Child Development Disoder - How To Manage And Treat Autism In A Vitamins Perspective

2009-09-15T08:15:00.001-07:00

Most of the children diagnosed with autism are found to have some kinds of vitamins deficiency. It is unknown that these types of deficiency are caused by genetic passing through from generation to generation, the defects of digestive enzymes or inability of the digestive system in absorbing vitamins. Intake of certain vitamins is said to help to improve the function of central nervous system, increase the immune function infighting against the forming of free radicals in the nervous cells as well as reducing symptoms caused by dysfunction of central nervous system in information transmitting between cells and regulating hormones production of certain glands in the body.

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A. Vitamin A
1. Immune system
Vitamin A is one of the antioxidant which helps to prevent the oxidation of cells as well as reducing the infection and inflammation caused by bacteria and virus by enhancing immune system's awareness of foreign invasion.
2. Central nervous system
After converting to beta carotene, it helps to decrease the irregular cells growth in the central nervous system, causing tumors and cancers, affecting the central nervous system in maintaining its normal function. It is proven that vitamin A helps to support the nervous system in preventing night blindness and weak eye sigh and improving immune memory, thereby improving eye contact and behaviour of children with autism, if taking together with vitamin D.
3. Circulatory system
It is said that vitamin A also helps to decrease the level of bad cholesterol, interfering with the circulatory system in transporting of nutrients and oxygen to our body's cells need, including the brain cells.

B. Vitamin B complex
Vitamin B complex is a family vitamin. They work together to enhance function of the others, therefore deficiency of one B vitamin may reduce the effectiveness of the others. It is said that Vitamin B complex helps to improve function of nervous system and glands by creating enzymes needed by the brain.
I. Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
1. Circulatory system
It is said that vitamin B1 helps to improve the circulation of blood, thereby lessening the risk of heart disease as well as increasing the absorption of oxygen and nutrients that are vital for autistic children.
2. Nervous system
a) Production of red blood cells
It is said that vitamin B1 helps to assist the production of red blood cells, thereby increasing the absorption of oxygen and nutrients for our body's cell needs, including the cells central nervous system, thus decreasing the symptoms of autism caused by nutrients deficiency.
b) Maintain normal brain function
Vitamin B1 besides is important for brain cells in information transmitting between themselves and regulating the production of certain glands, it also helps to maintain a healthy central nervous system, thereby, reducing the symptoms of nervous tension.
c) Muscle movement
Besides helping to maintain the normal function in information transmitting, it also helps to improve the brain function in controlling the movement of the body's muscles, thereby decreasing the symptoms of uncontrolled muscles movement for children with autism.
3. Immune system
Vitamin B1 is also considered as one of the antioxidant which helps to prevent the immune system abnormal allergic reaction as well as improving it's function in protecting our body against irregular cells growth.
4. Carbohydrate metabolism
It is said that vitamin B1 improve the liver function in carbohydrate synthesis and improve the digestive system in absorbing vital vitamins and minerals, thus decreasing the risk of elevating the symptoms of nervous system such as fatigue and tiredness.
Study shows that vitamins B1 helps to improve test scores for children with autism. It can be found in Green, leafy vegetables, including spinach and peas.

II. Vitamin B2
1. Red blood cell formation and oxygenation
Vitamin B2 increases the absorption of oxygen and improve the formation of red blood cells, leading to increasing the blood transportation of oxygen and nutrients to the body`s cell, resulting in lessening the risk of abnormal brain cells' function in information transmitting and glands regulating.
2. Metabolism of carbohydrates
It is said that it also helps to increase our body in synthesis carbohydrate, thus decreasing the fluctuation of the level of insulin in the blood stream, resulting in lessening the risk of nervous system in controlling the production of certain hormone, causing symptoms of depression, anxiety, tiredness and loss of energy.
3. Fat and protein metabolism
Since it helps the liver in fat and protein metabolism, it increases the function of digestive system in breaking down fat and protein to amino acids, leading to more energy for our body's need to perform daily activity, resulting in lessening the risk of nervous symptoms for children with autism.
4. Adrenal hormones
It also help to improve the nervous system in regulating the adrenal gland in secreting hormones, thus reducing the risk of nervous tension such as depression and stress.
5. Immune System
a) Anti-body production
Vitamin B2 also helps to strengthen the immune system in production of healthy anti body, thus decreasing the risk of infection and inflammation caused by foreign bacteria and virus invasion.
b) Cell regulation
It also regulates the duplication of DNA and cells growth, thereby decreasing the risk of tumors and cancers.

III. Vitamin B3
1. Circulatory system
a) blood vessels Dilation
Vitamin B3 helps to dilate the blood vessel, thereby increasing the blood flow in carrying oxygen and nutrients to the body's cell, resulting in lessening the risk of nervous tension caused by oxygen and nutrients deficiency such fatigue, tiredness and dizziness.
b) High blood pressure
It can help to reduce the high blood pressure, thus decreasing the risk of heart diseases caused by over working of the heart in pumping the blood to nourish our body's cells and organs.
c) Lowering blood cholesterol and triglycerides
Since it helps to lower the level of cholesterol and triglycerides, it increases the circulatory system function in transporting oxygen and nutrients to our body's vital organs and cells.
2. Nervous system
a) Regulating blood sugar
It is said that vitamins B3 increases the function of liver in regulating the pancreas in production of insulin, thereby decreasing the risk of fluctuation of blood sugar in the blood stream, thus reducing symptoms of nervous tension caused by blood sugar irregularity.
b) Strengthening the nervous system
It also helps to strengthen the nervous system in transmitting information between themselves and the glands, leading to reducing the symptoms of nervous disorders caused hormone imbalance.
3. Immune system
In case of immunity, it increases the body function in fighting against pollutant and toxins by eliminating through kidney urinary secretion or liver waste elimination.

IV. Vitamin B6
It is said that vitamin B6 decreases behavioural problems, improves eye contact and attention span, and learning ability for children with autism, if working together with magnesium.
1. Circulatory System
a) Risk of heart disease
It is said that vitamin B6 helps to improve the heart function in transporting the blood to our body needs by lowering the level of bad cholesterol in the blood stream, resulting in lessening the risk of heart diseases and stroke.
b) Red blood cell formation
It is also a vital vitamin helped to increase the formation of red blood, thus increasing absorption of iron, resulting in lessening the risk of anemia.
2. Detoxification
Vitamin B6 is also a blood purifier. By helping our liver in toxins elimination, it increases the nervous function by eliminating toxic chemicals accumulated in the brain or in other organs.
3. Immune system
The immune system is vital in protecting our body against invasion of foreign bacteria and virus, vitamin B6 increases the awareness of immune system in production of antibody when it is necessary.
4. Nervous system
a) Immune enhancer
It also helps in maintaining the central nervous system and normal brain function, by regulating the function of brain cells in information transmitting and hormones production of certain glands.
c) Prostaglandins
Vitamins B6 also helps to balance the levels of fatty acid, thereby decreasing the risk of muscles spasm caused over production of certain hormone in the prostaglandins family.

V. Folic acid
Folic acid also known as vitamin B9, it is vital in maintaining healthy brain, cell production and DNA duplication. Most children with autism are found to have folic acid deficiency, resulting in neurological problems, including slow thinking, depression, memory loss and digestive disorder.
1. Circulatory system
a) Lowering homocysteine levels
High levels of homocysteine have been found to associate with an increased risk of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries due to the accumulation of fatty plaques).
b) Formation of red blood cells
Folic acid is important for helping other organs and bone narrow in formating of red blood cells, thereby, increasing the absorption of iron as well as decreasing the risks of oxygen and nutrients deficiency, causing tiredness, dizziness and loss of energy.
2. Nervous system
It is said that folic acid helps the liver in synthesis carbohydrate, thus increasing the energy for our body activity need and reducing the symptoms of loss of energy and fatigue.
3. Immune system
a) White blood cells
Folic acid also plays a vital role in regulating the production and formation of white blood cells, thus protecting our body against infection and inflammation caused by foreign bacteria and virus as well as decreasing the risk of autoimmune diseases.
b) Cell division and replication
It also helps to regulate the replication of cell division, thus decreasing the the risk of cells being oxidated, leading to decreasing the function of brain cells in information transmitting, if the brain cells are oxidated.

VI) Vitamin B 12
Besides helping to improve the absorption of all essential nutrients into the body, it also enhances the proper function of the nervous system and the brain to work as they should, thereby decreasing the risks of nervous symptoms, including developmental regression, memory problems, slow thinking, anxiety and depression.
1. Digestive system
Vitamins B12 is vital in improving the digestive system in absorbing the vital vitamins and minerals, thus decreasing the risks of abnormal brain cells' function caused by nutrients deficiency.
2. Immune system
It also helps strengthen the immune system in fighting against forming of free radicals and guarding our body from infection and inflammation.
3. Nervous system
a) Cell formation and cellular longevity
It also plays an important role in regulating the formation of cells, thereby promoting cellular longevity, resulting in decreasing the risks of nervous symptoms, including developmental regression, memory problems, slow thinking, anxiety and depression
b) Nerve damage
It also protects the nerve damage caused by invasion of free radicals as well as preventing the accumulation of toxic chemicals and heavy metals, thus improving concentration, memory
c) Energy levels
It is said that vitamins B12 helps to improve the metabolism of carbohydrate and fat and protein thereby, increasing the energy levels in our body, resulting in lessening the risk of memory loss, tiredness, fatigue, dizziness and loss of interest.

C. Vitamin C
Besides best known for its antioxidant in fighting against the forming of free radicals and bacteria and virus, it is also crucial to brain function. Some studies show that vitamin C helps to remove toxins from our body as well as heavy metals accumulated in the brain. In some studies vitamin C increases the IQ scores in normal and Down's children and decreases confusion and depression for children with autism.
1. Immune system
a) Anti-oxidant
It is one of powerful antioxidant helped to strengthen the immune system in guarding our body against invasion of bacteria and virus and forming of irregular cells.
b) Formation of collagen
Vitamin C helps to protect, grow and repair of body tissue cells, thus decreasing the risk of tissues being damaged by formation of free radical, as well as aging.
c) Infection and inflammation
Vitamin C also prevents the breaking off of the small capillaries as well as strengthening the blood vessels in our body, thus decreasing the risks of blood leaking causes of inflammation.
d) Allergic autoimmune reaction
It also increasing the awareness of immune system in recognizing the invasion of foreign substances, thus decreasing the risk of immune allergic autoimmune reaction caused by unharmful substance.
2. Nervous system
It also helps to improve the function of brain cells in regulating the adrenal gland in production of serotonin and other anti- stress hormone, thereby decreasing the risk of depression, anxiety and physical and emotional stress.
3. Circulatory system
a) Lower high blood pressure
It also helps to improve the circulatory function and the function of our heart in transporting oxygen and nutrients to our body' cells by lowering the high blood pressure, strengthening the blood vessels and reducing the level of bad cholesterol (LDL), thus decreasing the risk of heart diseases and stroke as well as decreasing the symptoms of dizziness, fatigue and tiredness.

D. Vitamin D
1. Insulin enhancer
Vitamin D is important to strengthen the function of islet cells in production of insulin, thereby increasing the function of cells to take up blood sugar, resulting in lessening the risk of nervous symptoms caused by insulin fluctuation.
2. Immune protection
It also helps to increase the function of blood cells, including the white blood cells, thus strengthening the immune system function in fighting the invasion of harmful substance, causing abnormal immune reaction.
3. Calcium and phosphorus
It is vital for improving the absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphorus, leading to strong bone and strengthening all cell protoplasm (a composed of a mixture of small molecules including ions, amino acids, monosaccharides and water, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids,etc.) and nervous tissues.
4. Thyroid gland
Thyroid gland is important in production of thyroid hormone in regulating the proper development and differentiation of all cells of our body and in protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism for energy production. Abnormal production of thyroid hormone causes hypothyroidism and depression.

E. Vitamin E
Study shows that vitamin E helps to improve verbal speech for children with autism, if taking together with Omega 3 fatty acid.
1. Immune system
One of many antioxidant helps to strengthen the immune system in fighting against the forming of free radicals, thus reducing the risks of irregular cell growth and oxidation.
2. Circulatory system
a) Heart enhancer
Vitamin E is also known in helping to make the blood thinner, thereby decreasing the risk of high blood pressure and blood clotting, resulting in lessening the risk of heart diseases and stoke and increasing the circulatory system in transporting of oxygen and nutrients.
b) Air pollution
It also helps to strengthen the lung and protect it against air pollution, leading to more oxygen circulation in the blood and decreasing the risk of symptoms of tiredness, fatigue and dizziness caused by air pollution.
3. Nervous system
a) Oxidation
Oxidation is happened every second in our body, vitamin E helps to delay this process by strengthening cell membrane and the awareness of immune system, thereby decreasing risk of cells retardation.
b) Muscle strength
It is said that vitamin E helped to improve the production of certain hormones in regulating the function of muscle movement, thus increasing the muscle strength which is important for children with autism.
c) Insulin
Insulin is required to neutralize the level of blood sugar and in processing energy. Vitamin E helps to regulate the production of insulin, raise it if it is low and reduce it when it is too high, thereby decreasing the risk of insulin fluctuation, causing nervous symptoms such as irregular hormone production, stress and depression.

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It is advice for parent with autistic child to keep a food diary and note of their child’s behaviours and symptoms alongside all the foods intake. This can help to identify the foods that cause immune allergic reaction and replay them them with other foods containing at least the same nutrients. Please consult with your dietitian or nutritional therapist before applying.

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