Autistic individuals have a relatively porous gut walls, this is known as leaky gut syndrome. This means that some food proteins can leak into the blood. These proteins eventually cross the blood-brain barrier. Human body treats them in the same way it treats any invading virus or bacteria. These proteins trigger the immune system and produce intense immune response. This intense immune response is the root cause of variety of symptoms including damage to the brain tissue.
Autistic individuals have low blood hemoglobin and ferritin levels and may have Anemia. This is a part of the body's natural defense against autoimmune disorders. Body is trying to minimize the iron levels so that the amount of iron deposited in tissue can be reduced, in order to minimize the damage. In fact, iron supplementation is extremely dangerous in these cases because it worsens the primary disease.
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Iron Overload- Bill Sardi
Iron in US diet
Is Iron safe?
Reduce dietary iron intake
* Eliminate Iron fortified cereals.
* Eliminate Iron supplements.
* Remove red meat and any other iron rich food.
* Avoid cast iron pots ans pans.
Reduce Iron Absorption
* Calcium supplements with meals will reduce iron absorption. Several families have indicated dramatic improvement with Pepcid treatment. This is because it contains calcium, which reduces Iron absorption.
* Eliminate acidic and vitamin C fortified foods and drinks, for e.g. orange juice since acidic foods promote Iron absorption.
* Tea with meals helps since it reduces Iron absorption. Tea contains tannic acid, which binds with iron and reduces iron absorption.
Remove Iron from Brain and other tissues.
Chelate
This can be achieved by using iron chelators. One of the most powerful natural iron chelators is IP6. We recommend a dose of 500mg/day. Our advice is to buy IP6 in powder form so that you can adjust the dose.
Other methods (these are more applicable to adults with Autism)
* Blood donation
* Vigorous Exercise (Iron loss through sweat)
Reduce Immune response
* Eat natural food (without any additives) as much as possible.
* Reduce common allergens such as milk, wheat etc.
* Vitamin B6 is very powerful natural immune system suppressant. We recommend a doses of 1 to 5mg/day.
Love them
Loving these kids is the best therapy, spend lots of time with them, don't get angry and frustrated and try to understand their thinking. These kids are genius, they have hidden talents and you need to explore these hidden talents.
Discipline them.
Do not tolerate temper tantrums, biting etc. Treat them like normal kids and discipline them. Expect a lot and they will show you the results.
How does a child becomes Autistic?
The assault starts when the mother is prescribed prenatal vitamins. By the time the child is born, too much Iron has already accumulated in his system. The next attack comes from infant formula, which contains 12mg/L of Iron; this is 20 to 40 times higher than mother's milk! An average size child only needs (0.5-0.8mg/day) of iron. The next attack comes with iron fortified infant cereals, which contains 30-50mg/100gms of cereal. Infant juices are excessively fortified with Vitamin C, which further helps absorption of Iron. When the parents complain that their child doesn't eat well, is always tired, can not sleep well or has allergies, a typical western medical doctor prescribes more Vitamins +Iron (Poly Visol) which contains 15 to 20mg/day of Iron.
In summary a child may get 44-70mg/day of Iron when the actual need is only 0.8mg/day. This is triggering immune system way out of control, the immune system then attacks food protein that wonders arround in the tissue and in the process distroy surrounding tissue.
