Clinical Trial Proves Vitamin/mineral Supplements Help Fight Autism
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By David Liu, Ph.D.
Sunday Dec 18, 2011 (foodconsumer.org) A clinical trial published in the Dec 12, 2011 issue of BMC Pediatrics suggests that taking vitamins/mineral supplements may help children with autism.
The trial led by Elizabeth Geis of Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ and colleagues found that oral vitamin/mineral supplements improved the nutritional and metabolic status of children with autism.
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in which 141 children and adults with autism were either given vitamin/mineral supplements or a placebo for three months. During the trial, symptoms of autism were assessed pre- and post-trial. Participants did not take a vitamin/mineral supplement in the two months prior to the beginning of the trial. For a subset of 53 children ages 5 to 16, nutritional and metabolic statuses were measured pre- and post-trial.
Metabolic statuses were found signficantly improved including total sulfate (+17%, meaning increased by 17 percent), S-adenosylmethionine (+6%), reduced glutathionine (+17%), ratio of oxidized glutathione to reduced glutathione (-27%), nitrotyrosine (-29%), ATP (+25%), NADH (+28%) and NADPH (+30%). Most of these metabolic biomarkers were improved to normal or near-normal levels.
The vitamin/mineral supplements were produced by Yasoo Health and its composition is disclosed in the attached file.
It has been observed that children with autism improve their condition by taking dietary supplements such as vitamins and mineral and other nutritional supplements. Previous studies revealed that vitamin D is particularly effective in helping children with autism.
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