The Gut-Brain Connection

Neurodivergent kids

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Stomach pain and constipation in autistic child...

Gut problems are several times more common in autistic children, and they travel with harder days, worry and poorer sleep. What the studies found, why a sore tummy can look...

Stomach pain and constipation in autistic child...

Gut problems are several times more common in autistic children, and they travel with harder days, worry and poorer sleep. What the studies found, why a sore tummy can look...

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How to judge a supplement's evidence when your ...

Five questions you can answer from the label and ten minutes of searching: was the ingredient tested on its own, is the extract standardised and to what, was it placebo-controlled...

How to judge a supplement's evidence when your ...

Five questions you can answer from the label and ten minutes of searching: was the ingredient tested on its own, is the extract standardised and to what, was it placebo-controlled...

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Morning and evening: why the routine is the par...

The most common reason a supplement stops working is that it stops being taken. Anchor it to breakfast and the hour before bed, keep it identical every day, and give...

Morning and evening: why the routine is the par...

The most common reason a supplement stops working is that it stops being taken. Anchor it to breakfast and the hour before bed, keep it identical every day, and give...

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Gummies, powders, pills or sachets: what childr...

The best children's supplement is the one your child will take every day for a year, and the deciding factor is almost never the formula. An honest comparison of the...

Gummies, powders, pills or sachets: what childr...

The best children's supplement is the one your child will take every day for a year, and the deciding factor is almost never the formula. An honest comparison of the...

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Vitamin C: how much a child needs, and where it...

An Australian child needs 35 to 45 mg of vitamin C a day depending on age. Australian food law has already approved what may be said about it: immune function,...

Vitamin C: how much a child needs, and where it...

An Australian child needs 35 to 45 mg of vitamin C a day depending on age. Australian food law has already approved what may be said about it: immune function,...

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Saffron and children: what the research covers,...

Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...

Saffron and children: what the research covers,...

Saffron has been eaten for three thousand years and studied in more than twenty randomised trials. One standardised extract carries eleven placebo-controlled trials, including the only one in teenagers. The...

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Vitamin C, restricted eating and children: what...

In one Australian children's hospital review, 31 per cent of the children tested had low vitamin C, and 65 per cent of those had restricted eating. That is an argument...

Vitamin C, restricted eating and children: what...

In one Australian children's hospital review, 31 per cent of the children tested had low vitamin C, and 65 per cent of those had restricted eating. That is an argument...

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Probiotics and autistic children: what the tria...

The most cited trial was negative on all three primary outcomes. The blinded faecal transplant trial missed too. What probiotics do and do not change in autistic children, read from...

Probiotics and autistic children: what the tria...

The most cited trial was negative on all three primary outcomes. The blinded faecal transplant trial missed too. What probiotics do and do not change in autistic children, read from...

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Research on neurodivergent kids: what the gut m...

The birth cohorts, the twin study, the machine-learning signature and the first small trials, read plainly for parents of autistic and ADHD kids.

Research on neurodivergent kids: what the gut m...

The birth cohorts, the twin study, the machine-learning signature and the first small trials, read plainly for parents of autistic and ADHD kids.