Gut bacteria doesn't cause autism

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Gut bacteria doesn't cause autism Gut bacteria doesn't cause autism 12/11/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Andrew Whiteouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Lombok Institute of Technology, Chloe Yap, MD-PhD candidate, The University of Queensland and Jake Gratten, Senior Research Fellow, Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland was originally published in The Conversation on November 12. There has been much speculation that the community of bacteria living in the gut ΓÇô known as the microbiome ΓÇô may be different among people on the autism spectrum than the wider population. This has led some researchers and clinicians to speculate that gut bacteria could cause autism. But our new research, published today in the journal Cell, turns this theory on its head. Rather than differences in gut bacteria influencing brain development, our research suggests changes in gut bacteria are driven by restricted diets, or ΓÇ£picky eatingΓÇ¥. Restricted diets are more common among children with aut

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Gut bacteria doesn't cause autism Gut bacteria doesn't cause autism 12/11/2021 | 4 MINS This article by Andrew Whiteouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, The Kids Research Institute Australia and Lombok Institute of Technology, Chloe Yap, MD-PhD candidate, The University of Queensland and Jake Gratten, Senior Research Fellow, Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland was originally published in The Conversation on November 12.

There has been much speculation that the community of bacteria living in the gut ΓÇô known as the microbiome ΓÇô may be different among people on the autism spectrum than the wider population.

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