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Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.
Hosted by Nadia Elkhatib, Biohacking Autism is the go-to podcast for parents, caregivers, and families navigating the complex world of autism. Each week, we explore the biological root causes behind the toughest challenges in autism, from autism anxiety and sleep disruption to neuroinflammation, MCAS, gut health, seizures, and nervous system dysregulation, alongside evidence-informed integrative approaches that actually help. We also cover caregiver health and longevity for parents raising…
Episodes
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Why Your Child with Autism Is Anxious and Hyper but Running on Empty (and What to Do First)
Your kid is anxious about everything, bouncing off the walls at 10 pm, and can’t focus, can’t sleep, can’t get through the school day. You are exhausted at 9…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Anxious and Exhausted at the Same Time? The Energy-First Approach (Autism + Caregivers)
You can be completely exhausted and still unable to switch off. Most parents I talk to live there, and so do a lot of our kids. In this episode Dr. Scott Sherr…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Nonverbal Autism: My Son Started Talking at 8 (Autism Recovery Story)
My son was nonverbal. I was told he would never speak, and that if a child does not talk by five, he never will. Jimmy started talking at eight. This is the…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism Recovery Explained: What It Really Means and the 5 Things It Takes (22 Years In)
Recovery from autism is possible. I’ve seen it, and my own son isn’t there yet. This is my honest answer after 22 years: the families who got there, why you…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Are You an Autism Caregiver? Why Your Brain Health is at Risk | 34-Min Essentials
Caregiver burnout, chronic stress and brain health: the core conversation in a 34-minute Essentials edition for caregivers who want a focused starting point…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Are You an Autism Caregiver? Why Your Brain Health is at Risk
Caregiver burnout deserves more than being dismissed as "just stress." When you've spent years caring for someone else, what questions should you be asking…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.25-MIN ESSENTIALS | Autism, AI, and Exercise: An ER Doctor and Dad on Technology That Bridges the Gaps
This is the Essentials edition, a 25-minute cut of our conversation with Dr. Uli K. Chettipally, MD, MPH, an emergency physician, Silicon Valley entrepreneur…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism, AI, and Exercise: An ER Doctor and Dad on Technology That Bridges the Gaps
Dr. Uli K. Chettipally, MD, MPH, is an emergency physician, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and the father of Siri, a non-speaking young woman with autism. In…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.What’s Driving Inflammation in Autism? | Essentials with Dr. Horowitz
What’s driving inflammation in autism? In this Biohacking Autism Essentials edition, Dr. Richard Horowitz walks through the core ideas from his 16-point MSIDS…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The 16 Root Causes of Inflammation in Autism with Dr. Richard Horowitz
Autism inflammation is often discussed as if it were one problem with one cause. In this episode, Dr. Richard Horowitz joins Nadia to walk through his 16-point…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.What the Brain Needs to Build Itself: Myelin, Plasmalogens, Autism, Alzheimer's | 29-Min Essentials with Dr. Dayan Goodenowe
This is the 29-minute Essentials edition of my conversation with Dr. Dayan Goodenowe. The full episode, with more on testing, maternal health and where his…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism Brain Development: The Building Blocks Behind Myelin, Plasmalogens and Alzheimer's | Dr. Dayan Goodenowe
What does the brain need to build itself, and why does the answer matter for a child with autism and for the aging brain? In this episode of Biohacking Autism…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.20-MIN ESSENTIALS: Autism Tech, AI, AAC & 600+ Companies with Dan Feshbach
More than 600 companies are building autism technology, yet most families have never heard of them. This 20-MIN ESSENTIALS edition condenses my conversation…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The Hidden World of Autism Technology: AI, Communication, and 600+ Companies, with Dan Feshbach
More than 600 companies are building autism technology, yet most families have never heard of them. What could change if AI, communication tools, sensory…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Leucovorin for Autism? Trial, FRAA & FDA — 24-Min Essentials | John Slattery
A shorter, focused edition of our full John Slattery conversation. Leucovorin, also known as folinic acid, has become one of the most discussed topics in…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Leucovorin and Autism: What the Folinic Acid Research Actually Shows | John Slattery
Leucovorin, also known as folinic acid, has become one of the most discussed topics in autism research. John Slattery, co-author of the 2018 randomized…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Scott Forsgren’s 16-Step Chronic Illness Roadmap: What Autism Families Can Learn
When a child or adult with autism has multiple overlapping health concerns, where do you start, what comes next, and what may need to wait? Scott Forsgren…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism Gut Health: Peptide Signaling, Inflammation, and Oral Delivery | Kyal Van Der Leest
Why can some peptides work orally while others struggle to survive the gut? In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib talks with Kyal Van Der Leest…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism Gut Issues and Bioregulators: A Clinical Pharmacist Explains | Dr. Grace Liu, PharmD
Autism gut issues, the gut-brain axis, and bioregulators come together in this conversation with Dr. Grace Liu, PharmD. Grace explains why she approaches the…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Autism Biology | The Blood Work I Wish I Had Checked First
Autism blood work rarely comes first. In this solo episode Nadia Elkhatib explains why she now starts with baseline biology before choosing the next specialty…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.From Student to PE Teacher and Autism Advocate: NVLD and Adult Life | Ryan Lund
Ryan Lundy was diagnosed with a nonverbal learning disability as a child and with autism at 40. In between, he got through school with a 504 plan, a resource…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.When Your Child Reacts to Everything | MCAS, Histamine, and the Immune Flare with Dr. Debby Hamilton
Mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, is being recognized in more and more people, and for families living with autism the pattern is often familiar before…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Your Thyroid Labs Are Not Normal: Hashimoto's Symptoms Doctors Miss | Dr. Amie Hornaman
Hashimoto's symptoms get dismissed as "normal" every day, and women pay for it with years of fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, and hair loss. In this episode…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The Calm Hormone. Progesterone, Men, and the Autism Question with Carol Petersen, RPh
Most people think they understand progesterone. Most people, it turns out, get it completely wrong. In this episode, compounding pharmacist Carol Petersen…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.A Stanford Scientist's Bold Plan to Slow Aging | Dr. Ronjon Nag, OBE on Healthspan for Caregivers
What is Silicon Valley actually funding in longevity, and what can cutting-edge aging science teach us about autism and chronic illness? Nadia sits down with…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Jobs for Adults With Autism: What This Investor and Father Learned in 15 Years
Autism employment is one of the biggest questions parents carry: what happens when my child grows up, and will they find real work and purpose? In this episode…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The Parent Is the Intervention | Len Arcuri on Leading Your Child's Autism Journey
What if the most powerful autism intervention is not a protocol but the parent? In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Len Arcuri…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The Weight Loss Lie: What Finally Worked After Years of Failing (Hormones, GLP-1, and Metabolic Health)
For most of her adult life, Nadia believed weight loss was a math problem. Calories in, calories out. If the math was not working, the problem was her. In this…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.What Modern ABA Actually Looks Like Today | Autism Therapy with Veronica Glickman
Modern ABA therapy for autism looks nothing like the rigid, table-and-clipboard version most parents picture. In this reunion episode, Nadia sits down with…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The 6 Step Healing Order for Sensitive Autism Kids | Dr. Neil Nathan's MCAS Framework
Description For every autism parent who has watched their kid crash on the very supplements that were supposed to help, this one is personal. In this solo…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.What Years of Caregiving Does to Your Body and Simple Things You Can Do Today | Dr. Paul Nash, USC Gerontologist
For every autism mom, dad, grandma, and caregiver who has been told to "just reduce your stress" by a doctor who has clearly never watched their child have a…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Phospholipids: Why Autism Recovery Starts at the Cell Membrane | Dr. Krishna Doniparthi
Phospholipids may be the missing link in autism recovery. In this episode, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr. Krishna Doniparthi, MD, founder of Functional…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.The Autism Urine Test That Detects 90% of Cases | Dr. Christina Flynn, ASU
The autism urine test that detects 90% of cases with 100% specificity is here. In this episode of Biohacking Autism, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Dr…
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Nathalie Niddam | Peptides and Bioregulators for Autism (40 Years of Hidden Russian Research)
Peptides and bioregulators for autism are not part of the standard autism conversation. They should be. In this episode, Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Nathalie…
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The Device That Could Change Autism Anxiety | Ultrasound Vagus Nerve Stimulator | Jon Hacker
Could vagus nerve stimulation be the most important tool the autism community hasn't heard about yet? Jon Hacker is the founder and CEO of Neurogear and the…
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Menopause, Hormones, and Autism Caregiving: What Every Mom Needs to Know | Zora Benhamou
Caregiver health is not a luxury for autism moms. It is a necessity. In this episode, gerontologist and biohacker Zora Benhamou explains why autism caregivers…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Every Autism Parent Has a Phone. This AI Turns It Into Your Child's Health Dashboard | Elizabeth Horn
Autism AI is no longer a concept. It is an app on your phone. Elizabeth Horn spent 28 years collecting data on her autistic daughter, Sophia. She filled…
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How We Fixed Severe Anxiety in Autism: MCAS, Vagus Nerve, Selank, and the Full Toolkit
Anxiety in autism is not a behavioral problem; it's physiological. And until you understand that, nothing else moves forward. In this solo episode, Nadia…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.He Blocked One Molecule and Reversed Autism Symptoms in Mice with Prof. Haitham Amal | Autism Research
Autism research breakthrough: Professor Haitham Amal, Ph.D. from Harvard and Hebrew University discovered that a single overactive molecule in the brain may…
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Warrior Mom Tracy Slepcevic: IACC, Gut Healing, and the Science Behind Autism Recovery
Autism recovery is possible. When Tracy Slepcevic's son Noah was diagnosed with autism, doctors told her to lower her expectations. She refused, and today Noah…
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Stop Flying Blind: How to Track, Organize, and Use Your Family's Health Data
Most of us are trying to manage our health — or our children's health — without any real data. No tracking. No organization. No patterns. Just guessing. In…
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5 Health Hacks We Wish We'd Known Years Earlier | Autism Supplements
Autism supplements and daily health hacks that actually work: five simple, affordable things Nadia Elkhatib and her family do every single day, including for…
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Peptides & Bioregulators for Autism: What We Actually Use in Our Home | Autism Peptides
Autism peptides and bioregulators explained: Nadia Elkhatib shares the exact peptide protocol her family uses, including GLP-1s, Cerebrolysin, Selank, and…
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She Cracked the Autism Sleep Code. Here's Her Protocol | Autism Sleep
Autism sleep problems affect 40 to 80% of people on the spectrum, and most families are told melatonin is the only option. Nadia Elkhatib breaks down the…
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The Peptides Most People Have Never Heard Of with Taylor and Hunter Williams | Autism Supplements
Autism supplements that most families have never heard of: peptides. Nadia Elkhatib sits down with Taylor and Hunter Williams, two of the leading voices in the…
Biohacking Autism with Nadia Elkhatib.Why Autism Caregivers Need a Heart Health Plan | Simon Campbell on Plaque, ApoB, and the CIMT Scan
Caregiver heart health is the silent killer no one talks about. Heart attacks and strokes kill more women than all cancers combined and more men than any other…
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Start Here: Biohacking Autism Podcast Trailer and Introduction
What happens when traditional approaches aren't enough — and you start asking better questions? In this trailer episode, host Nadia Elkhatib shares the…