Metagenics Clinical Podcast

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Dr Robert Hendren, a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science at the University of California, San Francisco and author of well over 100 scientific papers and five books. From the get-go, it is clear Hendren is deeply committed to his work, and as such, provides valuable insight into the complex pathology that is autism. Hendren speaks of his first clinical trial, which launched him on his current career path (2:00) Elucidating the etiology of ASD (6:00) Factors influencing gene expression (8:00) Looking to the mitochondria (11:00) The infamous gut-brain axis - what role does it play in ASD? (17:30) Environmental toxicity – do we treat it and if so, how? (26:00) Sulforaphane holds promise (31:20) Spotlight on metabolomics (34:00) Functional testing (38:50) Professor Hendren’s hopes for the treatment of ASD (43:50)