(May 2, 2017 at 1:05 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(May 2, 2017 at 11:41 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The question is, do autistic people just happen to have methylation issues, or do methylation issues make someone more prone to developing autism? My opinion is the latter. We already suspect that toxins during pregnancy increases the baby's chance of developing autism. Also, babies conceived during the winter months are more likely to be autistic - a possible link to vitamin D deficiency in the mom at time of conception. Though as far as I know, Vitamin D doesn't play a role in methylation specifically, but it does play a role in the immune system. Immune system also helps our bodies deal with toxins.
If you like the methylation hypothesis (and based on the vid it appears to have validity) you need to go back and watch the vid you linked again. The problem is more likely that the methylation issue begins with the mom and a decreased ability of transport folate into the cell to drive production of SAM. But then you have to ask, why an increase now?
What toxin/which toxins? Just a thought, if it is toxins, why didn't the rate of autism jump in the 60's, 70's and 80's when the US was dumping toxins into the environment willy nilly? Or is this some new unidentified toxin? (which eliminates Hg and thimerosal)
Also, if a toxin, why isn't the whole brain effected? Toxins don't discriminate: http://www.nature.com/news/brain-scans-s...es-1.21484
http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/search...utism-rise
Just read the links you posted. Very interesting. You'll notice that on WebMD they confirmed certain toxins as possible contributors to the development of autism.
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