Autism treated by Vitamin D: Dr. Cannell - video

Speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California

Given at the same time as the Vitamin D Workshop

YouTube Video

PDF of the slides is attached at the bottom of this page

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Bullet-point overview by Vitamin D Life: Why Dr. Cannell believes Autism is related to Vitamin D

1. Both have strong inheritance features – Vitamin D about 60%

2. Both have gotten substantially worse in last 30 years

3. Vitamin D is known to be involved in brain development

4. All autistic children are VitD deficient, but not all children who are deficient are autistic: genes are involved

5. When giving vitamin D to cure children of rickets “mental dullness” decreases as well

6. Children with genes which give them too much (Williams Syndrome) have to reverse of autism – too sociable

7. Mothers having lots of fish (and thus more vitamin D) give birth to kids with less autistic symptoms

8. Both associated with weak bones

9. Both worse around the age of weaning

10. Autism is more common in rich families – more likely to apply sun screen and stay indoors

11. Autism increases with drugs which lower levels of vitamin D

12. Seizures are common with Autism - Vitamin D has been shown to reduce seizures

13. Fewer autistic symptoms (such as sleep problems) during summer: when child gets more vitamin D from the sun

14. Both worse with latitude

15. Both vary with Ultraviolet light

16. Both vary with time of year (more birth of autistics in March in Northern hemisphere)

17. 2X more urban autism – less UVB in urban environments

18. Both worse with pollution

19. Both worse with increased clouds and rain

20. Both worse with closely spaced pregnancies

21. Autistics have abnormal immune response – similar to that of vitamin D deficiency

22. Low levels of vitamin D in mother animals reduces brain function in offspring

23. Vitamin deficient rat pups have similar brain abnormalities to that of human autistic children

24. Autistic children get less vitamin D in their blood for the same amount of sun exposure

25. The 4 males/1 female ratio - Note estrogen increases vitamin D in the brain (testosterone does not)

26. Both worse in African Americans (A-A 2-3 increased autism rate)

27. Both worse in Dark-skinned immigrants in Europe

•     Note: All articles in Autism category items

See also Vitamin D Life

• Overview Autism and vitamin D

• Dr. Cannell on Autism – Spring 2013 45 minute webinar hosted by GrassRootsHealth April 2013

Note Dr. Cannell's response to question #30 in the webinar

Accidentally 3 mothers gave 3 dropper fulls instead of 3 drops worth of vitamin D to their austistic children

Dr. Cannell did not say, but a typical standard is 2,000 IU in a drop, so the children got 60,000 IU per day

There was a rapid recovery in all three cases.

Dr. Cannell speculated that the future goal for Autism might be a vitamin D level of 150 ng instead of the current 50-80 ng level

• Early lack of vitamin D may trigger autism – Clinical Review April 2012

• Prenatal vitamins – including vitamin D – reduced autism by 40% – May 2011

• Autism 3X more likely after closely spaced pregnancy vs 3 year apart– Jan 2011

• Twins, no tan, winter, and smoking all associated with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy – Jan 2013

• Pregnancy and vitamin D meta-analysis – July 2012

• Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D

• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies

  • Autism more frequent from mothers who are dark skinned or veiled – Jan 2011

• Breast Cancer and Vitamin D: Dr Garland - video June 2013 presented just after Dr. Cannell

• Most Autism Risk factors are associated with low vitamin D - March 2014

See also web

• Autism many items at Vitamin D Council - headed by Dr. Cannell

• Autism, will vitamin D treat core symptoms? by Dr. Cannell, Aug 2013, 3 page text in Medical Hypothesis Journal is behind a paywall

Short url = http://is.gd/autism62013