Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition and Diet Guide for Healing Our Children [Perfect Paperback]

Nourishing Hope for Autism comprises eight years of clinical nutrition experience and intense research. It outlines all major autism diets including GFCF/gluten-free, casein-free (wheat-and-dairy-free), Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Body Ecology Diet, Feingold, Low Oxalate, Weston A. Price Diet, and more. This autism diet book is recommended by Elizabeth Mumper, Medical Director of ARI. It provides scientific WHY and HOW autism diets help children heal from symptoms of autism. It shows how to successfully implement diets and cook creatively for families--even picky eaters! Used by parents and autism physicians, the book includes detailed steps for dietary intervention and provides a roadmap for getting started, evolving, and customizing the varied approaches. The book explains the impact of nutrition on the biochemistry of children with autism. Understand the connection between certain foods, the digestive system, and the influences on the child's brain. Parents are using this teaching to bring about real recovery results---improvement in cognitive ability, physical pain, digestive problems, rashes, speech, eye contact and aggression. You will come back to this book time and time again. Author Julie Matthews is a leading US autism nutrition expert and Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Practitioner specializing in autism diet and nutrition intervention. She provides sound guidance backed by research and applied clinical experience. Julie works with families globally, presents at the leading autism conferences, and regularly consults with autism physicians. Also see Julie's Autism Cooking DVD - "Cooking To Heal" "This is a 'must read' book for parents of ASD kids and doctors who treat them." - Lisa Lewis, PhD, Author, Special Diets for Special Kids "Best I've ever read on the subject-and I've read them all." - Kelly, Mom "Julie Matthews, globally respected autism nutritionist, provides intense research and extensive clinical nutrition experience in this comprehensive guide. Readers are given given practical steps for dietary intervention and a roadmap for getting started, evolving, and customizing the varied approaches. This book is dedicated to parents and clinicians who relentlessly strive to help children heal and gives them reason to hope and preserve"--Page 4 of cover