Posted on 10/17/2012 8:09:45 PM PDT by djf
A new study released this past week has once again linked the consumption of processed foods to health complications, giving food safety advocates even more cause for concern. The April 10th publication of the Clinical Epigenetics Journal reported a link between high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and autism in the United States. According to the study, the rise in autism rates "is not related to mercury exposure from fish, coal-fired power plants, thimerosal, or dental amalgam but instead to the consumption of HFCS.”
The study, led by former FDA toxicologist and whistleblower Renee Dufault, found that a deficiency of zinc, triggered by the consumption of HFCS and other processed foods, interferes with the body’s ability to eliminate toxins such as mercury and pesticides.
High fructose corn syrup has long been suspected of having an adverse impact on health and has been purportedly linked to obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and liver disease. The fructose-laden ingredient has even been reported to facilitate the growth of cancer cells.
Dufault made news in 2009 with another study (which was referenced in these new findings), also linking high fructose corn syrup to mercury. Many HFCS proponents and some in the autism community will immediately (and predictively) discount these new findings, but regardless, they still warrant further research.
With autism rates now at a mind-blowing 1 in 88, there are many who are desperately looking for a definitive cause and a silver bullet theory. Whether or not there is something to these new findings remains to be seen, but we must not give up on our quest for the truth.
” Amish have an autism rate of 1 per 15,000. Everyone on average is 1 per 150.”
I had not heard that... interesting.
The 12%ers don’t have autism? J/k
Maybe inbreeding cures autism???
And Global Warming. Oh, and George Bush.
A friend had her two kids diagnosed with Aspergers years ago. Five years apart in age but diagnosed at the same time.
I have a theory that most of those with kids diagnosed with autism have college degrees. Just a theory.
http://www.heavymetalsymptoms.com/?p=168
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"Micronutrients are nutrients required by humans and other organisms throughout life in small quantities to orchestrate a whole range of physiological functions, but which the organism itself cannot produce.[1] For people, they include dietary trace minerals in amounts generally less than 100 milligrams/day[citation needed] - as opposed to macrominerals which are required in larger quantities.
The microminerals or trace elements include at least iron, cobalt, chromium, copper[2], iodine, manganese, selenium, zinc and molybdenum. Micronutrients also include vitamins, which are organic compounds required as nutrients in tiny amounts by an organism.[3]"
“Their daughter is severely autistic, but she had been normal for almost two years or so. But now the only thing that child will willingly eat is soda pop and hot dogs.”
I am so sorry to hear that! My heart goes out to them.
About the hot dogs, that is the last thing they should be giving her. Hot dogs are high in nitrates, and I have read of a study that showed a possible connection with Leukemia. I don’t remember any details, but it isn’t good. Could they try to substitute another meat? (I know how fixated an autistic person can be to a specific routine/food.)
There is something on my heart to try to do something for families touched by disabilities and autism. I don’t know what it is yet. I only know that churches aren’t reaching them, and are not set up to help. I’ve even had the idea of starting a church specifically for families of autism and disabilities. I feel the pull, I just don’t know what to do with it.
“HFCS is just sugar.”
Highly concentrated sugar actually. The issue is not so much sugar which is not problematic consumed in modest amounts, but the very high concentration of sugar introduced when consuming HFCS products.
“...that churches aren’t reaching them, and are not set up to help. I’ve even had the idea of starting a church specifically for families of autism and disabilities...”
That would be great to have such a church. And the local one could have an online outreach.
How about people who eat much honey, which is essentially natures hfcs...
Look at the chemical makeup of HFCS, compared to honey. They are so similar that Chinese criminals sometimes import HFCS labeled as honey.
So honey should cause the same problems as HFCS, right?
Not that I know of.
AFAIK, crystalline sugar has a higher market price, so if there was a cheap way to do it the market would drive it.
I'll conveniently ignore the artificial price supports on table sugar...
Autism Linked to High-Fructose Corn Syrup
http://intellectualodditiesnetwork.com/showthread.php?tid=14866
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A macroepigenetic approach to identify factors
responsible for the autism epidemic in the
United States
Abstract
The number of children ages 6 to 21 in the United States receiving special education services under the autism
disability category increased 91% between 2005 to 2010 while the number of children receiving special education
services overall declined by 5%. The demand for special education services continues to rise in disability categories
associated with pervasive developmental disorders. Neurodevelopment can be adversely impacted when gene
expression is altered by dietary transcription factors, such as zinc insufficiency or deficiency, or by exposure to toxic
substances found in our environment, such as mercury or organophosphate pesticides. Gene expression patterns
differ geographically between populations and within populations. Gene variants of paraoxonase-1 are associated
with autism in North America, but not in Italy, indicating regional specificity in gene-environment interactions. In
the current review, we utilize a novel macroepigenetic approach to compare variations in diet and toxic substance
exposure between these two geographical populations to determine the likely factors responsible for the autism
epidemic in the United States.
http://www.clinicalepigeneticsjournal.com/content/pdf/1868-7083-4-6.pdf
I never participate.
Thanks.
I just read the abstract and article which is a footnote to the Wiki link you posted above.
Excellent point. Like Jenny Mccarthy and her child.
I wonder if these studies have anything relation to the scaremongering company Fenton Communications, which is known to take money from one industry to scare consumers from competing products, and takes on econut cases for similar reasons for eco groups?
High fructose corn syrup is about half fructose.
Table sugar is half fructose.
Honey, agave, fruit juice, etc. are all loaded with fructose.
And these are all very bad for you “IN EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES”.
There’s a forum for people with ASD at http://www.wrongplanet.net/forums.html that might be worth checking out.
“That would be great to have such a church. And the local one could have an online outreach.”
Interesting you say that! I also have plans for a disability forum that will be the online version of the local fellowship.
I hope to have the forum up within the next year. I only need to find the time to work on it. The local church for the disabled is a much bigger task. Praying for guidance and miracles :)
Thank you for the encouragement! We could all use some these days.
I can’t wait to get past this election. Holding breath and praying until then.
You never know. And in truth, I am finding it harder and harder to trust the media and the Journals themselves when it comes to studies.
Seems as if someone was to publish a study saying “Oxygen is good for you”. not five minutes would go by before a competing study would come out and prove that oxygen is a killer.
For a long time, the medical and pharma industries have been trying to convince people that animal products (red meat and animal fats, etc) are pure poison.
But if you search out nutritional info on the web, you will often land on bodybuilder/serious fitness type websites.
And many of the comments on those sites will tell you it is good, even necessary, to get some animal protein and some of the natural saturated animal fats with EVERY meal.
These are bodybuilders, they’re not farmers selling pork bellies... but they see and know and live the results.
So. Who to believe? That’s the $64,000 question!
Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html
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