Biomedical
Learn about diets, supplementation, and treatment options using biomedical ideology.
Biomedical Treatment Checklist for Autism
A condensed version of the DAN! guidelines by James Adams
Follow in this order:
1. Improve quality of diet. Eliminate junk food. Increase intake of vegetables, whole fruit, and protein, while limiting sugar/starch intake.
2. Minimum 3-month trial of total avoidance of casein and gluten.
3. Add digestive enzymes, vitamins, minerals.
4. Test thyroid function and iodine level – consider thyroid hormones and/or iodine.
5. Test for food allergy, using blood.
6. Test gut function: Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis and urinary organic acids, using both tests to check for intestinal yeast/bacteria. If necessary, treat with antifungals, probiotics, and possibly antibiotics. Try low sugar/starch diet, and consider Specific Carbohydrate Diet to starve yeast/bacteria.
7. Test for amino acids, and add if necessary.
8. Test plasma sulfate and glutathione; supplement if low.
9. Assess heavy metal toxicity by chelation challenge, and treat if high.
10. Try additional nutrients (Essential fatty acids, DMG/TMG, methyl-B12)
11. Try mega-B6 with Magnesium (8 mg of B6 per pound bodyweight, and 4 mg/pound bodyweight of Magnesium), especially if kryptopyrole test high.
12. Test for viral infections, and treat if necessary.
NOTE: Behavioral therapy is also strongly recommended, and should be done simultaneously. Applied Behavior Analysis, Relationship Development Intervention, and other methods are available.
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Summary of Biomedical Treatments for Autism
By James B. Adams, Ph.D.
April 2007 Version
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More Information is Available…
Autism Research Institute
Founded by Bernard Rimland, a parent of an adult with autism and a leading advocate of research on autism. Publishes a newsletter summarizing current research on autism, and also provides a wide range of information. Contact: www.autism.com 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116 Fax: (619) 563-6840
Arizona State University Autism Research Program
Directs several autism-related research studies, and maintains a web site with information for parents.
Website: http://autism.asu.edu
Call to be added to the waiting list for future research studies: (480) 965-3316.
Defeat Autism Now Physicians Located in Arizona
Matthew Baral, ND
LOCATION: 8010 E McDowell Rd., Ste 111 Scottsdale, AZ 85257
PHONE: 480-970-0000
Andrew F Dickens, NMD
LOCATION: 2133 E Warner Rd., Ste. 102 Tempe, AZ 85284
PHONE: 480-820-6695
EMAIL: drd@healingpathwaysmedical.com
WEB: www.healingpathwaysmedical.com
Joel Morgan, NMD
LOCATION: 10405 N Scottsdale Rd., Ste 5 Scottsdale, AZ 85253
PHONE: 480-553-5200
EMAIL: support@azfocusforlife.com
WEB: www.azfocusforlife.com
Catherine Norud, CNP
LOCATION: Outreach Clinics in December
PHONE: 651-209-9282
Geoffrey Radoff, MD, MDH
LOCATION: 2525 West Greenway Rd., Ste. 210 Phoenix, AZ 85023-4295
PHONE: 602-993-0200
Cindy Schneider, MD
LOCATION: 4045 E. Union Hills Drive, Suite 116 Phoenix, AZ 85050
PHONE: 602-277-2273
WEB: www.center4autism.org
Maureen Schwehr, ND
LOCATION: 621 N 6th Ave Tucson, Arizona 85705
PHONE: 520-623-1033
EMAIL: drschwehr@msn.com
Jessica Tran, ND
LOCATION: 8010 E McDowell Rd., Ste.111 Scottsdale, AZ 85257
PHONE: 480-970-000
EMAIL: j.tran@scnm.edu
Biomedical Treatments Book List
Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Karyn Seroussi, 2000
Biological Treatments for Autism & PDD, William Shaw, MD, 2003, 2nd Edition
Is This Your Child? Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies in Children and Adults, Doris J. Rapp,
Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorders by Jacquelyn McCandless, MD
Autism: Have We Done Everything We Can for this Child? Effective Biomedical Treatments, by Sidney Baker, MD and Jon Pangborn, MD
Changing the Course of Autism, A Scientific Approach for Parents & Physicians by Bryan Jepson, MD
The Autism & ADHD Diet y Barrie Silberberg
Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children by Julie Matthews
Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy
Recovering Autistic Children by Stephen Edelson, Ph.D & Bernard Rimlnd, Ph.D
Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy by Amy Lansky
Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills by Russell L. Blaylock
Biomedical Links
GFCF & DIET INFORMATION:
Specific Carbohydrate Diet - http://pecanbread.com/
GF/CF Diet – http://www.gfcfdiet.com/
Autism network for Dietary Intervention - http://www.autismndi.com/
BIOMEDICAL:
Autism Unraveled – http://autism-unravelled.org/default.aspx
Thoughtful House – http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org
Safe Minds – http://www.safeminds.org/
Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) – http://www.tacanow.com
Unlocking Autism – http://www.unlockingautism.org
Generation Rescue- http://www.generationrescue.org/index.php
Healthy Child – http://healthychild.org/
