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Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete Guide |  | Authors: Jenny McCarthy, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel
Creator: Tavia Gilbert
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
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Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1433270919
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9285882
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ASIN: 1433270919
Publication Date: April 9, 2009
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Over the past few years, autism has grown at epidemic rates, becoming the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. A school of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) pediatricians have been pioneering therapies and treatments that help reverse the effects of autism, but it can take over six to eight months to get an appointment with a DAN doctor. Now, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel and Jenny McCarthy have put together a book that will give parents all the necessary information about the DAN school of treating autism. Early intervention is the key to a successful recovery, and Dr. Kartzinel shows parents how to make simple changes to their child s environment and diet that are safe and easy to try at home. He also explains some of the more advanced therapies that DAN doctors use, and how to determine whether or not such treatments would benefit your child.
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 Easy book to follow - it's helping our family! February 8, 2010
Suzanne K.
When my son was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with autism. There is no history of autism in our families. I had seen Jenny McCarthy on some talk shows and I thought, "I don't have to worry about this..." boy was I wrong! I started reading more about autistic behaviors and then accepted the fact that he is autistic. I do feel that there are different forms of autism but I am convinced that my son has medical issues that can be treated. He is responding to many of the treatments in the book and I am grateful for this resource. This is by far the easiest guide for parents that I found. We have recently started seeing a specialist (Medical Doctor). Because of this book, I felt like I had a grasp of biomedical treatments. It is the "cliff note" guide to the more complicated books. Our son is not "cured" but in about 6 months of implementing ideas in this book (probiotic, cod liver oil, supplements), my son is healthier and happier than he ever has been. He kisses me all of the time and his sounds are coming slowly but surely.
The following is an excerpt from an e-mail I wrote to a woman who I just met through facebook. Her son (9 years old) recovered through similar nutritional and supplemental changes. I am adding this message for all of those parents who may have a similar story and need hope:
"My son is Alex. He is about 2 1/2 years old. He had a traumatic birth - severely bruised head, nerve compression in the left shoulder, fracture in the lower left arm. It was so scary! He was stuck - 10 lbs 6 oz. huge! Anyway, he was always pretty irritable/difficult. He started saying words early and a lot of babbling like he was talking. He was saying a couple of two word combinations at 8 months. We thought he would be an early talker. I can't remember exactly when he started having severe eczema but it was head to toe and horrible. We couldn't take him out of our house without him screaming with discomfort. He stopped talking around 10 months and was only saying "da da" - he lost all other sounds.
We already were very careful about new foods - but at 18 months we removed wheat and dairy from his diet. He was still nursing at that point because his diet was so limited - so when I removed dairy from my diet his skin almost completely cleared up. I remember that my life got easier at that point and actually thinking, "It's like I have a different kid." He was able to enjoy life a lot more and interact more.
He started speech therapy at 18 months and was not responding to it. He was assessed by a group of developmental specialists at 2 years and they were mixed opinions for an autism diagnosis. He was assessed at a 9-14 month level of communication.
We started educating ourselves about autism (thank God for Jenny McCarthy because she gave me a place to start). After reading about other children, I was convinced that he was autistic. We added cod liver oil, multi-vitamin, calcium, and removed corn and soy from Alex's diet at about 24-25 months. At that point, he improved with every "biomedical" thing that we implemented. His mood was definitely improving.
At 25 months, we started a probiotic, added Vitamin D-3, and added oregano to his diet to control yeast. His eye contact and chewing improved.
At 26 months, he started occupational therapy. We had an appointment with our autism specialist (he was on the DAN! doctor list), Dr. Green. I researched him on the internet and he seemed REALLY qualified. I feel so lucky that we found him - apparently he has treated over 2000 autistic patients. He's been doing this for a long time and we can tell!
We changed the probiotics, vitamins and supplements to Dr. Green's preferences (mainly stronger). We added Methyl B-12 shots every 3 days and we saw immediate improvements. Then we recently added a supplement called "Zen" - which helped him calm down a bit for sleeping. He also was low on Vitamin D so we increased that.
We are about a week into taking the antifungal - I am taking it too. It seems to be really helping. He's jabbering more and he seems to actually understand a lot more of what's going on. I do notice some "die-off reactions" though. Yesterday, I had him in his crib for a nap and he took his diaper off and really made a mess. It was so gross. He used to do that EVERY DAY! He would refuse to have a bowl movement until he was in his crib and then he would immediately take his diaper off. I would be so angry - clean up was horrible because he would not follow directions. Yesterday wasn't so bad. I cleaned him up and he actually listened to me! I told him not to touch things and he didn't; he didn't fight me. That has never happened. It was amazing! I hope that story wasn't too disgusting for you. I don't usually share that with anyone."
Again - I added that excerpt for all of the parents who may need hope. Also, don't feel like "biomedical" means something scary. I USED to feel that way - because I didn't understand what it meant. I now find it sad that our society seems more accepting of people using drugs like Risperidone or Ritalin instead of trying to resolve the issues through diet and supplementation. I don't want my child to need a drug to feel better. So far so good!
 Approach with an open mind January 31, 2010
Kim L (Charlottesville, VA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a new parent who knows several people with children who are on the spectrum, I was eager to read this book to see if there was indeed some way to prevent autism. While I found the authors' personal stories regarding their own children very interesting, there was little in the way of hard-core science to back up the claims in the book with the most controversial being that vaccines may trigger autism in children with weak immune systems. (Indeed, the current studies say there is not a link between autism and vaccines.)
With that said, most of the diet and health advice probably couldn't hurt most children who are on the spectrum. Indeed, the diet advice may even help those who are not on the spectrum, but suffer from multiple allergies.
My biggest problem with this book is the anti-vaccine agenda. While McCartney states that she is not anti-vaccine and feels it is up to the parents to vaccine or not, Dr. Kartzinel is clear that he is anti-vaccine. He does not vaccine children in his practice and only recommends a single vaccine for parents who want to vaccinate their children. I truly wish there had been some space given to the pros of vaccination, but it is not to be found.
Still, there is no doubt that the authors truly are speaking from the heart and their goal is to help children and families who are dealing with autism. I just wish it wasn't so anti-vaccination.
awesome book January 30, 2010
TK (Illinois)
gave this as a gift to autistic family members parent and got a very favorable review from her. Very helpful info.
If your child is not developing as expected... READ THIS BOOK! December 5, 2009
Ava Piquett (Indiana)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is so informative and is really more broad reaching than just for autistic spectrum children. I think the advice on dietary and supplements and vitamins is also relavant for ADHD as well as other developmental delays. As the caregiver and one who loves your child the most --- DO NOT RELY on DRS -- educate yourself!! You will not regret it! God Bless! God Bless Ms. McCarthy for all she has done and is sharing with the rest of us who do not have limitless funds.
 hucksterism November 26, 2009
Mike (CA)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Autism, the authors believe, can be cured via dietary supplements of vitamin, minerals and enzymes that they just happen to sell and are heavily marketed and promoted throughout the book.
The book is written in a mock conversational style between the authors, where the author "Jenny" often refers to her "celebrity status" --- what that has to do with the topic of the book I don't know.
As the parent of an autistic child, I think this book is very dangerous. What makes it so dangerous is that it mixes scientifically based information with half-baked ideas or nonsense based on anecdotal evidence, thus implying they have equivalent credibility.
Autism is a complex disorder that probably has multiple causes and is a brain dysfunction. The brain is a complex organ that is both highly sensitive and adaptive. So many of the "cures" may be the result the bodies own ability to heal/adapt itself, much like the spontaneous remission that cancer patients sometimes experience.
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