From Oct 2024: Nicole Rincon, PA-C on Autism, Regression & the Biology Beyond Behavior

Originally released in October 2024, this conversation is being re-released as part of a selection of guest interviews from the podcast archive.

In this episode, I speak with Nicole Rincon, PA-C, a board-certified physician assistant at Rossignol Medical Center whose work focuses on pediatric special needs, integrative medicine, and functional medicine. Nicole brings both a clinical and deeply personal perspective to the conversation as the mother of children who experienced developmental regression and were diagnosed with autism.

We discuss autism and regression through a biological and functional medicine lens, including mitochondria, metabolism, gastrointestinal health, inflammation, nutrition, environmental factors, and the potential role of medical comorbidities. Nicole also shares her family's experience and how it ultimately led her from nutritional and wellness medicine into working with autistic children and their families. Throughout the conversation, we explore both established research and emerging or debated areas of investigation in an effort to better understand the biology that may accompany autism beyond its behavioral presentation.

Nicole Rincon https://www.nicolerincon.com/nicole-rincon

Rossignol Medical Center https://rossignolmedicalcenter.com/doctors/nicole-rincon/

TACA Info: https://tacanow.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/F-H-2-Nicole-Rincon-Beginning-Biomed.pdf

TACA Talks: https://www.nicolerincon.com/videos

Publications https://rossignolmedicalcenter.com/articles-publications/#published-2024-2-articles

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00:00 Nicole Rincon

02:07 From Mother & Clinician to Autism Medicine

12:30 Autism Regression; Omegas, Mitochondria & Environmental Factors

21:56 Functional Medicine & Rossignol Medical Center

25:07 Folate, Folate Receptor Antibodies & Methylation

30:36 Mito Dysfunction & Autism Comorbidities

42:22 Challenges with the Medical Paradigm; Maternal Health

48:34 Looking Beyond Vaccines; Environment, Light & Human Biology

53:26 The Functional Medicine Evaluation; Looking Upstream

1:02:00 A Multifactorial Approach to Autism & the Future of Medicine