Category: Research
Nutrition, Metabolism, and Autism
Last year, researchers at Arizona State University published a study in Nutrition & Metabolism, examining the relationship between the nutritional and metabolic status of children with autism and the severity of their conditions. The researchers compared their findings with a group of healthy children of similar age and gender.
The study illustrated that children with autism have many abnormalities in their nutritional and metabolic status:
[V]ariations in the severity of autism are strongly associated with the nutritional and metabolic biomarkers investigated in this study. . . . Vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids are, by definition, essential for human life, so low levels of those critical nutrients will impair metabolic pathways and may contribute to the developmental delays which occur in autism.
The researchers concluded that both nutritional insufficiency and metabolic imbalances could play a role in how autism spectrum disorders occur, and that “increasing nutrient intake may reduce the symptoms and co-morbidities that are associated with autism.”
Since 1996, scientists and doctors in clinical practice have studied the effects of EMPowerplus on mental disorders such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, stress, and anxiety. Some research has even studied its effects on people with autism. Results have been very encouraging and significant.