Comments | alobar: Macroepigenetic Approach to Identify Factors Responsible for Autism Epidemic in the U.S. (part 1)

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Macroepigenetic Approach to Identify Factors Responsible for Autism Epidemic in the U.S. (part 1)

Nov 06, 2012 18:40

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heron61 November 7 2012, 02:09:54 UTC

This might be worth reading if there actually was such a thing as an autism epidemic - there provably is not. When people looked at the data, what they clearly found was that autism was highest in those locations where schools spent the most time and money looking for it. Up until the 80s, the only type of autism people heard about were the most severe forms of autism, which haven't increased. Since that time, people have determined that lots of stuff that was previously either classified as mental retardation or as nothing beyond social awkwardness or nebulous "behavioral problems" is actually less severe autism or aspergers. I'm sure lots of people are busy trying to make money off the the supposed autism epidemic, but that won't make it exit.

alobar November 7 2012, 03:04:20 UTC

We agree to disagree on this. From my perspective, where different respectable websites disagree, it is best to read them all, compare & contrast, etc.

Many different "scientists" and governmental agencies have agendas which are very very biased.

For instance, Pellegra was once "known" to be caused by a pathogen. Corn was a staple in old folks homes because it was cheap. However, the ignorant docs did not realize corn not treated with alkali would be Niacin deficient. There was much resistance amongst the medical establishment to acknowledging that pellegra was a vitamin deficiency.

The traditional food preparation method of corn (maize), nixtamalization, by native New World cultivators who had domesticated corn required treatment of the grain with lime, an alkali. The lime treatment now has been shown to make niacin nutritionally available and reduce the chance of developing pellagra.[4] When corn cultivation was adopted worldwide, this preparation method was not accepted because the benefit was not understood. The original ( ... )