Research Confirms Gut-Brain Connection in Autism

It's a whole new way of thinking about it - and it broadens our horizons in the search for treatments as research determines what's really causing our children's brains to get clogged with toxic gunk.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• It’s widely known that autistic children often suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) problems, with those experiencing the worst GI problems often having the most severe cases of autism

• Research confirms and further strengthens the theory that the gut plays an important role in the development of ASD. Gut dysfunction in autism may be due to …