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Category: Seizures
The Promise of Fecal Microbiota Transplant
Over the weekend, I read a great little article about the potential applications of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in treating a huge variety of diseases.[i] Of course, we are sorely lacking in clinical trials for almost all but still, there is hope to be…
Is There Any Doubt Left that Propionic Acid is a Cause of Autism? Apparently not
I first started to write about autism and propionic acid (PPA) not long after creating this blog, back in the fall of 2016. In January 2017, I described to you some of the work of Dr. Derrick MacFabe, which as particularly fascinated me for…
Seizures and the Ketogenic Diet: Does the Gut Bacteria Hold the Answer?
I have long been a proponent of the ketogenic diet (KD) for kids with seizures. I have seen miracles with my own eyes: children with intractable seizures improving immeasurably, even coming off seizure meds. In fact, one of my old nutrition clients, a little…
Early Life Immune Activation, Autism, and Seizures
For all you other parents of children with epilepsy and/or autism and/or other related developmental issues, some pretty depressing – but also, extremely important – research was just published by scientists at McLean Hospital: “…even a brief episode of immune system activation within days…
The gut bacteria affect the brain’s blood vessels
I’m obsessing on some research[i] I read about last week. “A study in mice and humans suggests that bacteria in the gut can influence the structure of the brain’s blood vessels, and may be responsible for producing malformations that can lead to stroke or…
