Folic acid may mitigate link between lead exposure during pregnancy and autistic behaviors in children

A new study by researchers has found that folate may weaken the link between blood-lead levels in pregnant women and autistic-like behaviors in their children.

Says Alampi, "Our study suggests that adequate folic acid supplementation mitigates the neurotoxic effects of lead."

The SFU-led study is the first to observe that adequate folic acid supplementation may reduce the risk between gestational lead exposure and autism. It found that associations between blood lead levels and autistic-like behaviors in toddlers were stronger among pregnant women with less than 0.4 milligrams per day of folic acid supplementation.

Folate and folic acid, a synthetic version of folate found in fortified food, have long been established as a beneficial nutrient during pregnancy. Folate consumption plays a key role in brain development and prevents neural tube defects. Previous studies have found that the associations between autism and exposure to pesticides, air pollutants and phthalates (chemicals commonly found in soft plastics) during pregnancy tend to be stronger when folic acid supplementation is low.

The team used data collected during 2008–2011 from 2,000 Canadian women enrolled in the MIREC study (Mother-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals). The MIREC team measured blood-lead levels collected during first and third trimesters and surveyed participants to quantify their folic acid supplementation. Children born in this cohort study were assessed at ages three or four using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a common caregiver-reported tool that documents autistic-like behaviors in toddlers.

However, researchers also found that high folic acid supplementation (> 1.0 milligram per day) did not appear to have any extra benefit for mitigating the neurotoxic effects of lead exposure.

"The study's finding aligns with Health Canada's recommendation that all people who are pregnant, lactating, or could become pregnant, should take a daily multivitamin containing 0.4 milligrams of folic acid," they explained.

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The head injury I experienced from an auto accident - not nearly approaching what your imagination brings to bear: We were hit at only about 5mph, but I suffered post-concussion syndrome symptoms for 5 years - prompted doctorate level research to both understand what had occurred and prompt a healing regimen.

To assert that the result - outlined in my unpublished book - is conclusive even merely for me would be a bold faced lie: It merely revealed causation for the condition which created the stealth syndrome which made me susceptible to severe effect from such minor injury and outlines methodology for others. The truth is that this journey has exposed that, ironically, we as a culture are doomed to repeat the fate of the Romans, mostly due to the rise and corruption of the bureaucratic state.

Hence the reason why it remains unpublished: The realization that most people - based upon my outreach to those suffering severe impaired health, and consequently & particularly those in need - are incapable of grasping such methodology due to effects upon the brain from their health condition (both physical and psychological).

My point is that my conclusion from those thousands of hours of research is that the brain is both far more adaptable - at least in terms of short term effects pursuant to survival - and far more susceptible to effects from even minor exposure to what you and I may term “toxic” but is labeled “GRAS” by the establishment.

I am truly fortunate to have recovered both my physical health and my mental capacity (not exclusively without negative effect) and hope to share my results before I leave this vessel, but it will certainly NOT be in a format to resemble anything like a book. Rather, it will be a massive thesis due to the array of threats to our health. That includes - at a minimum - the vaccine schedule for infants.

But regardless my views on our future as a culture and species, if the likes of RFK Jr & DJT succumb to the system rather than prevail - both for the topic of health and our Republic - it will have been all for naught as I transition back to short term survival (itself an impossible proposition for most)…

…and retribution.

(to the latter end - in brief - I will only cite my ad nauseam reference to the “true pandemic” and DJT’s reference to “the enemy within”, and the prior unmitigated, qualified anger…and purpose)

[early morning rant over]

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