Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet and Autism Ranking:

History

In the early 1980s a number of researchers, including Herman and Panksepp, noted the similarities between the effects of opioids and the symptoms of autism. Panksepp suggested that autistic people might have high levels of opioids in their central nervous systems. 

Subsequent research reported that some autistic people have abnormally high levels of peptides in their bodies, although this has since been disputed. Thereafter some professionals and parents began to use the gluten-free, casein-free diet in order to eliminate these peptides.

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16 Jun 2022

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01 Aug 2017

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