Christine Williams is a clinical dietician who spent 28 years at the Children’s Hospital in Calgary, where she pioneered the ketogenic diet program for children with epilepsy. Her professional expertise in therapeutic nutrition intersected with her personal life when her daughter, after early precocious development, experienced regression and was later identified on the autism spectrum. Christine drew on her medical training, prayer, and natural health resources to find a path of recovery for her child.

In this interview, Christine describes both her clinical and personal journeys—how ketogenic diets helped children with epilepsy, and how targeted nutritional changes, supplements, probiotics, essential fatty acids, and homeopathy transformed her daughter’s life. She recounts challenges with autism symptoms such as tantrums, sensory overload, and loss of social skills, followed by gradual healing steps that included gluten-free/casein-free diets, supplements, and homeopathic remedies. Today her daughter is a university graduate living independently. Christine’s message to Ottawa stresses that children on restrictive diets and with developmental conditions cannot recover without access to affordable natural health products.