RE: why autism may be related to iodine discussion

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>From: " ladybugsandbees " <ladybugsandbees@...>

>Reply-iodine

>I just went through all the e-mails from this morning up to the present and

>counted 12 e-mails related to autism and vaccinations. Let's get the focus

>back on Iodine please.

Didn't you hear the recent post? We all think everything has a link to

autism. (Nothing is off limits because of this : )

Especially since many of the traits of autism can be duplicated in

hypothyroidism (or at least I think they can, I've never actually seen an

autisitic child.) Anyway, this is one related fact -

http://www.eas.asu.edu/~autism/Research/Completed.html

Iodine: Children with autism have low levels of iodine (needed for proper

thyroid functioning and to prevent mental retardation). Iodine deficiency is

the most common worldwide cause of mental retardation.

http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari/dan/adams1.htm

Iodine: For the children with ASD, the mean level of iodine was much lower

(45%) than for the control children, and the difference was highly

statistically significant (p=0.005). When the subgroup of age 3-6 years was

considered, the magnitude of the difference was almost identical (47%),

although the difference was not statistically significant due to the smaller

number of children in the subgroup. This suggests that iodine could be an

important factor in the early development of autism, presumably through its

effect on thyroid function.

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This could be why in some cases thyroid medication appears to " cure " many

symptoms of autism.

Skipper

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