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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, what's going on? Welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan, I have autism and ADHD and I make weekly
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  videos all about this stuff because I'm obsessed with
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  helping autistic people, individuals like yourself reach
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  full potential reach macular life capability because I know
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  it's in you. I know you're amazing and we can
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  do this together. You are awesome.
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  That being said, if you want to come along for this journey with
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  videos a day from me because I'm just obsessed with born.
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  To help people. Guys, this whole idea of diet is
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  quite controversial and you hear some kind of people saying like,
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  oh you know, the gluten free diet helps people with autism
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  overcome some issues and all this kind of stuff.
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  And what I do believe that gluten intolerances you know can
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  create a difficult life for anybody, not just one of the
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  also the spectrum. I don't believe it's the sole
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  way to overcome issues or or help manage issues on your
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  spectrum. However, I will say though, is
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  that because autistic individuals have such fast-paced
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  brains and that reminds going 1000 miles an hour, the burning
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  2 calories like nobody's business.
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  And they're chasing dopamine constantly, which means that
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  busy drinks, high caffeinated drinks and and candy and and
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  soda pop and and stuff like pizza and junk food.
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  I've all these things are dopamine rich, right?
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  And so they're going to create a dopamine high for anybody who's
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  chasing those. And so autistic people are, you
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  know, susceptible to that. Now if I were to say that the
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  chicken nugget should be the international symbol for autism,
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  then everyone would be agreeing right?
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  Now give this video a thumbs up if you agree that the chicken
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  nugget is kind of like the symbol of autism.
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  But unfortunately, chicken nugget isn't very varied in
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  nutrients. It's not very high in anything
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  other than protein and fats. So this leads me to the role of
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  diet in autism. Now, in order to function,
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  autistic people will need a lot of varied nutrients.
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  Because when you're faced with a fast pacing brain, you're
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  burning through calories, You're burning through, you know, mega
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  amounts of energy all day. You can't just really survive in
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  chicken Nuggets, you know, Yes, they're going to give you
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  protein, It's going to give you a little bit of energy.
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  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 very diet,
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  because then you keep your brain at maximum function and keep
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  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, I guess the rest of my life I
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  would be the same. Even though I'm vegan, I also
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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. No, not like kind of fruit.
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  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 go with much nutrients and
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  that's possible the Java pack full of 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 just 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 please.