Children diagnosed with autism with impairments of speech, social and
communication skill, limited interest, repetitive behaviour, etc.
depending on severity of the symptoms may exhibit low tolerance or
allergies to certain foods or chemicals, such as gluten and casein,
impairment of digestion system such as yeast over growth in the
intestine tract, weakened immune system such as decreased resistance to
infection, respiratory and ear infection. It is important for the parent
and the benefits of the child avoided intake of food that promote the
brain's allergic reaction, the immune dysfunction, liver function in
detoxification, etc. In this article, we will discuss what to avoid for
children with autism.
1. Artificial ingredients
Since most children with autism have poor digestive system and weakened
immune system, intake of artificial ingredients will cause toxin
accumulated in the body, leading to abnormality of liver function in
toxins elimination, resulting in increasing the severity of the
symptoms.
a) Artificial colors
Food color is any substance added in to the food to preserve its favors
or to simulate a natural state of the foods with an aim to make
customers to buy them. Although, they have been tested by the government
food body to ensure its safety, but unfortunately, it has interfered
the neurological processes, such as the behavior, personality and learning ability of children with or without autism if taken in high dose.
It is said that some artificial ingredient such as FD & C Red No. 2
dye have shown to promote cancerous growth. Researcher found that
removing the artificial colors from the autistic children diet, improve in attention deficit and hyperactivity behaviors dramatically.
b) Artificial flavors
Artificial flavors are any synthesized chemical added to manufactured
foods to change or make its taste better such as banana - isoamyl
acetate; cinnamon - ethyl cinnamate; orange - octyl acetate and
pineapple - methyl butyrate; pear. It causes nervous tension including
mental concentration, behavior, lost of energy and weakened immune response.
It is said that long-term usage can increase your risk of cancer,
cardiovascular disease and other degenerative conditions to children's
central nervous system.
c) Artificial preservatives
Artificial preservatives are a group of chemical substances, such as
BHT, nitrates, sulfites, sulfur dioxide, BHA, etc. added to food,
sprayed on the outside of food, or added to certain medications with the
purpose of preventing food from spoiling or discoloring. It causes
allergic reactions in children, resulting in skin rashes or facial
swelling and worsening asthma.
d) Artificial Addictive
Artificial addictive is defined as substances, adding to foods from the
manufacture with the purpose of preservation, coloring, texture and
flavor. Studies found that artificial additive can causes several types
of cancer and tumor. Many of them have negative impacts in children with
autism.
i) Olestra
Olestra is a fat substitute used in crackers and potato chips. It is
type of additive can not be absorbed by the digestive system, leading to
diarrhea, loose stools, abdominal cramps.
ii) Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
MSG is used as a flavor enhancer in many cooking and preservative foods. It is said that MSG can cause sensitive neurons to die. leading to headache, nausea or vomiting.
e) Artificial sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners is a synthesis sugar substituted substance. It has
been used increasingly in replacing natural sugar in a wide range of
products traditionally containing sugar. Studies found that artificial
sweetener may increase risk of bladder and brain cancers.
i) Sucralose
It is 600 times as sweet as sugar and has been used in beverages, frozen
desserts, chewing gum, baked goods, etc. and belongs to a class of
chemicals called organochlorides. Some of them are considered toxic to
our health.
ii) Lead acetate
It is an artificial sugar substitute made from lead, it causes lead accumulated in the body, leading to nervous symptoms.
iii) Aspartame
It is 200 times as sweet as sugar and can be used as a tabletop
sweetener,frozen desserts, gelatins, etc. Researchers found that
aspartame may increase the risk of brain damage and cancer.
2. Yeast extract
It is also known as processed yeast products and has been used as food
additives or flavourings under the name of monosodium glutamate (MSG).
It contains glutamic acid which is classified as exitotoxins, and can
cause brain damage in some studies.
3. Trans fat
As we mentioned in many previous article, trans fat is the hydrogenated
oil found in many commercial mayonnaise, margarine, and peanut butter
etc. and can cause cholesterol building up in the arteries, leading to
less blood circulation to the central nervous system, thus increasing
the severity of the symptoms of autism and heart diseases and stroke.
Some studies also found that trans fat causes brain, adrenal gland and
thyroid tumors and cancers in some animal studies.
4. Gluten and casein
a) Gluten
Gluten and gluten-like proteins are found in wheat and other grains,
including oats, rye, barley, bulgar, durum, etc. and extracted from
flour by washing out the starch. It also has been used as artificial
additive as a stabilizing agent in some foods. Intake of gluten may
causes autoimmune disorder of the small intestine and symptoms of
gastrointestinal disorder including chronic diarrhoea, failure to thrive
and fatigue.
b) Casein
Casein is a protein found in milk and foods containing milk, such as
cheese, butter, yogurt, etc. Studies found besides promoting cancer, it
also increases the risk of bad cholesterol building up in the arteries,
leading to heart diseases and stroke. Casein after intake can also be
broken down to casomorphins, an chemical agent which is known to
interfere with the function of neurotransmitter in transmitting
information and decrease the immune response to foreign bacteria and
virus invasion.
5. Non organic foods
Non organic foods may contain
i) Pesticides & Herbicides
Pesticides & Herbicides is highly toxic. Because of their value of
increasing the production of foods and prevent insect eating aways the
profits of the growers, it have been widely uses in non organic farming.
Intake of non organic foods may weakened the immune system as well as
interfering the liver function in toxic elimination, leading to central
nervous tension and exhibiting the symptoms of autism.
ii) Contaminated Sewage Sludge
The increasing uses of contaminated sewage sludge containing human
waste, industrial waste and toxic chemicals as a fertilizer, causes crop
contamination, leading to major chronic health problem, including
increasing the severity of the nervous symptoms for children with
autism.
iii) Hormones & Antibiotics
Animal fed with fed antibiotics, hormones, ground up remains of other
animals causes hormone imbalance in our body, leading central nervous
disorder, increasing the risk of irregular cell growth, and damaging the
balance of beneficial bacteria in the intestines.
6. Refine products
Refined products with little fiber release sugar in the blood stream
quickly, causing the responses of pancreas to produce high level of
insulin to neutralize it in a short period of time, that interferes with
the normal function of central nervous system in controlling the
concentration, focus and behaviour for children with autism.
7. Foods promote immune allergic reaction
Since most children with autism have a weakened immune system, eating
food promote the immune allergic reaction may cause immune system to
attacks a normally harmless substance and interfere to the body's own
natural opioid and disable the enzymes that would break down these
naturally occurring compounds, leading to inflammation and
gastrointestinal disorder.
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