Garvey Josephine
Royal Free Hospital, London.
J Fam Health Care. 2002;12(2):34-8.
A dietitian discusses the theory that peptides with opioid activity may cause or trigger autism. The use of an exclusion diet to treat autism is explained, weighing the potential benefits against some of the practical difficulties of keeping to a strict exclusion diet. The use of nutritional supplements is described. An abnormal gut flora has also been implicated in autism and the use of probiotics and prebiotics in improving the integrity of the gut mucosa is also discussed.
一位营养师讨论了具有阿片样活性的肽可能导致或引发自闭症的理论。解释了使用排除饮食法治疗自闭症的情况，权衡了潜在益处与坚持严格排除饮食法所面临的一些实际困难。描述了营养补充剂的使用。肠道菌群异常也被认为与自闭症有关，还讨论了使用益生菌和益生元来改善肠道黏膜完整性的情况。
