THE AUTISM ENIGMA TRAILER
Premieres December 8, 8:00pm ET/PT
on CBC-TV’s The Nature Of Things With David Suzuki
Thursday December 15 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC News Network


The Autism Enigma looks at the progress of an international group of scientists who are looking for clues to the baffling disorder by examining the amazingly diverse and powerful microbial ecosystem that’s an essential part of the human gastrointestinal tract, and the extraordinary efforts of parents who have been relentlessly pushing science forward in hopes of finding answers for their children’s condition.

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  • Comments

    • Edith Ury: My grandson has a kind of autism. His diet is very much similar to the descriptions in the interview with Dr.MacFabe. Lot of sugars, breads, pizza, pasta, etc. His a-social behavior is very apparent with adults, he seems to form certain relations in school, but no friendships in terms of friends co...
    • Lisa Gifford: Very interested in your theory behind the gut and brain reaction toward behavior such as fecal smearing. currently working with individual who says "he wants to stop, doesn't know why he does it" really desparate teen. Would love to hear more to help this family. Dietary suggestions of low starch, s...
    • Tim Denv: I think youve made some truly interesting points. Not too many people would actually think about this the way you just did. Im really impressed that theres so much about this subject thats been uncovered and you did it so well, with so much class. Good one you, man! Really great stuff here.....,...
    • Tracee: Great Interview. I have been interested in Mr. Nicholsons work for awhile, as three generations of my family are affected by autism. Thank you for posting this....
    • Cannabis for Autism: Interesting, I've always felt that autism was connected to the body's relationship to it's fuel source somehow?...
    • Kate: I'm interested that you talked about Hydrogen sulfide, as IIRC, it has also been investigated in ME, aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There is a neurotoxic metabolite test for ME patients that I think looks at hydrogen sulphide. Would this test be any use for autism? Gut Bacteria Lend a Molecular Ha...
    • Jim Longo: Saw an interesting follow up to some of Dr. Herbert's comments on agricultural overuse of antibiotics. The FDA is starting to restrict certain antibiotics in livestock. Note that more antibiotics are used in agriculture than in humans, possibly contributing to drug-resistant infections as well as...