The aggressive behavior is often from underlying damage to the autonomic nervous system (ANS). When damaged, the ANS is often unable to regulate the proper flow and pressure of blood and oxygen into the brain causing the child to feel unusually anxious, fearful, angry, and aggressive. Occasionally too much inulin seems to worse the blood flow and elevate the aggression. Reducing the dose of inulin will lessen the aggression or anxiety.n
Potentially. Garlic contains inulin and this could possibly cause an increase in gas.
Any infectious disease can temporarily cause behaviors to worsen. This is typically not a regression but an amplification of aggression, anxiety, or worsening of focus. There is typically no loss of any prior developmental gains; you just might not see the prior gains because these other issues can be so overwhelming for the child.nWithin a few weeks, after the infectious process resolves, the child will recover from the inflammatory injury and return back to their most recent neurological baseline.
The protocol shifts the intestinal bacteria towards a healthier balance and a reduction in intestinal, systemic, and central nervous system inflammation. Consequently, these effects often help a wide variety of intestinal conditions improve, if not completely, into remission.
Dr. Nemechek cares for many children with a wide variety of genetic abnormalities. Very surprisingly, many of the children begin to report significant improvements in their neurological and motor deficits. Parents report these gains to be unusually fast compared to the child’s prior rate of gains with therapists.
The modern fact is that in the absence of chronic inflammation that prevents proper brain development and healing from injuries, the vast majority of children with autism and developmental issues should spontaneously recover from any neurological injury or insult they experience. Their neuronal repair and rejuvenation mechanisms should continue them on the path of normal neurological recovery. I think this optimism also applies to children who have a genetically-based diagnosis for their neurological challenges. I admit that a reduction of inflammation will not reverse the anatomical abnormalities some children display from their genetic disorder, but I have witnessed profound neurological improvements in these same children whose hope for any form of improvement or recovery was deemed impossible.
If GERD is triggered directly from bacterial overgrowth, inulin can stop or reduce GERD within a few days to weeks. If GERD is caused by autonomic nervous system dysfunction, inulin alone often will not help. Inflammation needs to be substantially reduced, requiring the complete protocol, and the GERD will then usually dissipate in a few months.
You can find the video in the Parent Chat feature of the Navigator. This requires upgrading your membership to Navigator Access. Once you log in to the Parent Chat you can find the video in the forum titled “Dr. N’s Weekly Q&A Videos”. The dosing information for glutamine is housed in the Dosing Charts.
Some studies suggest the symptoms of gluten intolerance seems to occur because of an abnormal inflammatory reaction against gluten. This inflammatory reaction may be the result of parasympathetic weakness of the autonomic nervous system and not directly related to leaky gut. If gluten intolerance continues, the addition of vagus nerve stimulation will improve parasympathetic control of inflammation and the reaction to gluten often greatly improves.
You do not need to restrict gluten unless your child has been diagnosed with Celiac Disease.