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The Role of Diet in Autism (SHOCKING) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  spectrum, your autism ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  OK, so does a diet play a role in a better condition of life if
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  you have autism? Well, let's discuss it right now
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  guys. What's going on?
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  Welcome back to the Aspy world. My name is Dan.
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  I have autism and ADHD and I'll make quickly videos all about
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  this stuff because I'm obsessed with helping autistic people,
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  individuals like yourself reach full potential, reach maximum
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  life capability because I know it's in you.
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  Guys, this the whole idea of diet is quite a controversial 1.
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  You hear some kind of people saying like, oh you know, the
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  gluten free diet helps people with autism overcome some issues
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  and all this kind of stuff. And what I do believe that
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  gluten intolerance is, you know, can create a difficult life for
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  anybody, not just one of the autism spectrum.
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  I don't believe it's the sole way to overcome issues or or
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  help manage issues on the autism spectrum.
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  However, I will say though, is that because autistic
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  individuals have such fast-paced brains and that mind's going
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  1000 miles an hour, they're burning 2 calories like nobody's
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  business. And they're chasing dopamine
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  constantly, which means that fizzy drinks, high caffeinated
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  drinks and, and candy and, and soda pop and, and stuff like
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  pizza and junk food, like all these things are dopamine rich,
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  right? And so they're going to create a
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  dopamine high for anybody who, who's chasing those.
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  And so autistic people are, you know, susceptible to that.
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  Now if I were to say that the chicken Nuggets should be the
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  international symbol for autism, then everyone would be agreeing
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  right? Now give this video a thumbs up
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  if you agree that the chicken nugget is kind of like the
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  symbol of autism. But unfortunately, the chicken
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  nugget isn't very varied in nutrients.
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  It's not very high in anything other than protein and fats.
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  So this leads me to the rule of diet in autism.
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  Now in order to function, autistic people will will need a
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  lot of varied nutrients. Because when you're faced with a
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  fast pacing brain, you're burning through calories, you're
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  burning through, you know, mega amounts of energy all day.
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  You can't just really survive on chicken Nuggets.
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  You know, yes, it's going to give you protein.
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  Yes, it's going to give you a little bit of energy.
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  You do need good carbohydrates. You need a mix of vitamins and
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  multivitamins. Now, the best way to do this,
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  obviously have a varied diet because I keep your brain at
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  maximum function and keep your brain at maximum efficiency.
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  And the autism brain is a delicate, perfect, amazing
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  thing, so you want to treat it as such.
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  But I know autistic individuals do not like a lot of varied
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  foods. This is very common and I get
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  it. So what did I do to change this?
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  Now I'm just like any other, you know, autistic individual.
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  If I could just eat chicken Nuggets for the rest of my life,
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  that would be the same. Even though I'm vegan, I still
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  eat vegan chicken Nuggets, right?
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  However, I decided to add in smoothies to my diet because I
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  like fruit juices and I like kind of fruit in general.
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  I like sweet tasting things. So if you can have a smoothie
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  that tastes like a milkshake every day, you win because you
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  with much nutrients and that's possible.
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  They can Jack full all good healthy stuff.
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  I actually prefer green juices now because they look green, but
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  they taste like tropical juice because you can put in like
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  lemons and pineapples and apples and berries and stuff in it.
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  By introducing those into your diet, what you will do is cover
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  the fact that there's a deficit for nutrients in the autism diet
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  and also satisfy that need for a bit of dopamine hit.
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  It's a win, win situation. Now, I'd love to know your like
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  experience on this and your your input.
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  Pop in the comment down below. I read every single one by the
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  way, and I have a free Autism Life Hacks PDF book you can
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  download from autismhacks.net right now.
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  Check the link down below Bruce. Hey guys, thank you so much for
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  checking out this podcast. Make sure you are subscribed
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  Make sure you subscribe. OK, guys.
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  See you in the next one. Peace.