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Leaky gut autism theory doubted

March 17, 2008

From the BBC Website:

“Children with autism do not appear to leak damaging proteins from their intestines, a study into the so-called “leaky gut” theory has suggested.

It has been claimed autistic children cannot fully digest proteins found in many foods - and that the resulting peptides escape and affect the brain.

But UK researchers found children with autism did not have more peptides in their urine than a control group.

They have published their findings in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood...”