What Are The Real Causes Of Autism

Discover the real causes of autism. Check out the article we found over at Natural News.

Influencing Factors of the Autism Epidemic

After treating several young patients with autism, I am convinced that vaccines play a major role in this unfortunate condition. My position may be controversial, but there is ample evidence to support such a claim. Components of vaccines such as mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, and embryonic stem cells among others, may play a role in this epidemic. Indeed, evidence suggests that vaccines increase the risk of developing autism by 27 times. This correlation is even stronger than the link between lung cancer and smoking. In other words, you have less risk of having lung cancer from smoking than developing autism from vaccines. Furthermore, it is well accepted that both environmental factors and nutrition play a large role in reversing this condition.

Digestive track and Autism

There can be little doubt that the status of the gastro-intestinal (GI) track plays a significant role in the development of autism. In support of this, a gluten-free, dairy-free, and grain-free diet is often beneficial for autistic children. What causes the GI track to go awry and lead to the development of this neurological issue? There are a variety of factors and the exact causation is not simple. Vaccination is a very controversial but credible cause of autism and further study demonstrates that maternal exposure to pesticides is another possible contributing factor. According to researchers from Harvard University, there are nine factors that lead to the development of autism: exposure to mercury; cadmium; nickel; trichloroethylene (industrial solvent); vinyl chloride (a component of PVC); residence in regions that are urbanized; locations at higher latitudes; locales that experience high levels of precipitation, and excessive time spent watching television (electronics). The first five factors cause mutations and the last four are associated with decreased sun exposure and increased risk for vitamin D deficiency. 

Primary cause of autism

Without any doubt, the actual cause of autism is environmental toxins. It is interesting to note that the main source of heavy metals involved in autism, (mercury, copper, and nickel), are some of the exact components present in dental amalgams. More than 75% of dental crowns used today are nickel based and there is evidence that maternal exposure of mercury from the mother’s amalgams is a factor driving the development of autism. It is estimated that about 60-70% of the mother’s toxin load is transferred to the baby in utero. A 2004 study conducted by the Environmental Working Group indicates that an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants were found in utero.

Toxins, either from the mother or from environmental sources (vaccines), disrupt proper functioning of the digestive tract. This disruption can lead to leaky gut syndrome and ultimately auto-immune conditions.  Dr. Vijendra Singh has clearly demonstrated that the MMR vaccine causes autism. His work shows that vaccines induce an attack against myelin present in the nervous system. Specifically, the vaccine causes antibody production that will attack and disintegrate the myelin sheath present around the nervous fibers that relay messages throughout the body. However, what is fascinating is that he shows that the measles component is the culprit. This is the same conclusion that Dr. Andrew Wakefield came up with, but in his case, his research focused on the impact of the measles vaccine in the bowel.

In brief, minimizing the mother’s and baby’s exposure to environmental toxins and optimizing the diet of both is tantamount to proper metabolization, elimination, and body/tissue protection from such toxins and a biologic overload leading to auto-immune diseases.

Dr. Serge is a clinical nutritionist. He owns a doctorate degree in nutrition from McGill University in Canada. In addition, he completed a 7-year postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts where he studied the impact of fat as it relates to heart disease. He has authored a book on this topic that is awaiting publication with Edition Berger publishers in Canada. He holds an advance certification in Nutrition Response Testing (SM) from Ulan Nutritional Systems in Florida and he is a certified herbalist through the Australian College of Phytotherapy. His personalized nutritional programs allow to help individuals with a wide variety of health concerns such as hormonal imbalance, digestive issues, heart-related conditions, detoxes/cleanses, weight loss, fatigue, migraines, allergies, among others.

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