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

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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. Let's go on and welcome back to
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  the Aspy world. My name is Dan.
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  I have autism and ADHD and I make quickly videos all about
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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 their minds go only
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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,
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  high caffeinated drinks and, and candy and, and soda pop and, and
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  stuff like pizza and junk food, like all these things are
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  dopamine rich, 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 that it should be the
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  international symbol for then everyone would be agreeing
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  right? Now give this video the thumbs
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  up 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 need a lot
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  of varied nutrients because when you're faced with a fast pacing
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  brain, you're burning through calories, you're burning
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  through, you know, mega amounts of energy all day.
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  You can't just really survive in chicken Nuggets, you know, yes,
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  it's going to give you protein, yes, it's going to give you a
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  little bit of energy, but you do need good carbohydrates.
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  You need a mix of vitamins and multivitamins.
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  Now the best way to do this obviously is have a varied diet
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  because then you keep your brain at maximum function, keep your
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  brain at maximum efficiency. And the autism brain is
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  delicate, perfect, amazing thing.
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  So you want to treat it as such. But I know artistic individuals
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  do not like a lot of varied foods.
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  This is very common and I get it.
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  So what did I do to change this? Now I'm just like any other, you
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  know, autistic individual. If I could just eat chicken
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  Nuggets for the rest of my life, that would be the same.
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  Even though I'm vegan, I still eat vegan chicken Nuggets,
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  right? However, I decided to add in
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  smoothies to my diet because I like fruit juices and I like
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  kind of fruit in general. I like sweet tasting things.
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  So if you can have a smoothie that tastes like a milkshake
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  every day, you win because you with much nutrients and that's
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  possible. The gel pack full of all good
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  healthy stuff. I actually prefer green juices
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  now because they look green, but they taste like tropical juice
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  because you can put in like lemons and pineapples and apples
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  and berries and stuff in it. By introducing those into your
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  diet, what you will do is cover the fact that there's a deficit
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  for nutrients in the autism diet and also satisfy that need for a
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  bit of dopamine hit. It's a win, win situation.
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  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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  Check the link down below.