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because all the sensory input turns into complete on gut flora. Whatever lives in the woman’s bowel will live in her vagina
disorder in their heads, and the child cannot learn and that is what women pass on to their babies.
from that mush. In my clinic, before I talk about the health of the child, I collect a thor-
This usually happens in the second year of ough health history of the parents, grandparents and siblings. Almost one
development, often when breastfeeding stops. The hundred percent of moms with autistic children have abnormal gut flora
second year of life is when the vital communica- themselves, and that is what they pass to their children right from birth.
tion functions develop: the receptive language These children start their lives with a disadvantage.
skills, the expressive language skills, the social In a handful of cases, where mom was perfectly healthy and there were
skills, along with gross motor skills and fine motor no symptoms, dad was the one with abnormal gut flora. Fathers share their
skills. Autistic children develop some of these bodily flora with the mom on a regular basis through sexual intercourse.
but in an abnormal way. If you look at what is So moms with gut dysbiosis pass abnormal gut flora to the newborn
happening in their brains, and how the toxicity baby and as a result, the baby doesn’t develop normal gut flora. The first
interferes with all the sensory input coming from thing that happens is the immune system becomes compromised. That’s
their sensory organs, you will understand why because the establishment of normal gut flora in the first few days of life
these children are so strange. It is perfectly logical in the baby plays a crucial role in proper maturation of the immune system
that they develop the way they do. and if that doesn’t happen or goes wrong as it does in many cases now,
the child is left immune-compromised. This sets the child up for eczema,
TOXIC HERITAGE colic, asthmatic episodes, blocked nose, and other allergic, atopic reactions,
Where do the gut flora come from? Babies because their immune system, that arm of the immunity Th1 does not de-
are born with sterile bodies and sterile digestive velop. It is disabled right from the start.
systems. During birth, as the baby goes through Because the immune system is not functioning well, the mucous mem-
the birth canal, she swallows the first mouthfuls branes—mucus production is an immune function—start overproducing
of bacteria and that becomes the baby’s gut flora. mucus. As a result, the children develop glue ear and constant ear infections.
So whatever is in the mom’s birth canal and lives In the West, ear infections constitute about 80 percent of all visits to family
in mom’s vagina becomes the baby’s gut flora. doctors. And what does the family doctor do for these ear infections? He
What lives in mom’s vagina? Until the era prescribes antibiotics—despite the fact that numerous studies have shown
of antibiotics and the contraceptive pill, the ma- that children who are left alone, who are not treated at all, do just as well
jority of women had normal vaginal flora, they as children treated with antibiotics. These antibiotics will wipe out the
had healthy flora and that is what they passed precious little beneficial bacteria the child still has. Many GAPS children
on to their children. However, we have now had go from one ear infection to another until grommets (ventilation tubes) are
decades of antibiotics overuse. And the contra- inserted to drain the mucus from the middle ear to the outer ear canal.
ceptive pill has a particularly devastating effect Chest infections are the number two problem in these children. An-

GLUTEOMORPHINS AND CASOMORPHINS
Gluteomorphins and casomorphins are partially digested proteins. Gluteomorphins come from gluten found in grains
and casomorphins come from the casein found in dairy foods. Gluten and casein are large molecules that are hard for
even normal people to digest. In children with damaged, porous and leaky gut walls, these proteins do not get digested
properly but are partially broken down into peptide chains whose structure is very similar to heroin, morphine and other
opiates. These substances are absorbed in that form and have an effect on the brain similar to heroin and morphine.
Autistic children are often put on a gluten-free/casein-free (GFCF) diet. It is a tragedy that this has been pronounced
“the” diet for autism and schizophrenia because removing grains and dairy foods only removes two toxic substances
from the body—gluteomorphins and casomorphins. The GFCF diet doesn’t deal with all the other toxins, it doesn’t heal
the gut and it doesn’t change the gut flora. In my clinic about 30 percent of children show initial improvement with a
gluten- and casein-free diet. The majority do not show any improvement at all and those who show some improvement
then plateau and the parents end up in a nightmare situation where if the child gets hold of even a crumb of bread or
steals a cracker there is a huge regression. This happens because the gut is still damaged, the gut flora are still abnormal,
the gut wall is still leaky and porous. All the toxins are still flowing into the body. The gluten-free/casein-free diet is
inappropriate for GAPS patients. It is not enough. (For an effective dietary plan for autistic and ADD children, see Gut
and Psychology Syndrome.)

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