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Autism And Gluten - (Can Gluten Free Actually Help YOU) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So autism and gluten. Can a gluten free diet actually
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  help you? Hey guys, welcome back to the
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  apps we world. My name is Dan, I have autism,
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  ADHD, OCD, and dyslexia, and I make weekly videos all about
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  this kind of stuff. So if you're near around here
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  and you'd like to learn more about this subject, make sure to
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  hit that subscribe button by clicking the notification bell.
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  And also, if you're watching on Facebook, be sure to give this
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  Instagram, be sure to follow this account for more autism
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  content. Guys, what's going on?
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  It is chilly. I put this video on because I'm
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  so cold. It's like freezing here in the
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  uki know what's going on? Like snowmageddon or something.
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  It's going to be crazy. Anyway, about that, I wanted to
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  just talk about autism and gluten because there's a lot of
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  controversy and there's a lot of conversation about it and I
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  wanted to kind of really just try and talk about it, hash it
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  out and see what's what. So the question is really, can
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  gluten free really help with autism on how people, you know,
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  with an autism spectrum disorder.
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  Now there as a common knowledge base idea, lots of people
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  recommend going gluten free when you're on the autism spectrum.
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  Right. And people like, why?
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  Why would they do that? So in terms of reasons for this,
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  there's a kind of mixed response.
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  OK, So the first you might hear is kind of like a fantasy or a
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  misconception that gluten free can cure autism, which is the
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  biggest load of rubbish I've ever heard in my life.
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  There is no such thing as a cure for autism and especially not
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  from cutting out gluten from your diet.
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  It's just not going to happen. It's not a thing that happens.
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  So yeah, that's not real. But the other thing is that, you
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  know, the other reason that people do it is because people
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  in the office spectrum have GI disorders, which is
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  gastrointestinal disorders like IBS, which is irritable bowel
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  syndrome. Now keeping this in mind it is
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  found that gluten may irritate gasoline national intestinal
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  conditions more so than if you didn't include in your diet.
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  So basically you know if you think about how gluten gluten is
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  kind of like this this spiky kind of stuff that appears in
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  things like bread and and because it's it's the way of
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  forming structure in bread and it's in everything and it
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  happens as a it's a byproduct of the production of bread in
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  certain formats. Well, the traditional format
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  production of bread and and that's basically it.
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  But there's gluten in all kinds of stuff now because we make so
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  many things in the same process. But saying that, I'm to come
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  across an autistic person who doesn't have a GI disorder like
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  IBS or some other kind of, you know, issue, national issue
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  guys. You know, I'm talking about if
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  you have a GI disorder and IBS disorder and you're on the
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  autism spectrum, pop me, come down below and say me, I get it
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  done. I totally understand what you're
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  saying because this is the key to kind of like where we're
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  going with this. So I have tried eating gluten
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  free gluten free food versus non gluten free food.
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  The only difference that I found with gluten free food versus non
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  gluten free food is that it made me feel thinner.
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  I don't know if that's a real word say, but like normally when
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  I'm eating I get quite bloated when I eat after I eat because
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  of IBS and things like that. But when I'm eating gluten free
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  stuff I don't get as bloated. Now is this a mind of a matter
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  thing or is it just that that's how it goes right.
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  I am going to be doing a video where I just I go gluten free
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  for like a week or five days to kind of give it a full test.
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  But in in general I wanted to clear up the kind of myths
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  around this. So a lot of people think that
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  cutting gluten out your diet if you're autistic is going to make
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  you magically like, yeah, I don't know, be cured from
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  autism, whatever the heck that means.
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  But as well, a lot of people think that going gluten free can
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  help calm you down if you have ADHD.
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  Now I'll tell you this, I have ADHD and I have had gluten free
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  food and I'm a vegan. So a lot of the food is gluten
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  free and a lot of the time you're just eating fruit and
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  veg, so you know, they don't have gluten in anyway.
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  And you know, my nothing counts me down like nothing.
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  You know, if you eat gluten free, it's still carbohydrate,
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  it's still sugar that enters your body and you're still going
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  to be hyperactive. So you know, can can gluten
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  actually do anything miraclely wise?
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  No, not at all. There's no actual real benefit
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  from it. The only real thing I can think
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  about is if you are a celiac, which means that you have
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  Celiac's disease or you're allergic to gluten, basically,
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  then obviously getting out gluten from your diet is going
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  to make you so much more healthier because you know,
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  you're not going to be affected by this thing that's causing you
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  pain or distress. But in terms of can this help
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  cure autism? No, not so ridiculous.
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  It's ridiculous. But can it help you with your GI
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  issues? Well, maybe I'm going to do
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  that. I'm going to do that for a week.
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  I think, to try it out just to see if autism, GI disorders are
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  kind of, like, linked to gluten at all.
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  Because I know that. I don't know why, I don't know
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  what it is, but like, issues with people on the Austin
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  spectrum is really common. So I want to test out like just
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  cannot gluten for at least five days and seeing if I get any
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  like positive results from doing that.
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  And you guys, you know, have to hit that subscribe button.
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  So you're along for the journey with me and we'll see how it
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  goes. But in terms of that, have you
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  tried gluten free diets? What is your story on it?
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  Pop it in a comment down below. I'd love to hear your stories on
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  this because I'm just one guy and you guys and everybody, so
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  please pop in a comment down below.
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  I read every single one and I'd love to have that discussion
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  with you also. Guys, if you think this video is
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  fun, please share on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and give
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  it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next
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  video. Guys, peace.