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LATEST VITAMIN D NEWS HEADLINE:

Title: The Link Between Autism and Low Levels of Vitamin D, By Julius Goepp, MD

See full article at: http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/apr2009_The-Link-Between-Autism-and-Low-Levels-of-Vitamin-D_01.htm, Life Extension Magazine, Apr 2009

Excerpt: "An epidemic of autism appears to be underway in the United States. According to several respected leaders in child and adult nutrition from across the United States, the current meteoric rise in autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may well be a direct consequence of significant vitamin D deficiencies in pregnant women and their infants.1-6 And evidence points to vitamin D deficiency as the cause of other debilitating brain conditions as well.5,7-10 This insidious deficiency is readily remedied—yet tragically often missed.  ...  What possible factors involving both genetics and environment could account for the dramatic change in autism rates in just 20 years? Our genes surely aren’t changing that fast, and while our environment is clearly being altered, no serious scientist suggests that anything radical enough to cause an epidemic of brain dysfunction has taken place in the past two decades. That’s correct, argues Dr. John Cannell, but in fact our behavior with regard to our environment has indeed undergone significant changes—changes that, because of their effects on the vitamin D neurosteroid system, can and do account for many of the observed facts about the autism epidemic."

Also see: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/health/autism/vit-D-theory-autism.shtml

Links provided by Dr. Edmond Devroey MD, http://www.longevinst.org/nlt/urls-vitD.htm