How long should someone without autism be on the protocol ?

Regardless of diagnosis, I expect treatment is going to be for the next many years at least, and here’s why: The bacterial overgrowth in the intestine leads to the production of propionic acid (causes autistic behaviors- loss of eye contact, strange behaviors, suppression of cognition) and the leakage of LPS (a fragment of the ‘fish’ bacteria from the colon).nnLPS migrates to the brain and triggers a priming effect in microglia (white blood cells) within the brain. The primed microglia cause a permanent and long-lasting inflammatory response that prevents proper pruning (causes developmental delay) and brain repair (causes cumulative brain injury).nnStopping inulin or rifaximin will allow bacterial overgrowth to relapse and trigger a renewed increase in inflammation and the potential production of propionic acid. The reduction of olive oil and fish oil intake may lead to an increased inflammatory response within the brain from the primed microglia.