Biomedical Autism Treatment – Cerebral Folate Deficiency and Autism

Folate, folinic acid, is what I would like to talk about today and the new information out recently in regards to cerebral folate deficiency in Autism. Cerebral folate deficiency has been known in the medical community for many, many years now. We often see children who have nervous system issues, speech problems, they have problems with comprehension and attention, they have growth problems and often their heads tend to stop growing normally at an early age. And when antibody testing is performed on the children with these problems, often times we find immune folate reactions that are happening inside the folate transport receptors.

To get folate, and many people think of folic acid, taken into the brain where it can be used as a nutrient for brain development, it must first be transported through the blood, in cerebral spinal fluid and into the brain tissue to be used effectively. But if there is a blockage of receptors due to antibodies then you have increased blood levels of folate and yet decreased cerebral spinal fluid levels and as a result you see issues with folate deficiency.

Past and current research shows that many children with Autism do have these folate transport receptor antibodies. And my own testing in my practice has validated that trend as well. Dr. Rossignol and Dr. Frye are both researchers and physicians within the biomedical field who have spent a lot of time looking at this issue. They are finding that when kids are given high doses of folinic acid they see marked improvements in general awareness, speech, attention, focusing, etc. But this dose is more than what you would get from a standard supplement, it would need to be compounded and would require a prescription. This is quite exciting especially given the fact that many of these children have tried different biomedical therapies and their response hasn’t been what was hoped for.

So you can search cerebral folate deficiency and Autism and find more information from Dr. Rossignol and Dr. Frye and I would encourage you to do so. I think it will be very worthwhile for you. If you want more information on cerebral folate deficiency and Autism you can also go to my site AutismActionPlan.com where you can post questions in the parent forum on this, or other biomedical topics, and I can respond daily.