Create the right diet to support your child with autism or other neurodevelopmental delays, with this step-by-step guide to optimal nutrition for their unique needs.

If your child with autism spectrum disorder struggles with common symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, stimming, gastrointestinal upset, you are not alone. And you are not powerless to help.

This groundbreaking book offers the first personalized approach to help improve these disruptive symptoms through your child’s diet, supplying you with the information and resources you need to holistically help them thrive.

Certified nutrition consultant Julie Matthews pairs 20 years of clinical experience with practical advice with an attainable and adaptable 12-step plan for effectively improving and/or addressing the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, ADD, Tourette’s Syndrome, Down Syndrome, learning delays, anxiety, aggression, and defiant disorders.

In these pages, Matthews illustrates the underlying biochemical factors and explains how therapeutic diets and nutritional supplements can have profound benefits for your child’s body and brain. This step-by-step, scientifically proven program includes:

• Common and impactful diets to implement
• Adjustable daily meal plan ideas for each diet
• Detailed lists of key foods and nutritional supplements
• 50 nourishing and picky-eater-approved recipes
• Symptom questionnaires for determining the right diet

Just as every child with autism spectrum disorder is unique, there is no one-size-fits-all diet recommendation. The Personalized Autism Nutrition Plan is tailored yet flexible, empowering you with the tools to drastically improve your child’s wellbeing and help them thrive—with food as medicine.

Julie Matthews, MS, is a certified nutrition consultant who received her master’s degree in medical nutrition with distinction from Arizona State University. She is also a published nutrition researcher on the efficacy of therapeutic diets and nutrition interventions for autism spectrum disorder. Her work for over 20 years has focused on complex neurological conditions, particularly autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. She is the author of the award-winning book Nourishing Hope for Autism. Julie’s BioIndividual Nutrition® approach is based on the biochemical individuality and personalized nutrition needs of each person. Julie supports families and clinicians from around the world with her nutrition programs and professional training courses. Visit NourishingHope.com and BioIndividualNutrition.com.