GoGoKitty’s Autism Secrets

Review by Mike Sanderson

Charles Linden created The Linden Method as a way to overcome the severe anxiety and panic that he had been suffering from since he was a child.  As well as anxiety and panic he also suffered from agoraphobia and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).  Charles found that all these anxiety disorders were the result of the same cause.  He used this knowledge to create the method that was to eliminate his own anxiety and that is now available as The Linden Method.

The success of The Linden Method has been phenomenal with well over 100,000 people having used it to rid themselves of their panic and anxiety disorders for good.  Thanks to the success of his Linden Method, Charles Linden has become a recognized authority on the subject of anxiety disorders.  He is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines and he has also had his own television series called “Stress Less”.  In the UK The Times newspaper awarded his “Stress Free in 30 Days” book their “must read” seal of approval.

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The Linden Method is the result of Charles Linden’s research that involved many other former anxiety sufferers and what they did to overcome their anxiety disorder.  He discovered that many of these individuals all had similar stories to tell and it was from these similarities that The Linden Method was developed.

Charles discovered that all anxiety disorders have one thing in common and that is they are all caused by the amygdala.  The amygdala is a small area of the brain that behaves like an on/off switch that turns anxiety on or off.  People experience anxiety disorders as the results of the amygdala switching itself on and getting stuck.  The reason why The Linden Method works is because it teaches techniques that result in the amygdala switching itself off.  This is the root cause of all anxiety disorders.  This why so many other anxiety treatments fail because they don’t address the root cause of the anxiety.  This is why The Linden Methods is so successful and has a success rate of 96%.

The Linden Method does not involve the usage of any prescription drugs as these simply suppress symptoms instead of resolving the root cause of the problem.  You will be encouraged early on in the program if you are on medication that you don’t need your medicine to get better.  Anxiety sufferers need to take control of their thoughts and emotions instead of suppressing them with medication.  There can be no permanent cure for anxiety whilst you try to artificially control how you feel with chemicals.  As somebody who always seemed to suffer from side effects to drugs and never got any benefit from them I was pleased that this was covered early on. 

You may think that other anxiety therapies can help you, but whilst using The Linden Method it is advised that you don’t use them as you may become distracted.  Switching between different therapies and therapists all the time won’t get you anywhere.  You need to stick to something and not get distracted.  The Linden Method has helped so many people that its success should inspire enough confidence in the user to stick with it until they get results.  If it doesn’t work the first time you try it you need to persevere with it instead of being distracted by some other method.  You will just end up using other people’s remedies and methods as a crutch instead of being completely responsible for your own recovery.

The Linden Method can be challenging as it requires you to take complete responsibility for overcoming your anxiety and not rely on anybody else’s comfort and reassurances.  Well meaning friends and family can impede your recovery if they try to help make things easier for you.  For this reason Charles’s wife Elizabeth has written a great chapter on how your partner can best help you without impeding your recovery. 

The Linden Method will teach you how to keep your attention diverted when you start to feel anxious as diversion is a powerful technique for stopping panic attacks.  You will also learn about how your diet affects your anxiety levels and how changing your diet can make you less anxious.

The price of The Linden Method is a small price to pay for getting your life back.  The manual is over 250 pages and is packed with information.  You also get videos and audio recordings that include interviews with Charles, breathing and relaxation techniques and meditations.

My experiences using The Linden Method have been remarkable and I would definitely recommend it to anybody else who is currently experiencing panic or anxiety disorders.

If you liked reading my Linden Method review then why not visit www.saybyetopanic.com for more information about overcoming panic attacks, anxiety and phobias.

Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by chronic problems  falling asleep, staying asleep or only sleeping for several hours and being wake unable to fall back to sleep. A typical thing following this is functionalimpairment while awake. Both organic and non-organic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.

Sleep medicine is a recognized medical subspecialty. Doctors who specialize in sleep medicine help people who are unable to sleep well. Sleep doctors are able to detect and treat both common and rare sleep disorders. Some common sleep disorders are insomnia, jet lag, sleepwalking, snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.  And, it could be that you have intolerance to gluten.

Gluten is a type of protein compound in certain cereal grains – primarily wheat, barley, and rye - the basis of breads, baked goods, and pasta. These are foods that are helpful in getting good sleep.  But the inability to sufficiently digest gluten protein can lead to all sorts of symptoms, including skin rashes, irritability, aggression, moodiness, ‘brain fog,’ cognitive problems, cramping, bowel problems, pain, and sleep disturbances.  This is why it is so important to see a doctor if you are experiencing sleep disturbances as often the sleeping problems are really caused by a medical problem.

When intestinal cells are damaged for any reason, they cannot properly absorb nutrients, which results in malabsorption. Without healthy intestinalcells, you can become malnourished, no matter how much food you eat. Many people do not realize that a second key function of intestinal cells is to produce several key digestive enzymes. In particular, these cells produce specific protein and carbohydrate degrading enzymes needed for the thorough digestion of gluten (and other similar proteins such as casein).

The second type of gluten intolerance occurs when the gut is injured for some reason other than celiac disease, such as when there is a bacteria or yeast infection. This is the scenario commonly seen with leaky gut syndrome, autism conditions, carbohydrate intolerance, and most digestive disorders.

In these cases, the damage to the intestinal cells occurs initially, reducing the amount of the key intestinal enzymes produced there. If consumed wihtout these enzymes , any gluten or casein is poorly digested and can be potentially problematic. The result of this gut injury is the subsequent loss of the intestinal enzymes leading to poor gluten (and casein) digestion. As the gut heals and the intestinal cells are restored, intestinal enzyme production can return. This is consistent along with being a commonly reported experience. Some people find that although they cannot leave a gluten-free diet initially, after a couple months of allowing the gut to heal, they can then re-introduce gluten with gluten-targeting enzymes.

Avoiding gluten is quite challenging. Gluten is a common food additive, often used in small amounts, because it increases protein content inexpensively, as well as enhances taste and texture in food processing.

One of the great insights of recent medical research is that inflammatory reactions are commonly present in conditions that we never imagined were inflammatory. There is a degree of inflammation among most people with CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome and FMS, (fibromyalgia) although less severe and quite different from the inflammation that’s found in “normal” infections or in autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Indeed poor sleep itself can cause inflammation, as can hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) and even psychological depression; however, we don’t yet know what we should do with this knowledge. Would suppressing inflammation help our body heal, or are these inflammations part of the body’s self-defense? Again our research is not focused on our needs.

So, while we are waiting for more research and first rate controlled studies, what practical approaches have the best promise of improving your odds of improving how you feel and function, living with CFS/FMS?

In addition to non-restorative sleep that is almost always present, a substantial number of people with FMS and CFS also have a primary sleep disorder. The data is especially strong for CFS, where somewhere on the order of 10% of patients have a significant degree of sleep apnea.  On the order of 1-4% have a muscle twitching syndrome called periodic leg movement disorder (PLMD)

Usual opinion is that we should prefer non-addicting medicines, especially those that improve slow-wave sleep and which also often help fibromyalgia pain e.g. the tricyclic anti-depressants at low doses (Elavil, doxepin, Pamelor), the tricyclic muscle relaxant Flexeril, the anti-depressants trazadone and Serzone, the newer anti-depressant Remeron, and the newer sleep medicines Ambien and Sonata.

Usual opinion is that we should avoid diazepam/Valium like medicines except for occasional use because they are “habit-forming”, tend to disrupt rather than improve the EEG pattern during sleep, and because for some people over-time they tend to stop working. This is all true. However, it is the experience of some physicians that a proportion of people with FMS/CFS do surprisingly well with this class of medicines, even with long term use. So, don’t dismiss the benzodiapine group automatically, as many physicians tend to do. Among the benzodiazepines many specialists(FMS/CFS) prefer Klonopin/clonazepam.

Symptoms of celiacdisease may include one or more of the following: gas, recurring abdominal bloating and pain, chronic diarrhea, constipation, pale, foul-smelling, or fatty stool, weight loss / weight gain, fatigue, unexplained anemia (a low count of red blood cells causing fatigue), bone or joint pain, osteoporosis, osteopenia, behavioralchanges, tingling numbness in the legs (from nerve damage), muscle cramps, seizures , missed menstrual periods (often because of excessive weight loss) , infertility, recurrent miscarriage,  delayed growth, failure to thrive in infants , pale sores inside the mouth, called aphthous ulcers, tooth discoloration or loss of enamel, itchy skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis.

1. Eat at least five servings of fresh uncooked organic fruits and vegetables every day, and six to eight servings total. When you do cook veggies, cook them al dente on the stove with the lid off. This will preserve the most nutrients, not to mention keep their natural yummy flavors!

2. Eat plenty of healthy fats and legumes; they are good sources of vitamin E and protein, and essential for healthy brain function. Fats also provide the highway for the delivery of essential vitamins and minerals to your body, and a balance of fat, protein, and carbohydrates help you feel full. Olive oil, raw nuts, organic peanut butter, flaxseed, organic soy (if tolerated), grape seed oil, canola oil, etc. are easily mixed into the dishes you eat every day and are great flavor enhancers!

3. Eat your greens! The darker the better. Leave the iceberg lettuce on the grocery store shelf, and instead take advantage of the season and hit your local farmer’s market for organic and flavorful greens, such as spinach, arugala, kale, mustard greens, bok choy, rainbow chard, green leafy butter lettuce, and garden fresh green beans and broccoli. Your body will thank you for the extra iron and calcium!

4. Cook in cast iron. That’s right…raid grandma’s kitchen cupboards or hit the flea market. Make sure to re-season the pans to eliminate any prior cross contamination from gluten. Cooking in cast iron is a great way to naturally replenish the depleted iron stores in your body.

5. Eliminate your intake of corn syrup, processed white cane sugar, and the use of ‘fakes’ such as aspartame or saccharin. Even the calorie free sugar substitutes can trigger the brain to think it just ate sugar, leaving your body to the throws of fluctuating blood sugar,

6. Drink plenty of water. Forget the soft drinks and high octane sports drinks (which are often loaded with calories, caffeine, and/or chemical sweeteners). Your body is comprised of approximately 70 percent water; so replenish often. Replace your juice with whole fleshy fruits or berries and pair with a glass of water to stay hydrated and sustain energy during these hottest months.

7. Move! Break a sweat every day! Your heart, brain, metabolism, and overall well being will be the better for it. If you have never exercised before, start sensibly with a 20 minute walk every day, or break it up into two ten minute brisk walks.

8. Get plenty of sunshine. Natural sunlight can also ward off depression and lighten your overall outlook. Stressed at the office? Take a walk outside at lunch or go unwind for a few minutes at a nearby park.

9. Sleep and recover.  If you have trouble sleeping at night try these simple suggestions:

*Don’t eat right before bed, and keep your dinners light.
*Exercise early in the day, so you are tired at night.
*Before bed try light Thai Chi or relaxation yoga to unwind.
*Get to bed before 10pm; don’t wait until you get that second wind that will keep you up working until the wee hours. Yes, it’s true, “Early to bed, early to rise…” you know the rest.

10. Play! The kids are home; maybe driving you a bit crazy - the boss is on vacation, putting the workload on you; the house still hasn’t received its annual spring cleaning, etc. Take the kids to a movie, teach them how to cook kid-friendly vegan and gluten free recipes, go for a long bike ride, or leave the office early on a Friday after a long stressful week. Your digestive system will thank you for eliminating sources of stress, and you will harbor less anger and sleepless nights - all of which contribute to stomach upset and inadequate nutrient absorption.

So back to our original question – does gluten help sleep?  Yes, unless you have intolerance for it and then it can be the cause of your sleep problems.

Fragile X syndrome is one of the most prevalent forms of inherited mental retardation. One-third of the people with this syndrome develop autism. Like a Down syndrome diagnosis, this genetic mutation causes physical, mental, social and motor skill impairment. Symptoms of fragile x patients stem from a deficiency in a certain protein, which is typically made by the mutated gene. While fragile x has no cure, there are therapies that have proven effective in life management.

Physical characteristics of Fragile X resemble signs of Down syndrome, with features like pronounced chins and foreheads, large heads and long ears that protrude from the head. Long faces, connective tissue problems, flat feet, ear infections, being double-jointed, having enlarged testicles and problematic menstrual cycles are other common physical symptoms. These features are more common for males over 10 and women who have gone through puberty. The classic long face, prominent ears and enlarged testes is said to only be present in 60% of cases. At least 10% of cases show only intellectual impairment.

Cognitive symptoms of Fragile X syndrome are also like the effects of Down syndrome. Thinking, problem solving, information processing, capacity to learn and overall IQ are all affected. Approximately 80% of males are cognitively delayed, with an estimated 10-15% having IQs above 70. The effects in women may vary extensively, depending on whether both X chromosomes are affected or not. The biggest weaknesses generally appear in sequential processing, auditory/visual skills, motor skills, short-term memory and arithmetic. However, people with Fragile X exhibit strengths in perceptual closure (ability to see a pattern), inference (developing a conclusion based on evidence) and physiological flexibility.

Once diagnosed, carriers of Fragile X syndrome often wonder what it means. More often than not, carriers have normal intellect and a normal appearance but run the risk of passing the pre-mutation on to their children or suffering other effects. For example, 21% of women with the pre-mutation suffer premature ovarian failure, while some older men have tremors and an unsteady gait. The children will not necessarily show signs of Down syndrome, Autism or mental retardation. They too can be just carriers. Genetic analysts can predict with some certainty how the genes may be passed on or expressed.

On a winter morning in 1981, I squeezed some oranges from my yard into a 16 ounce glass and made that my breakfast.I had my first anxiety attack about 3 hours later in my office.I thought it might be a heart attack, but no chest pain or arm pain, and I almost passed out.  My office manager was very worried. It passed after several minutes.  When I was able to think clearly again, I realized that it was a hypoglycemic “dip” or “episode”.  That fresh orange juice was very sweet.

Hypoglycemia is a medical term for “low blood sugar”.  The brain requires large amounts of glucose, and when it goes below a certain point, a hypoglycemic episode occurs.  This can become almost any symptom up to and including coma and even death.A hypoglycemic episode only causes drowsiness or sleepiness for most people, but passing out or fainting is also possible.  Also, as a result of a hypoglycemia episode, both adrenalin and testosterone may be released (in men primarily) causing undifferentitated rage in some men/boys.  This may also be part of the current “road rage” problem as well as childhood tantrums. bar fightrs, spouse abuse. etc.

This same hypoglycemia episode may cause panic attacks, and even be the base cause of phobias.  It seems that if the blood sugar goes very low, and the body response is too slow, the person either may pass out or “nearly pass out”.  If the person happens to be driving over a bridge, this might cause a driving phobia connected with bridges.  I’ve seen several such cases.

Glucose is the form of sugar in the blood.  This has been transformed in the digestive process from other sugars and starches into glucose then passed into the bloodstream.

Hypoglycemia is usually caused by too much insulin driving too much glucose into the body cells, which depletes the supply of glucose available to the brain (and other areas).

Since glucose is as necessary to proper brain function as is oxygen, there are many different symptoms possible..  Sometimes, allergies can cause similar symptoms, or even cause an hypoglycemic episode!

In non-diabetic persons, too much insulin can be the result of a sugar overload, and this can cause hypoglycemia.  To some “sensitive persons”, this can be as simple as eating a doughnut or drinking a full glass of orange juice on an empty stomach.  (Happened to me!) The response to low sugar/glucose is individual, and everyone reacts slightly differently.  Also, one person can eat a dozen doughnuts one time with no bad effects, and have a hypoglycemic episode from just one doughnut at another time.

A simple example will help clear up some of the confusion around this subject.  If a normal (whatever that is) person eats an apple, he/she will gain approximately the equivalent of 3 teaspoons of sugar.That apple is digested over some 30 hours in the following way

1. As sugar is absorbed in the mouth, in the stomach, and the small intestine, the amounts are measured and the brain determines how much insulin to release into the blood.Let’s call this process a “sugarstat” for illustration.While we don’t fully understand how it works, we do know the effects.

2. From millions of years of evolution, the sugarstat “knows” that with the amount of sugar absorbed over a certain time it needs an equivalent amount of insulin, and releases that amount accordingly.

3. Now, it takes 3-4 hours for all the sugar to be digested from the apple fiber as it passes thru the digestive system.  It’s a downward curve, and the insulin released also has a similar downward curve, and it lasts about the same 3 hours in the blood, as it’s used.

So, eating an apple has an immediate effect of raising glucose (blood sugar) somewhat, and this “blip” is fast compensated for by insulin release, and from that point the incoming sugar is pretty well balanced by insulin release over the three or so hours of digestion.  In effect, there is very little change in blood sugar, and that’s what nature intended - the sugarstat is working as designed.

If we “pre-digest” the same apple by squeezing it in a cider press, the situation is much different.  In effect, all we have removed is the fiber, and retained all the sugar, vitamins/minerals, etc.  (A glass of apple juice might contain the juice from 10 apples or 30 teaspoons of sugar).  Now, there is much more sugar absorbed very fast, and the sugarstat is “fooled” into releasing many times the amount of insulin actually needed as a result.

(Remember that for millions of years of evolution, we didn’t have cider presses, let alone the “designer” apples of today.)

This “overdose” of insulin drives blood sugar into body cells at a furious rate, and even though the blip is now much larger, it quickly lowers it.

Enough insulin has been released for 3 hours of digestion, but the sugar is digested in 15 minutes and into the bloodstream quickly.  This results in way too much insulin (hyperinsulinism), since enough insulin has been released for three hours of this same amount of intake.The sugarstat hasn’t had time to evolve enough to handle our relatively new unhealthy diets.

This excess insulin “drives” all the glucose it can find in the blood into the body cells (its job).The result - a severe shortage of glucose in the brain.

The brain MUST have glucose as well as oxygen for fuel, so several body mechanisms go into action to raise the glucose.Not too many people realize that without BOTH glucose AND oxygen, brain cells start to die in about 5 minutes.

The body defenses against hypoglycemia are many and range from release of stored glucose to release of some fatty acids and hormones that can be conferted to glucose.

From the above scenario, it can be seen that hypoglycemia isn’t really an actual disease, but in fact, it is actually normal to we humans, even though the effects are individual and vary greatly.  It’s our modern sugary diet full of processed or pre-digested food that’s really to blame.

Body defense symptoms against hypoglycemia may also vary widely in different individuals.  Usually, this is about 3+ hours after eating a sugary processed meal.

One symptom that is not uncommon in women is an panaic/anxiety attack, or even fainting.  Men sometimes might experience these symptoms, but not as often.

An anxiety attack caused by a hypoglycemia episode while driving might result in a phobia of driving, or if driving in a tunnel, a phobia about that, or if on a bridge, a phobia about that.  In practice, I’ve seen all three of these phobias generated by hypoglycemic episodes!

Men have another common symptom.A combination of adrenalin and testosterone can trigger “undifferentiated” anger in some men.  He will have a “rational” reason for the anger, but bystanders can’t understand how he got so angry for “no real reason”.  Men who change personality dramatically while drinking are of this type.This type is clearly shown as “pseudoschizophrenic” on the MMPI (Personality Test).

I once helped to save a marriage by simply advising the husband to eat a handful of peanuts and raisins every two hours after lunch.  (He was her boss, and at 3PM, she couldn’t do anything right according to him - his lunch included a candy bar and a soda!!)

Anyone who has a sugar handling problem might be well advised to carry a bag of peanuts and raisins around, and make sure that they eat a handfull every two hours or so. (ratio of about 1 raisin to 5 peanuts).  The raisins will provide glucose within a relatively short time, and the peanuts will provide protein and fats that can be converted into glucose over a longer time.  This was what I usually advised hypoglycemic sensitive persons to do, and it works well.  Really sensitive persons should know to eat 6-8 small meals every day.  A meal might be a hard-boiled egg, or half an apple, etc.

On the usual Glucose Tolerance Test (for diabetes or hypoglycemia), the subject is given a measured dose of glucose in a sickenly sweet soda type of drink, and measurements are made before this drink, 1/2 hour after drinking, at one hour, and then every hour until either 5 or 6 hours have passed.

This test is more often done wrong than perhaps any other medical test used.  These are the common mistakes made by medical practicioners and hospitals:

1.The standard 10 oz bottle is given to all. It’s way too much for a small person or child.  There is a weight/volume slide rule that should be used, but usually isn’t.  At 6′ tall and 200 pounds, I should take only 7 ounces!

2.  The measurements are too mechanical.The patient should be advised strongly to let the person (usually a nurse) giving the glucose test know if they experience any symptoms at all from yawning to headaches, etc.

3.Around 3-4 hours into a GTT is the most likely time for most people to show hypoglycemia symptoms, even passing out at times.It is a good idea to test at the 3 1/2 hour mark, if no symptoms are noted.

4.  When the test is concluded, do NOT let the patient leave the clinic, office, or hospital, until they have been given food, preferably fast digesting food. I often used a small glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, in season, and out of season the handful of peanuts and raisins. Many persons have left a clinic/office and passed out on the street, or perhaps had an auto accident.

The above applies primarily to GTT’s where diabetes is not a factor.  A fasting glucose test will find diabetes instead, and is much safer.

Checking every hospital and clinic along with some MD offices, I found none that did the test correctly, and many made several mistakes.  Be advised.

I hope this helps you in your quest for better health.

Phil Bate PhD - Retired Orthomolecular Psychologist
Inventor of Neuroliminal Training solving
ADD/ADHD/Autism, depression, insomnia, etc
http://DrBate.com

asperger’s syndrome

An Overview of Asperger Syndrome and Comparison with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Asperger syndrome and autism display many similar features that my even cause the untrained eyes to see them as the same condition at times. However, for experts, significant differences are clearly monitored which give way to categorizing each of them into different brackets.  Autism basically is a developmental condition that obstructs a child from proper communication. This deprives the person from social interactions and normal behavior. Asperger syndrome, on the other hand, is said to be a high-functioning autism since it clearly shows many characteristics that have placed it above the level of autism.

Lets make that clearer. Like autism, Asperger syndrome is grouped into a neurological disorder termed to as Pervasive Developmental Delay. Other disorders covered in this condition have one common numerator- poor social interaction.

Children with Asperger syndrome develop normally though and may often be mistakened as normal. However, as they age they gradually acquire various incapacities that separate them from normal children. They become unable to detect social clues like body languages, facial expressions and other non-verbal forms of communication.

They interpret verbal communications literally though and they lack empathy and interest in the interests of people they are talking with.

However, they excel in language skills at their own perspective and may even have a wide spectrum of vocabularies that would lead others to conclude that they are bright. Some even have the ability to memorize extremely difficult items like scientific names of animals and capital cities of countries.

Well, their IQ level is good. Most are scoring above average and average in IQ tests. Children with Asperger syndrome often display obsession to some details while disregarding other details. This is why they are often observed collecting various materials that are meaningful to them. They are obsessed with seeking information on particular things and may even go on endlessly until their interest is filled.

Thhis behavior also manifests in their inability or unwillingness to change routines and focus of attention.

Though they may initially be perceived as advanced with their peers due to special skills that they may present, most of them experience a delay in acquiring self-help skills including proper dressing and toileting. Because of the difficulty in identifying what exactly causes the behavior of a person to become odd, many patients of Asperger syndrome are diagnosed improperly.

There are cases when they are thought to have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder since a number of them have the combination of the syndrome and this behavioral disorder. Like many neurological and developmental disorders, there is still no cure to Asperger syndrome since the roots from which it stemmed are still unclear. Most people with this condition grow up to be eccentric, odd or weird in other peoples perception.

However, help is of course always at hand. There are already developed techniques that can help tremendously with reducing the aggravation of this disorder. Such techniques include behavior modification, social skills training, psychosocial intervention, and parental training. The latter is helpful in helping parent help their children with Asperger syndrome.

If you are suspecting your child for displaying features associated with Asperger’s syndrome, it is best that you take him immediately to an expert to be diagnosed properly and to be given proper treatment.

Never ignore symptoms or you might be too late to help save your child from potential troubles in the future.

There are two stages of autism improvement or cure:

1.    The first stage consists of finding and solving the “physical” portions of autism. 

2.Behavior training and other education is the second stage and is much easier if the first stage is done right.

This article is devoted to the first stage.There are three distinct and separate therapies involved:

1.    Finding and solving the cause of the “brain damage.

2.    Solving the nutritional puzzle(s).

3.    Solving the allergy problems.

The Brain Damage Problem

While mercury is a major cause of brain damage, there are other causes such as a birth or pre-birth accident, or even very poor nutrition by the mother during pregnance. Addicted mothers are often responsible as well.  

For the accidental types of actual physical damage, there is little that can help other than increasing oxygen to the brain.  Neuroliminal Training does this by increasing brain blood flow by subliminal messaging during sleep..

However, Mercury poisoning from the huge increase in infant and child vaccines combined with more and more in our environmnt. 

Big Pharma, the FDA, and the Bush government knew a long time ago that the mercury (used as a preservative to lengthen shelf life) was causing brain damage in infants.  The huge increase of cases from 1 in 10,000 to the present 1 in 150 or so corresponds to the use of mercury and the increase of “required” infant vaccines, that loads so much mercury in this mix that the liver simply cannot take it all out of the bloodstream, and the brain blood barrier cannot stop it from the brain circulation, and it does this physical damage killing brain cells.

(Adding insult to injury, the FDA (controlled entirely by Big Pharma) spent a lot of money trying to make any drugs approved by the FDA, not subject to lawsuits.  How’s that for a “double play”?)

Here’s another little known fact about mercury poisoning.The toxins stored in the liver cannot be gotten out of the liver unless there is some way available to “neutralize it, and then excreting the combination out of the body.

Blood testing has been used by Big Pharma to “prove” that mercury “wasn’t” the source.  They are well aware that if no chelating material is in the blood, there will be little or no mercury present either.  A false proof indeed!)

This brings us to the first step in finding out how much mercury or other mineral toxins are stored.  Start at least a week prior to any blood or urine tests, and two months prior to any hair analysis.  Load the person with about 1000 mg (1 gram) of plain old vitamin C for every 10 pounds of person to be tested.The good thing about vitamin C is that the only effect of overdosing is diarrea.  Split doses in two or three or more doses per day.

The blood or urine sample should be taken about 2-4 hours after a dose for most accuracy. 

The next step is chelating (means grab onto) the mercury (and all other minerals), render it non-toxic in combination, and water soluble so that it is filtered by the kidneys and taken out of the body.  

There are many other chelators, some very expensive, and somewhat faster than Vitamin C , but I prefer it because it also confers protection against viruses and bacteria in these large doses, and it’s cheap. 

FYI, the cheapest Ascorbic Acid works just as well as the most expensive form, however, if the person is allergic to corn, then you may want to use Calcium Ascorbate, which is unlikely to cause allergic symptoms.   (Most of the people who think they are allergic to vitamins are only corn sensitivity -switch to CA!)

Autistic infants are virtually always low in another “natural” chelator called Glutathione.  This is part of the autism picture.  The problem is that it is very difficult (and expensive) to supply and keep it in the body.Vitamin C is easier.

Unless the mercury stored in the liver and other locations is taken down to very safe low level,  the brain damage may continue.  Thus the above is a critical first step in solving the autism puzzle.  Without solving it, the rest of the puzzle is much more difficult. 

The Nutritional Problems

These toxic minerals have a huge amount of stress to the body.This additional stress (you guessed it) requires even more nutrition.  The “normal” digestive tract contains bacteria that may be deadly if it gets into the bloodstream.The design of the digestive system is designed so that shouldn’t ever happen.  It breaks down food into basic molecules, sugars, fatty acids, and amino acids in particular. 

Protein is just a collection of various amino acids – the building blocks of all animals as well as bacteria and viruses.  The system breaks these down to only a very few amino acids in what is called a peptide string.  This makes sure than any bacteria or virus or yeast cannot get into the bloodstream as they are all much larger than the “usual” peptides coming thru in a “normal” system.

But, because of the stress, the brain “must” get more nutrition, so opts for increasing the input of evcerything from the gut.  This means that larger and larger peptide strings are able to pass into the bloodstream.  We now have what’s called a “Leaky Gut Syndrome”.

Some of these larger peptide strings might resemble a virus or bacteria, and the brain puts up a “danger signal”.Now a food allergy is developed (or technically food sensitivity).(The “usual” first (Usual initial foods for infants are milk and bread products, thus the casein free, gluten free diets often improve some autistic symptoms.)

The Leaky Gut Syndrome causes another very important problem.  It often allows the natural bacteria colonies that help digestion to become overrun with yeast.  The overuse of antibacterial drugs contributes as most are made from fungus/yeast.  The “healthy gut” has a balance of bacteria and yeast. 

So, we now have a vicious downward spiral.  This is a common story with autistic children. 

Obviously, the first step is to start getting sufficient nutrition so that Leaky Gut Syndrome isn’t needed.Of course, this means starting a vitamin mineral supplement program, and cutting out those high carb sugary foods, replacing those with good home cooked meals, high in protein and fiber along with the vitamins and minerals.

Yeah, I know how hard is to get away from “junk foods”, but it’s necessary if you want to really help an autistic child.   The whole family will be better as a result.  You know what to eat – good meat, fresh fruits and vegetables.

Clearing up the food allergies

As mentioned earlier, mineral toxicity causes huge stress on the brain and body.These LeakyGut formed allergens are added to whatever “born in” allergies are present making a large amount of stress that requires even more nutrition to just handle.  Anything that lessens this stress is valuable indeed..

Most of these so-called “brain allergies” are unsuspected by the person with them.Environmental allergies are easily diagnosed as they cause visible signs like hay fever or asthma, or hives, etc, but these “brain allergies just mental problems.  I may surprise you to find that any allergy can be responsible for anything from insomnia to schizophrenia and bipolar depression.  For a lot more information http://drbate.com/Ref/allergy.html .

There are several ways to solve allergy problems, ranging from the very expensive Neurofeedback clinics, the slightly less expensive allergy clinics, all the way to many “alternate” therapies, including Neuroliminal Training (NT), one of the most effective, yet affordable therapies available.NT is done at home, it’s very simple to use, relatively inexpensive, and consists of “sleep therapy using a special CD that actually does the same thing as the expensive NFB clinics – name raise one special brain wave that seemingly changes the affect on the brain by allergens. 

Dr Bate is a retired orthomolecular psychologist
who invented Neuroliminal Training, a simpler and
affordable way to change brain wave amplitudes solving
ADD-Autism, depression, insomnia, and more.
http://drbate.com – http://ADHD-Autism.com