What are the health concerns that most children diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder experience? Well, first, let’s look at the gut health and digestion. Many children struggle with constipation, diarrhea, bloating, leaky gut, and extended belly, and parents often look into small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, candida overgrowth, or food sensitivities.
Many are affected with immune functioning. They could have frequent illnesses, chronic infections, and autoimmune conditions. Detoxification issues, parents of children diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder often explore heavy metal toxicity, mold or my cytotoxin exposure, and impaired detoxification pathways like having an MTHFR gene mutation. What about the nutrient deficiencies
Well, many children are low in b vitamins, especially b six, b twelve, and folate, and they need the methylated version of those because they have a methylation issue. And we uncover all of this using an organic acid test, which is one of the functional medicine tests that we explore in the certified autism health coach training. We also look at magnesium and zinc and omega threes. And then if the children are experiencing sleep disorders, falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up frequently at night, seizures, and other neurological issues because many children have abnormal EEG patterns.
And that’s why we use a functional medicine approach to deal with the health concerns for the children and adults diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorder. And if you’re ready to be empowered with this knowledge, we invite you to register to become a certified autism health coach today.