Widely believed to help overcome the symptoms of autism, many have controlled the diet of their children in hopes to see improvement. A Mayo Clinic report recently reported that diets such as GFCF may not be as helpful as many believe.

Being reported by Rueters out of New York, research shows that bowel movements of young children affected by autism are no different than children who are not on the spectrum. Any differences that were noted were explained away by differences in diet.