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Organic Acid Test (OAT)

NAS51214

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

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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. 

  • 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!

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  • 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!

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