A new study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood suggests that autistic children do not appear to have proteins leaking into their intestinal systems and causing damage, today’s BBC News reports. Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and the University of Edinburgh found that autistic children did not have more peptides in their urine than did non-autistic children in a control group.
The “leaky gut” theory of autism is based on the belief that vaccines such as the MMR damage the lining of the intestine and create digestive problems in children. It is thought that …read more