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Raw chocolate, that is, as someone on Craigslist suggests as an autism treatment; someone else, the mother of two adopted autistic children, writes about a specific product on an autism board. Why raw chocolate? This site lists a few “health benefits”; apparently raw chocolate is an antioxidant and has an ORAC (Oxygen Radical […]
“invented it in his kitchen”
That, according to a member of the staff of San Antonio dentist Dr. Paul G. Wilke, is where and how Professor Boyd Haley created a chemical compound to be marketed as a nutritional supplement under the name of OSR—”Oxidative Stress Relief.” Haley is a member of the Chemistry Department of the […]
Greensboro-based Market America has put out a press release announcing plans to develop a line of “nutraceuticals” specifically for autistic children and children with “related neurodevelopmental challenges.” In the wake of a conference at the company’s headquarters (invitees included a “prominent naturopathic physician” and a DAN! practitioner), Dr. Julian Blumenfeld, Chief Medical Officer at Market […]
The miracle fruit is, according to yesterday’s New York Times (or rather, last year’s Wall Street Journal), a red berry—-Synsepalum dulcificum—that makes sour foods taste sweet. The cause? Miraculin, ” a protein ….which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids.” Imagine the possibilities for […]
Jennifer Buettner, who has three young children, has created a new company called Efficacy Brands which makes placebos for children. The company will see cherry-flavored dextrose tablets (”Obecalp”—-guess what word that is, spelled backwards?); $5.95 for a bottle of 50. Buettner came up with the idea while taking care of a niece with a “raging […]
So the American Academy of Pediatrics has met with leaders of advocacy groups, including Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of America, and also with “representatives of Defeat Autism Now! (a program of the Autism Research Institute) in an effort to facilitate communication between pediatricians, parents and researchers about the diagnosis and treatment of children […]
A certain TV show about a certain lawyer and a certain hypothesis about what causes autism dominated autism discussions this week, for better or for worse—-when I talk about autism, I’m thinking of a very real boy, my son Charlie, and not so much about a fictional TV character. My real boy’s week was more […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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