Dietary approaches to the management of autism spectrum disorders

Research has demonstrated increasing evidence regarding the executive function deficits seen in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however, the impact of a bad diet on executive function impairment remains not well understood. In this study by Wang et al. (2022), the authors investigated the relationship between executive functioning and nutritional quality in kids with […]

Doenyas (2018) emphasizes that there remain unknown facts about the mechanisms by which certain dietary interventions (such as the gluten-free/casein free diet and the ketogenic diet) can treat symptoms and behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This online article addresses the importance of understanding not only the mechanism, but the physiological impacts caused by […]