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Good nutrition and digestion is important for everyone. Someone, especially a young child or person with communication difficulties, may have a harder time relaying what they are feeling. So if something is upsetting them, you may not know exactly what is the problem. Children with neurological difficulties often have eating and digestive problems. This may be due to a real unidentified biological issue which is manifesting in problematic behavior. There is a nerve system that is tightly interconnected with the digestive tract. Things that affect digestion also affect the nervous system. The book ‘Enzymes for Autism and other Neurological Conditions’ focuses extensively on explaining this and how digestive enzymes fit into the picture (whether you want to supplement them or just understand how the gut and nutrition work). This book includes extensive scientific references.

Prevalence of chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autism and autistic spectrum disorders.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 at 10:06 pm and is filed under What is Autism.