Understanding the impact of diet and nutrition on symptoms of Tourette syndrome: A scoping review

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In this 2018 study, 29 patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) were put on a gluten-free diet for 1 year to analyze the impact of this diet. Half of the adult participants and most of the children (around 74%) were male. All adult participants had associated obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at baseline, while the […]

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