylase (Oxc). The genes encoding these proteins are clustered on the genomes and show strong phylogenetic relationships. Clinical trials investigating reduced hyperoxaluria through administering O. formigenes or its enzymes show a promising trend, but the data need confirmation through larger scale, well-controlled trials. Similar studies using Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species also show in vivo oxalate reduction, but these data are still controversial. In particular, further investigations need to determine whether there is a direct link between the lack of oxalate-degrading bacteria and hyperoxaluria and whether their absence is a risk factor.” (Abratt and Reid, 2010)

Pomegranate peel in the diet would help promote the beneficial species of our gut microbiome including Bifidobacterium. See this post: Bifidobacterium, CoV, Sabine Hazan, and butyrate producing colon species. Feed them well and you are feeding yourself well too! Vitamin C, D, zinc, inulin, arabinoxylan, and pomegranate peel help support bifidobacterium and butyrate producing species of the microbiome. (Substack)

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References

(Abratt and Reid, 2010) Abratt VR, Reid SJ. Oxalate-degrading bacteria of the human gut as probiotics in the management of kidney stone disease. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2010;72:63-87. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2164(10)72003-7. PMID: 20602988. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20602988/

(Du, et al., 2019) Du B, Meenu M, Liu H, Xu B. A Concise Review on the Molecular Structure and Function Relationship of β-Glucan. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Aug 18;20(16):4032. doi: 10.3390/ijms20164032. PMID: 31426608; PMCID: PMC6720260. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720260/