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The Role of Gluten in Autism

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Personalized Food Intervention and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Management

Part of the book series: Advances in Neurobiology ((NEUROBIOL,volume 24))

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder of social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviors. Much remains unknown about their mechanisms of action and physiological effects. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in nutritional diets, which can be used as a form of therapeutic intervention for ASD with a recent increase in the research being carried out in this field. Selective nutrition therapy for ASD and brain function shows improvement in behavioral changes and reduction in malnutrition seemingly associated with the allergies or food intolerances to gluten. Therefore, a gluten-free diet has yielded positive outcomes giving hope in developing therapy for ASD.

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  1. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr. ALMPGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Sumathi

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Manivasagam & A. Justin Thenmozhi

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  1. Food Science and Nutrition, CAMS, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

    M. Mohamed Essa

  2. World Innovation Summit for Health WISH, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

    M. Walid Qoronfleh

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Sumathi, T., Manivasagam, T., Thenmozhi, A.J. (2020). The Role of Gluten in Autism. In: Essa, M., Qoronfleh, M. (eds) Personalized Food Intervention and Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Management. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30402-7_14

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