New research suggests that mom’s inflammation during pregnancy contributes to a higher risk of autism.
Inflammation was measured by the amount of C-reactive protein (CRP) in a pregnant woman’s blood.
Results were striking:
- Pregnant women with CRP in the top 20th percentile have a 43% increased risk of having a child with autism.
- Pregnant women whose CRP is in the top 10th percentile have a whopping 80% higher risk of having an autistic child.
If you have any kind of chronic allergies, asthma, chronic runny nose, autoimmune, rashes, pain, swelling, digestive issues, etc., you have chronic inflammation.
What? Yep, french fries and any other browned, starchy foods like potato chips and cereal contain acrylamides, which are both neurotoxic and carcinogenic. 
Mercury in seafood is more harmful than believed. Levels of the toxin previously deemed safe are probably not. 
I was a guest on Jesse Ann Nichols George’s show, “Activating Compassion in the Midnight Hour”. We talked about how to work with dietary challenges during the holiday season as well as the autism epidemic, food choices, GMO foods, vegetable oils, the Weston A. Price Foundation and more. We had a good time! 
Recent research has found no link between salt consumption and an increased risk of death or cardiovascular disease. I recommend using a non-white sea salt or a land salt, like Himalayan pink salt, because these salts contain trace minerals vital to our health and often missing from our diets. 
Kombucha may not be well tolerated by those with weak immune function, gut dysbiosis or hormonal imbalances, such as people with SIBO, IBS or Candida overgrowth. Donna Gates of the Body Ecology Diet recommends doing controlled ferments with specific bacteria or yeast instead. 
