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Food and Autism
Dr. Lynn Averill, MD, PhD
Lucarelli S, Frediani T, Zingoni AM, Ferruzzi F, Giardini O, Quintieri F, Barbato M, D'Eufemia P, Cardi E. Food allergy and infantile autism. Panminerva Med. 1995 Sep;37(3):137-41. (Click here to view/order article at Pubmed) Dr. Averill:
Autistic patients should be tested for wheat and milk products by IgG in standard panel; patients with epilepsy, migraine and schizophrenia should also be tested
A worsening of neurological symptoms has been reported in autistic patients after the consumption of milk and wheat- because there is cross reactivity in immune response to food peptides and neuropeptides.
Report a marked improvement in the behavioural symptoms of patients after a period of 8 weeks on an elimination diet and we found high levels of IgA antigen specific antibodies for casein, lactalbumin and B-lactoglobulin and IgG and IgM for casein. The levels of these antibodies were significantly higher than those of a control group which consisted of 20 healthy children. Our results lead us to hypothesize a relationship between food allergy and infantile autism as has already been suggested for other disturbances of the central nervous system.
Also migrane and epilepsy may be related to food allergy
Dohan noticed an improvement in the psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenic patients on a gluten free diet regimen. The idea was confirmed by the anti-gliadin antibodies which were found in 17-20% of his schizophrenic patients. It was then hypothesized that an immunological mechanism could be at the root of psychiatric disturbance.Dr. Bennett:
Rationale for IgG food allergy testing for children with diagnosed autism
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