Re: Evidence of Mito Dysfunction in Autism and Implications for Treatment - SPIN

[Guest guest]

So much SPIN going on in the news media - CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT 75%

OF MITCHONDRIAL DISORDER IS AQUIRED!!!!

AQUIRED by ??? you guessed it.... heavy metal ie. mercury, lead,

aluminium - (google it)

This child's Autism (not Autism like - how ridiculous) is NOT unique

to this child.

Now... be sure to read Rossignal/Bradstreet's recent paper on this

very topic - linked below

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> Evidence of Mito Dysfunction in Autism and Implications for

Treatment

> American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2008

> http://www.scipub.org/fulltext/ajbb/ajbb42208-217.pdf

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> With all the buzz during past two weeks about the Poling family's

> vaccine-autism case being conceded by the federal court system

because

> of an underlying mitochondrial condition, there is now a lot of

talk

> about what IS mitochondrial dysfunction and how a large percentage

of

> autistic children may actually suffer from this mitochondrial

dysfunction.

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> Above is a link to a new published paper by Drs. Bradstreet and

> Rossignol about the mitochondria disorder and autism. We often

> discuss some of the underlying medical/neurological conditions

> co-existing in both autism and apraxia (dyspraxia). When you

read the

> above paper, you will note that there is a very curious treatment

plan

> in common for the mitochondrial condition, especially as it relates

to

> combating oxidative stress - the same treatments that have been

> discussed on the group for years: Carnitine,

> CoQ10, Vitamin E as antioxidant...these are some of the substances

> present in the mitochondria and deficits in them may result in

> documented more global body functional problems. Some of the

families

> who participate on the list also already have documented

mitochondria

> dysfunction in their children and are probably more aware of the

> potential improvements from these shared treatments.

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> This is NOT to imply that everyone who has autism and apraxia

issues has

> a mitochondrial issue or vice versa...to make a blanket statement

like

> that would not be valid. However, for some of the children who DO

> respond to the carnitine, CoQ10, Vit E, omegas, etc. it does raise

the

> question as to what biochemical mechanism is broken that makes the

> treatments work in many children. I've also read recently that

> carnitine and CoQ10 supplementation also play a key part of the

> methylation cycle process in some way. It's fascinating how the

> medical puzzle pieces are starting to come together.

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> Anyone interested in more info may want to browse the archives at

the

> groups ABMD and EOHARM where many messages have been sent with

> links to abstracts and articles on the subject. Search for " MITO

> DYSFUNCTION " and " MITOCHONDRIAL " and you should get a number of

hits.

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