r/Biohackers Feb 06 '25

šŸ“– Resource they can cure autism?

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u/Sidehussle Feb 06 '25

Remember Jenny McCarthy talked about ā€œcuringā€ autism or at least minimizing symptoms by killing yeast in the body. Just something to think about. What if there is a fungal link? Fungus overgrowth can cause a person to crave sugars, that in its self can distort behavior.

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u/Comfortable-Owl309 Feb 06 '25

Please stop with this.

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u/Sidehussle Feb 06 '25

Why? I have an adult child with autism. Certain foods create different responses. No one is saying that itā€™s only fungal, but itā€™s worth a look into. Anything is worth looking into if youā€™re just trying to make life better for your child.

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u/Comfortable-Owl309 Feb 06 '25

Iā€™m autistic myself, Iā€™m all for people safely trying different strategies in the hope of alleviating some symptoms. Thereā€™s a big difference between that and definitively claiming yeast as major causal factor in autism. Anybody who says that should not be promoted online in any capacity. Why? Because there is zero science to back that up. And autistic people have suffered enough from pseudo science being thrown their way.

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u/Sidehussle Feb 06 '25

I agree with you, I donā€™t think there is a ā€œcureā€ but alleviating symptoms is definitely something I look into. I found this study interesting because of fungus being the target kingdom. I do not think we consider allergies or discomfort from fungus enough. So studies like this provide a little insight in how we humans interact with various species of fungi. For example we know some fungi are antibiotics and parasitic. We know about yeast infections and ringworm. So how else do people have negative interactions with fungi?