Gut-Healing Diets
Gut-healing diets can improve symptoms of neurodevelopmental, mood and autoimmune disorders by healing the gut. These diets recognize the value of the microbiome in our intestinal tracts in preventing and healing these and other disorders. Examples of this type of diet are the Body Ecology Diet, the Gut and Psychology (GAPS) diet, the Paleo/primal diet and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD).
Gut-Healing Diets Articles
Paleo/Primal Diet Main Info Page
What Is the Paleo/Primal Diet? The Paleo/primal diet is a gut-healing diet that is used to heal symptoms of gastrointestinal, autoimmune, neurological, metabolic and mood disorders as well as most chronic health conditions. The Paleo diet removes all processed foods, ... Read More
GAPS Diet (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) Main Info Page
What Is the GAPS Diet? The GAPS diet is a dietary solution to a healthier brain and improved immune activity within the body. It is often used by parents to control symptoms of autism, ADHDÂ and other neurodevelopmental disorders within their ... Read More
Specific Carbohydrate Diet Main Info Page
What Is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? The Specific Carbohydrate Diet may help children with autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies, autoimmune disorders and more because many of them have gut problems, food sensitivities, poor digestion and/or malabsorption. A medical-research study found altered intestinal ... Read More
How to Prioritize Therapies for Autism, SPD, ADHD and Other Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Learning How to Prioritize Therapies Can Seem Overwhelming When your child is showing signs of developmental delays or has a neurodevelopmental diagnosis such as autism, SPD, ADHD or a learning disability, it can feel overwhelming to know how to prioritize ... Read More
Biomedical and Physiological Imbalances Commonly Seen in Autism
Biomedical and Physiological Imbalances Commonly Seen in Autism Autism is a subjective diagnostic label that covers a cluster of symptoms or stereotypical behaviors. While conventional medicine often describes autism as a predominately genetic condition that results in a set of ... Read More
Foundations of Health
What Are the Foundations of Health? When facing a complex chronic health or developmental condition, it's easy to fall into the mindset that only something highly sophisticated—like stem cell therapy or a cutting-edge biologic drug—holds the key to healing. This ... Read More
Documenting Hope Publishes Peer-Reviewed Paper on Autism Symptoms ReversalÂ
Twins Case Report We are thrilled to share the news that Documenting Hope has published a new paper, Reversal of Autism Symptoms among Dizygotic Twins through a Personalized Lifestyle and Environmental Modification Approach: A Case Report and Review of the ... Read More
Which Diet Is Best for a Child with Autism?
Parents have been implementing special diets for years to help improve the health of and reduce symptoms in their children with autism. Given the number of cookbooks and blogs dedicated to this subject, it appears the gluten-free/casein-free (GFCF) diet was ... Read More
Gut-Healing Diets Stories
Colton’s PANS/PANDAS Is Gone
I helped my son heal from PANS PANDAS, and there is hope. A Rough Pregnancy and Birth He was born preemie at thirty five weeks. I had a really rough pregnancy. I had rheumatoid arthritis, which flared like crazy. I ... Read More
Thomas Lost His Autism Diagnosis
I helped my son heal from autism. You can too. My lowest low was when I was told I was likely too old to be a mother, and this is why Thomas was the way he was. I didn't know ... Read More
Dante’s Reversal of Non-Verbal Autism
I helped my son heal from non-speaking autism, and there is absolutely hope. Getting the Autism Diagnosis Was Devastating I was told your son is beautiful, perfect in every way. And, as she was looking at him within like literally ... Read More


