Comments on: Autism’s False Prophets

By: Mark(p.s.)

Mark(p.s.) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:55:37 +0000

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9408073&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
J Intern Med. 1997 Nov;242(5):421-3.
Schizophrenic symptoms and SPECT abnormalities in a coeliac patient: regression after a gluten-free diet.
“This is the first case in which, in an undiagnosed and untreated coeliac patient with psychiatric manifestations, the (99mTc)HMPAO SPECT demonstrated a dysfunction of frontal cortex disappearing after a gluten-free diet.”

By: Mark(p.s.)

Mark(p.s.) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:52:38 +0000

Who is joking? I am not. I have been diagnosed schizophrenic and I think I am allergic to wheat and gluten.
MishaD, How is this possible allergy offensive to you?

By: MishaD

MishaD — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:56:26 +0000

Sorry Mark, but I won’t buy that (not even for 2c). Schizophrenia and autism are not remotely similar conditions. Apart from everything else, I think it’s pretty offensive to suffers and family of people with both conditions. These are serious conditions, causing serious suffering. Any crackpot who offers miracle cures based on non-existent mechanisms (“cerebral allergy”?! Ask your GP) is just exploiting the vulnerability of people in need. Sorry for coming down heavily, but this is no joke.

By: Mark(p.s.)

Mark(p.s.) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:34:00 +0000

My 2 cents. Autism and schizophrenia symptoms are very similar. I believe a major cause of Autism is food allergy. As it is known children have a much higher allergy rate than in the past, examples of Asthma “Asthma rates in children have jumped fourfold” and allergy to peanutbutter “According to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, peanut allergies in children increased twofold from 1997 to 2002.”
William Philpott, MD (author of Brain Allergies: The Psycho-Nutrient Connection, 1980) claims that more than 50% of schizophrenics display some form of cerebral allergy which contributes to symptoms. Common sensitivities in schizophrenia include:
* Wheat
* Dairy products
* Tobacco
* Gluten (a protein found in wheat, rye, oats and barley ‚Äì 4% of schizophrenics are gluten intolerant).
Some tests for (defin. proof of)food allergies are difficult to perform on children.