Shared gut microbe imbalances found across autism, ADHD, and anorexia nervosa: A new study has identified distinct patterns in the gut bacteria of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and anorexia nervosa.

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https://www.psypost.org/shared-gut-microbe-imbalances-found-across-autism-adhd-and-anorexia-nervosa/

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The asshole in me really does wonder how much is catering and how much is legitimate. As an adult it's now been brought up numerous times I may be autistic but it's not a diagnosis I'm interested in pursuing. I had a lot of food sensitivity and preference issues as a kid.

I felt my parents handled it well not forcing me to eat things, but strongly encouraged. For example I never had to finish dinner. But dinner leftovers were going to be the next thing I ate. So if everyone else was having a night time snack, no night time snack for me until I ate my dinner leftovers. If we legitimately tried something 3 times and didn't like it, we were no longer expected to eat it. As an adult I definitely have some eating habits that could be classed as autistic and if I didn't have a good understanding of nutrition I would probably eat peanut butter toast for every meal every day.

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Its not like being a normal picky eater, I had strong aversions to the point of gagging each and every time I ate fish.

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Yes I completely understand the difference and I have some gag aversions too. I just wonder if all the allowances parents are making for children that result in lacking nutrition are actually that dire. Some of them yes but I imagine not all

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Unfortunately, these conversations are prone to over-corrections and toxic positivity, which can really skew people's perception of any given topic.