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Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin and an antioxidant that prevents free radical damage in the body.  It is found only in plant foods including oils, nuts, seeds and grains. When combined with omega-3, vitamin E has been found to treat the speech disorder verbal apraxia.  Vitamin E stabilizes glutamate receptor and decreases excitotoxicity…

Those who have children on the autism spectrum often want to have more children. Rates of a second or third child having autism after one child is diagnosed is in between 7-18%. All children are precious but many children on the autism spectrum experience pain, isolation and frustration as they interact with the world. The…

In our practice, carnitine is one of the most important interventions for patients diagnosed with autism, speech delay, motor delays and chronic lyme disease.  Carnitine plays a vital role in energy production by shuttling fats into the mitochondria where 90% of the body’s energy is produced.   Carnitine is produced by the methylation cycle and transports…

Vitamin D deficiency is known historically to cause rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. It is a steroid hormone with a cholesterol backbone and is fat soluble. Most intake occurs from sun exposure via the skin. Therefore, when a cohort of people such as those on the autism spectrum have low cholesterol and blood…

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that is present in many foods.  It is a cofactor involved in over 100 different enzymatic reactions in the body such as protein and amino acid metabolism.  It plays a very important role in autism and cognitive development as a cofactor in the production of serotonin. Vitamin B6 is…

Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin that is often deficient in autism. Treatment with therapeutic doses of vitamin A helps to improve visual symptoms in autism and improve gut health. Vitamin A is essential for visual processing and when deficient results in many visual symptoms in autism. VA is also known as retinol, is…

Inositol is a sugar alcohol that is ubiquitous in the human body. It has two forms, myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, the former being most bioactive in humans. Inositol is very important because it is a structure of the phospholipid bilayer in cell membranes, and it is used in countless inter-cellular signalling pathways. Supplementation research shows efficacy…