Vitamin D and Autism
Autism is now epidemic in the industrialized world. A
recent British study indicated the prevalence is 1 in every
88 children; not only is autism epidemic, it is catastrophic.
If you are involved with autism, you know the etiology is
unknown. Although symptomatic treatments exist, universally
effective treatments are lacking. Until we discover the
cause, effective treatments will evade us. Any theory of
autism's cause must account for all its unexplained
facts such as:
Why has it increased so dramatically in the last 20 years? How
could it increase if it is a genetic disease? Why
can one identical twin be severely affected and the other
not? Why are boys so much more likely to get it than
girls? Why is it more common in blacks? Why
do autistic children have larger heads? Why can't
they excrete heavy metals? Why is autism less common
closer to the equator? Why do symptoms first appear
around the age of weaning? Why do certain drugs,
such as valproic acid, increase the risk? Why are
seizures so common in autism? Why do autistic children
have frequent infections? Why do mothers who consume
seafood during their pregnancy have a reduced risk of having
an autistic child? Why do a few autistic children
seem to miraculously get better? Why do multivitamins
seem to help? Why does fish oil help? We do
not know the answers to these questions; we do not know
how to prevent autism, nor how to treat it.
Now a single theory answers all these questions. Furthermore,
this new theory implies simple prevention and raises, at
least the possibility, of effective treatment—if
treatment is instituted in young, autistic children before
the brain damage is permanent.
Furthermore, if this new theory is correct, it means autism,
at least the recent increase, is iatrogenic—that
is, caused by the medical profession!
To read more about the Vitamin D Theory of Autism, see
our site's new section Autism
and Vitamin D.
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