A new study has been hailed as a "Breakthrough Discovery" on the causes of autism. The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, is entitled "Mitochondrial Dysfuction in Autism".
Writing about the study in the Huffington Post, Dr. Mark Hyman says that he has already successfully treated autism by addressing known causes of mitochondrial dysfunction, including environmental toxins such as mercury, lead and persistent organic pollutants, latent infections, gluten, sugar, allergens and nutritional deficiencies.
I found all these problems in Jackson, and over a period of two years we slowly unraveled and treated the underlying causes of his energy loss which included gut inflammation, mercury, and nutrient deficiencies. Over time, the tests for his mitochondrial function and oxidative stress (as well as levels of inflammation and nutrient status) all normalized. When they became normal, so did Jackson. He went from full-blown regressive autism to a normal, bright beautiful six-year-old boy.
Dr. Hyman writes that the information taken from the new study is one symptom of a complex variety of causes that could be associated with autism. A number of other symptoms could include systemic inflammation, brain inflammation and many others. Therefore, he says, future research "must synthesize current data and design relevant whole systems research studies that don't focus on a single factor, but examine all the factors together."
Hyman notes that most physicians do not test autistic patients for oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction or other related factors which could possibly be treated by controlling environmental factors.
For a comprehensive overview of this subject, please see the article in the Facing Autism in New Brunswick blog, with its wider analysis of the implications and controversial overtones.
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