Posted on 09/10/2006 5:43:22 PM PDT by Coleus
Children with autism have a abnormal metabolic profile that may play a role in the condition, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas. The researchers believe autistic children are more vulnerable to oxidative stress, which occurs when the antioxidant system fails to counteract the production or exposure to free radicals.
These free radicals then damage cells in the brain, as well as the gastrointestinal tract, and the immune system, which they believe may contribute to the the neurological, gastrointestinal and immunologic pathology that occurs in autistic children. The team analyzed and compared blood samples from 95 autistic children with 75 healthy children. They found autistic children had lower levels of a protective chemical called glutathione, which is produced by every cell and protects against damage caused by oxygen-free radicals.
The findings were presented at the American Society for Nutritional Sciences' scientific sessions at the Experimental Biology 2005 conference in San Diego. The researchers cautioned that they do not know if the abnormal metabolic profile precedes the disorder or is one of the symptoms.
Low glutathione can result from being deficient in Vitamin B6.
FYI, ping
drink lots of red bull.
Most interesting. Thanks.
Very interesting. Of course the question is whether this is a cause or effect.
Here's a link to an interesting study that relates low glutathione to high levels of mercury.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=38784
Could be interesting - your link isn't a link, but I can c&p!
That article is very damning.
Everyone should read it. It's scarey the number of vaccines given to babies now.
It's ridiculous.
Sure you have the *right* to opt out but try it. The pressure to vaccinate is incredible. There's a world of difference between offering someone something and requiring it with the option to opt out. One is easy, the other is he!!.
Excuse the language.
Sometimes "language" is needed to get one's point across.
Did you read the article? Made me kind of sick - so many vaccinations given to tiny babies.
I have seen (of course, anecdotal and all that) several children, including one of my own, develop health problems shortly after being vaccinated.
Sixty percent of the brain is fat. And half of that is DHA,
Docahexaenoic acid, one of the two main essential fatty acids you get from fish oil.
You absolutely don't get it from margarine or corn oil or trans fats or any of the other frauds that have been hoisted on America.
Couple of days ago, autism was because of old sperm. Had my 50 year old brother-in-law with his new kid/new young wife in a tizzy.
Next week it will be nitrates in bacon.
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