Nutrition Effect on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Büşra Burcu Rodop1, Esin Başkaya1, İlknur Altuntaş1, Oytun Erbaş1,2
1ERBAS Institute of Experimental Medicine, Illinois, USA & Gebze, Turkey
2Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty of Demiroğlu Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey
Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder, behavior, diet, nutrition
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a behavioral disorder that negatively affects the cognitive functions of the brain and other organs as well. One of these problems, digestive disorders, together with physiological mechanisms, affect the process in the brain and turn the disease into a cycle. Some mechanisms affect our digestive system positively or negatively depending on the type of food we consume. Research is being conducted on how disorders such as ASD, whose digestive system is sensitive, will affect their symptoms by supporting them with certain diets. Whether nutrition (Mediterranean diet, gluten-free/casein-free diet, ketogenic diet, special carbohydrate diet, low oxalate diet) is a part of existing treatment in ASD and its beneficial effects are examined. In this review, the effects of nutritional diets on ASD are discussed.
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