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Oxalates Control - A Major New Factor in Autism Therapy

11/27/2017

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"Oxalates control is a major new factor in autism therapy," according to an article published on the Great Plains Laboratory, Inc. website about test implications for yeast and heavy metals by William Shaw, PH.D.  To view the entire article, please click here. 
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Oxalates and Autism

Oxalate and its acid form oxalic acid are organic acids that are primarily from three sources: the diet, from fungus such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, and possibly Candida, and also from human metabolism. 
Oxalates in the urine are much higher in individuals with autism than in those who do not have autism. As a matter of fact, 36% of the children on the autistic spectrum had values higher than 90 mmol/mol creatinine, the value consistent with a diagnosis of genetic hyperoxalurias while none of the children who did not have autism had values this high.  84% of the children on the autistic spectrum had oxalate values outside the normal range. None of the children on the autistic spectrum had elevations on the other organic acids associated with genetic diseases of oxalate metabolism, indicating that oxalates are high due to external sources. 

A brand new diet is being extensively used to treat children with autism and other disorders. Researcher Susan Owens discovered that the use of a diet low in oxalates markedly reduced symptoms in children with autism. For example, a mother with a son with autism reported that he became more focused and calm, that he played better, that he walked better, and had a reduction in leg and feet pain after being on a low oxalate diet. Prior to the low oxalate diet, her child could hardly walk up the stairs. After the diet, he walked up the stairs very easily. Many hundreds of children with autism throughout the world are now being placed on this diet with good results.  

Benefits Reported by Parents Using Low Oxalate Diet
  • Improvements in gross and fine motor skills
  • Improvements in expressive speech
  • Better counting ability
  • Better receptive and expressive language
  • Increased imitation skills
  • Increased sociability
  • Speaking in longer sentences
  • Decreased rigidity
  • Better sleep
  • Reduced self-abusive behavior
  • Increased imaginary play
  • Improved cognition
  • Loss of bed wettinng
  • Loss of frequent urination
  • Improved handwriting
  • Improved fine motor skills
  • Improvement in anemia
... and many others

High Oxalate Food List

This is a short list of high oxalate fruits and vegetables. The foods below contain more than 10 mg oxalate per serving. A more detailed list is available online from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences website. 

Fruit
  • Blackberries
  • Blueberries
  • Carambola
  • Concord grapes
  • Currrents
  • Dewbetties
  • Elderberries
  • Figs
  • Fruit cocktail
  • Gooseberry
  • Kiwi
  • Lemon peel
  • Orange peel
  • Raspberries
  • Rhubarb
  • Canned strawberries
  • Tamarillo
  • Tangerines

Vegetables
  • Beans (baked, green, dried, kidney)
  • Beets
  • Beet greens
  • Beet root
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Chicory
  • Collards
  • Dandelion greens
  • Eggplant
  • Escarole
  • Kale
  • Leeks
  • Okra
  • Olives
  • Parsley
  • Peppers (chili and green)
  • Pokeweek
  • Potatoes (baked, boiled)
  • Rutabaga
  • Spinach
  • Summer squash
  • Sweet potato
  • Swiss chard
  • Zucchini
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    Hello my name is Stephany and I want to share my story.  I am a mother of an autistic child. My son is Jovan, and this is his journey. 

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