Srinivasan Pramila
Medical Mine, Inc. Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2009 Oct-Dec;21(4):237-47.
Anecdotal reports and parent surveys have shown evidence that dietary interventions have had some success in ameliorating the symptoms of autism.
In this paper, key findings that prompt a dietary intervention strategy are reviewed and popular intervention diets are described.
There is a significant body of literature pertinent to dietary interventions in autism from the perspectives of gastroenterology, immunology, and excitotoxicity. Some articles report benefits to patients on standardized rating scales.
This article presents a survey of the literature related to dietary interventions studied in the context of autism as well as various hypotheses on the rationale for dietary interventions. Patients or caregivers increasingly are attempting such interventions. Further studies are needed to establish the efficacy of these diets, the patients who would best benefit from diets, the mechanism of action, and the role of diets in addition to other treatments.
轶事报道和家长调查表明，饮食干预在改善自闭症症状方面取得了一些成功。
本文回顾了促使采取饮食干预策略的关键发现，并描述了常见的干预饮食。
从胃肠病学、免疫学和兴奋性毒性的角度来看，有大量与自闭症饮食干预相关的文献。一些文章报告了标准化评分量表上患者的获益情况。
本文对自闭症背景下研究的饮食干预相关文献以及饮食干预原理的各种假设进行了综述。患者或护理人员越来越多地尝试此类干预。需要进一步研究以确定这些饮食的疗效、最能从饮食中获益的患者、作用机制以及饮食在其他治疗之外的作用。
