Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we could actually

harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull out

nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just maybe we

should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and you're listening

to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm here to tell you that nutrition matters. We

could choose a diet proven to not only prevent antitreate but reverse our

number one killer heart disease along with other deadly diseases such as

type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't make that

choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present you with

the results of the latest in peer reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand. Today we're going to look at

autism, the neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social

interaction, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication and restricted and

repetitive behavior. Researchers shown dramatic improvements in autistic

children when they get a fever. This suggests that the condition may be

reversible if one could replicate the phenomenon in other ways. Autism currently

affects about one 68 kids in the United States. Yeah we don't even have drugs to

treat the core symptoms. Forget the underlying disease itself. I mean we can

treat some symptoms just not the core symptoms of the disorder. Sure if you're

aggressive we can give you anti-psychotic drugs, stimulants like riddle and

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