Children With Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ms Jaquelyn McCandless,Jack Zimmerman,Teresa Binstock

ISBN 10: 1883647177 / ISBN 13: 9781883647179

Published by Bramble Books 2009-02-01, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Children With Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Publisher: Bramble Books 2009-02-01
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883647177
• ISBN 13: 9781883647179
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Children With Starving Brains is a message of hope in the midst of a worldwide epidemic of autism, ADD and ADHD. This is the first book written by an experienced clinician that gives a step-by-step treatment guide for parents and doctors based on the understanding that ASD is a complex biomedical illness resulting in significant brain malnutrition. Genetic susceptibility activated by "triggers" such as pesticides and heavy metals in vaccines can lead to immune system impairment, gut dysfunction, and pathogen invasion such as yeast and viruses in many children. Dr. McCandless, whose grandchild with autism has inspired her "broad spectrum approach," describes important diagnostic tools needed to select appropriate treatment programs. Her book explains major therapies newly available and identifies safe and effective options for parents and physicians working together to improve the health of these special children.

About the Author

Jacquelyn McCandless received her M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and is certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Since the early 1990s, her interest in women's issues and sexuality has led to an alternative medicine practice with a focus on anti-aging, brain nutrition, and natural hormone therapy. In 1996, after her granddaughter was diagnosed with autism, she returned even more to basic medicine and began working with biomedical aspects of developmentally delayed children. She now utilizes the knowledge she gained searching for treatments for her grandchild to help other ASD children.