By
demonstrating that a widely used mouse model
of autism does have gastrointestinal problems, and that these problems are associated with behavioral
symptoms, the new research «shows us something fabulous,» says Betty Diamond, an immunologist at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York.
To
demonstrate the validity
of this thesis, Dr. Hyman provides numerous examples
of patients with a wide variety
of apparently disparate brain disorders, ranging from
autism to depression to eating disorders to addictions to ADHD to dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, all
of whom experienced not just resolution
of symptoms, but recovery
of healthful function as a result
of his application
of the functional medicine matrix to their unique physiology, history and current circumstances.