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In the first of a two-part series on digestive health in ASD, Mia Kotikovski summarizes scientific information about what the complicated microbiome is, how it influences physical and psychiatric health, if it is altered in autism, and what causes it to be different in ASD.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8638778/
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.915701/full
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32968276/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002432052300992X
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079226/
https://childmind.org/article/autism-and-picky-eating/
https://www.choa.org/medical-services/gastroenterology/feeding-and-swallowing/multidisciplinary-feeding-program
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38242089/

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This week’s podcast combines two important post Mother’s Day topics – parents and eating. Two recent studies have shown the promise of using parent – delivered interventions to help improve food selectivity and food aversions in kids with autism. These two behaviors can be one of the most frustrating and challenging for parents and kids, and can lead to nutritional deficiencies. These behaviors can range from mild to severe, and previously, only inpatient or outpatient clinic based approaches seemed to have any benefit. Now it seems that with coaching, encouragement and instruction from trained experts, parents can help their kids eat better foods.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31056202

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101320

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Mysteries of the Microbiome

Getting kids with autism to eat