Abnormal Nutritional Profile
How might an abnormal nutritional profile affect my child?
Associated Signs & Symptoms* often reported by Parents & Carers:-
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* This list is not exhaustive, one or more signs may indicate a problem with nutritional profile
The Issues Identified
Science, Studies, Papers & Presentations
Lower RBC Magnesium than Controls
Pilot Study Using Vitamins & Minerals for children with Autism
Low Activated B6 (P-5-P)
Dietary Analysis Reveals Below RDA Intake
Red blood cell fatty acid compositions
Lower Plasma Sulphate than Controls
Low Methionine Levels
Low Derivative Omega 6 RBC Membrane Levels
Plasma Amino Acid Deficiency in Children with Autism
Autism and Schizophrenia: Intestinal Disorders, Cade R et al. Nutritional Neuroscience, March 2000
". . . A gluten-casein free diet was accompanied by improvement in 81% of autistic children within 3 months. Our data provide support for the proposal that schizophrenia and autism are due to absorption of exorphins formed in the intestine from digestion of gluten and casein."
Karl Reichelt, MD, Ph.D. and A. M. Knivsberg Ph.D. - Why Use the Gluten-Free and Casein-Free Diet in Autism and What the Results have Shown so Far Peptides and Autism © copyright 2005 Autism Research Institute
Yalcin SS et al. The effect of live measles vaccines on serum vitamin A levels in healthy children. Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1998 Aug; 40(4): 345-9. PMID: 9745778
?Serum retinol levels have been shown to be depressed during measles infection. This study aims to demonstrate whether there is any decrease in serum vitamin A level following immunization with live viral vaccine and its relation with vaccine seroconversion in children with measles. Since many children receive measles vaccine alone or in combination with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, we studied serum vitamin A levels and antibody levels in healthy, well-nourished children before and after immunization with monovalent and combined live attenuated measles vaccine?
CONCLUSION: Serum vitamin A levels are reduced following vaccination with monovalent and combined live attenuated measles vaccines.?
Semba RD. Vitamin A and immunity to viral, bacterial and protozoan infections. Proc Nutr Soc 1999 58(3): 719-27. PMID 10604208
??vitamin A and related retinoids play a major role in immunity, including expression of mucins and keratins, lymphopoiesis, apoptosis, cytokine expression, production of antibody, and the function of neutrophils, natural killer cells, monocytes or macrophages, T lymphocytes and B lymphocytes. Recent clinical trials suggest that vitamin A supplementation reduces morbidity and mortality in different infectious diseases, such as measles, diarrhoeal disease, measles-related pneumonia, human immunodeficiency virus infection and malaria. Immune responses vary considerably during different infections, and the available data suggest that the modulation of immune function by vitamin A may also vary widely, depending on the type of infection and immune responses involved."
Lie C et al. Impact of large-dose vitamin A supplementation on childhood diarrhoea, respiratory disease and growth. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1993 Feb;47(2):88-96. PMID: 8436094
?One hundred and seventy-two 0.5-3.0-year-old children in a mountainous area of northern Hebei Province of China were randomly assigned to a vitamin A supplementation group (n = 98) or a control group (n = 74) for a 1 year double-blind study. Capsules containing 200,000 IU vitamin A and 40 IU vitamin E were given to the children in the experimental group 3 and 9 months after baseline examination. During the 12 month study period, there was a significant reduction in the incidence of diarrhoea (P < 0.01) and respiratory disease (P < 0.01) in the children of the experimental group compared to the control. Risk of diarrhoea and respiratory disease were respectively 2.5 and 3.4 times higher in the control children. Serum retinol and IgA levels of the treatment group were significantly higher than that of control group (P < 0.01) 7 weeks after first supplementation. There was no significant difference in saliva IgA level between groups. No significant differences in growth were observed. It was concluded that supplementation with large doses of vitamin A decreased the incidence and severity of diarrhoea and respiratory disease in these children, possibly through enhanced activity of the immune system, but had no effect on growth over 1 year.?