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Organic Acid Test (OAT)

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Hi,

I hope this post is allowed here - apologies if not.

Does anyone have any experience with the the Organic Acid Test (OAT)?

It looks at yeast and fungal, and metabolic deficiencies and whole range of other nutritional and metabolic factors.

We are using this for our young children diagnosed with ASD to explore the "leaky gut syndrome"

This isn't something which I hear about in the UK however, I understand it is a common approach in America and other European countries (I got laughed at by my GP when I mentioned it).

I would love to hear from anyone that has any experience in this area.

Thanks x

Parents

  • Hi there, I have never heard of it but I do think there is some kind of link to the gut and autism. I first heard about the link in the book Freaks Geeks and Aspergers. I read it a time when my lad was first diagnosed (6) with being on the spectrum so was looking into the autism aspects of the book and didn't really take in the links to tummy problems.  However, I now have a teenage boy who has really bad tummy trouble and looks like he's got inflammatory Bowel Disease. Thank you, I am going to look into this further. 

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  • Hi there, I have never heard of it but I do think there is some kind of link to the gut and autism. I first heard about the link in the book Freaks Geeks and Aspergers. I read it a time when my lad was first diagnosed (6) with being on the spectrum so was looking into the autism aspects of the book and didn't really take in the links to tummy problems.  However, I now have a teenage boy who has really bad tummy trouble and looks like he's got inflammatory Bowel Disease. Thank you, I am going to look into this further. 

Children
  • in reply to GaelicNik

    I too have suffered severe gut pain all my life, I never even realised it as not usual. I just thought everyone had stomach pain of some kind .

    Someone once asked me how I was, I said my stomach was more painful than normal and was usually only quite mild in intensity, they enquired what I meant by my comment?

    well it just hurts like everyone’s, I then found out it wasn’t at all usual to have constant pain of some kind. 

    I consider myself lucky after reading about others, mine comes and goes. Never quite goes altogether.

     I do avoid certain foods that I know agrevate my guts.

     As a child I had many issues looking back, severe ear ache, difficulties going to the toilet, accidents, I was given laxatives, medications but the doctors would just say well we aren’t sure what’s causing his pan but he will grow out of it.

    I have since found out a lot more about connections between autism and various health conditions, I consider myself extremely lucky as although I have many autistic traits or underlying sensitivity, None are so severe as to cause me great suffering.

     Cloudy mountain and NAS 39248 are I feel quite right about being cautious. If it was at all successful I would imagine the medical profession would use it. 

  • in reply to GaelicNik

    There is. People with autism are more susceptible to IBS, Coeliac's Disease, and Diverticulitis. However, this link has nothing to do with "Leaky Gut Syndrome", and is simply genetic. These people seem to use the link as a draw too. In my opinion, avoid!