Vitamin D deficiency. It’s a global issue. In Australia, we are looking at nearly half the population – especially those in the more southern states.
I recently came across this article, however, that blew my mind. So I HAD to make a video about it.
Turns out, low vitamin D may be a CAUSE of some cases of AUTISM!!!
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with this one, and this video scratches the surface, but if you want to play along at home – here are some references that I used!
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2. Wall CR, Stewart AW, Camargo CA, et al. Vitamin D activity of breast milk in women randomly assigned to Vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016;103(2):382-388. doi:10.3945/ajcn.115.114603
3. Streym SV, Højskov CS, Møller UK, et al. Vitamin D content in human breast milk: A 9-mo follow-up study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016;103(1):107-114. doi:10.3945/ajcn.115.115105
4. Paxton GA, Teale GR, Nowson CA, et al. Vitamin D and health in pregnancy, infants, children and adolescents in Australia and New Zealand: A position statement. Med J Aust. 2013;198(3):1-8. doi:10.5694/mja11.11592
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6. Malacova E, Cheang P, Dunlop E, et al. Prevalence and predictors of Vitamin D deficiency in a nationally representative sample of adults participating in the 2011-2013 Australian Health Survey. Br J Nutr. 2019;121(8):894-904. doi:10.1017/S0007114519000151
7. Cannell JJ. Vitamin D and autism, what’s new? Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2017;18(2):183-193. doi:10.1007/s11154-017-9409-0
8. Autism in Australia, Autism – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Accessed November 16, 2020.
9. Rastogi A, Bhansali A, Khare N, et al. Short term, high-dose vitamin D supplementation for COVID-19 disease: a randomised, placebo-controlled, study (SHADE study). Postgrad Med J. November 2020. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-139065
10. Jia F, Wang B, Shan L, Xu Z, Staal WG, Du L. Core symptoms of autism improved after vitamin D supplementation. Pediatrics. 2015;135(1):e196-e198. doi:10.1542/peds.2014-2121
11. Cannell JJ. Autism, will vitamin D treat core symptoms? Med Hypotheses. 2013;81(2):195-198. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2013.05.004
12. Wu DM, Wen X, Han XR, et al. Relationship Between Neonatal Vitamin D at Birth and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders: the NBSIB Study. J Bone Miner Res. 2018;33(3):458-466. doi:10.1002/jbmr.3326
