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Michael L. Love: parsley and autism

(draft, under construction, work in progress, comments, suggestions, revisions welcome) I have a friend who is autistic, and I have been puzzled as to why his allergies should be so severe, but I think I have a hopeful answer now. Glial cell and immune invasion in the brain with the resulting inflammation has been observed to be part of autism pathology at Johns Hopkins Kreiger Center. If you have been reading this blog, then you might know that parsley is known to reduce such cellular invasion. The ramifications are very broad, and explain why parsley might help with allergies and cancer for example, but I think that the parsley regimen could also help with autism by reducing cellular invasion in the brain and the resulting inflammation. If increased cellular invasiveness is a primary cause of autism, then the implications of this realization are pretty staggering, for example, abnormal cell invasiveness would lead to a tendency to be short-lived, mostly due to higher than normal incidences of allergies, asthma, auto-immune syndromes, or cancer.  It could explain why vaccination and other environmental factors might affect the progress of autism, and why autism can disappear during the normal course of development.   Moreover, treating the allergies and auto-immune syndromes might lead to improvement with the autism.  One study found a correlation between autism and breast cancer, which would also be quite consistent.  There is preliminary work to support these conclusions, especially if autism spectrum disorders are included.  It should be noted that the work is still new, preliminary, and not yet definitive.  I give some references below. It appears to me that the autistic may have a tendency towards the type of genetic damage that might be prevented with flavonoids in order to stop the progress of such damage.  In some cases, it may be possible to reverse autism, because flavonoids act epigenetically.  It is important to note that plain parsley flakes, capers, elderberry, or citrus fruit will likely not be sufficient, because the flavonoid absorption is so poor.  In fact, this tends to be a shortcoming of flavonoids in general, such as parsley apigenin,  which would be the active compound in the parsley.  The problem of poor absorption has apparently been addressed in some of my recipes, such as the citrus pudding recipe (see right sidebar). It is necessary to make the parsley palatable, so that the autistic person will eat it.  Adults may like to enjoy the healthful benefits of parsley regimen as well.  I have found that the parsley flakes taste pretty good in the citrus pudding, and have imagined that the kids might like it that way. Find links to the recipes in the right sidebar.  Elderberries are another excellent source of flavonoids. They are very flavorful, and dark enough to cover the parsley green. A strong elderberry extract will require a little sweetener, such as agave nectar. I think that kids might love parsley when flavored with healthful elderberry and citrus in a smoothie. Other types of berries and grapes may work too, and provide some variety as well.  Be sure and add several drops of oil to aid absorption.  Reduce the pepper for better taste, but include some pepper for improved flavonoid absorption.  You will find recommendations to restrict food portions, especially of things like oil, dairy, meat, and carbs throughout the recipe articles and other information.  It is likely that excess calo via blogs.vitacost.com Michael L. Love: parsley and autism (draft, under construction, work in progress, comments, suggestions, revisions welcome) I have a friend who is autistic, and I have been puzzled as to why his allergies should be so severe, but I think I have a hopeful answer now. Glial cell and immune invasion in the brain with the resulting inflammation has been observed to be part of autism pathology at Johns Hopkins Kreiger Center. If you have been reading this blog, then you might know that parsley is known to reduce such cellular invasion. The ramifications are very broad, and explain why parsley might help with allergies and cancer for example, but I think that the parsley regimen could also help with autism by reducing cellular invasion in the brain and the resulting inflammation. If increased cellular invasiveness is a primary cause of autism, then the implications of this realization are pretty staggering, for example, abnormal cell invasiveness would lead to a tendency to be short-lived, mostly due to higher than normal incidences of allergies, asthma, auto-immune syndromes, or cancer.  It could explain why vaccination and other environmental factors might affect the progress of autism, and why autism can disappear during the normal course of development.   Moreover, treating the allergies and auto-immune syndromes might lead to improvement with the autism.  One study found a correlation between autism and breast cancer, which would also be quite consistent.  There is preliminary work to support these conclusions, especially if autism spectrum disorders are included.  It should be noted that the work is still new, preliminary, and not yet definitive.  I give some references below. It appears to me that the autistic may have a tendency towards the type of genetic damage that might be prevented with flavonoids in order to stop the progress of such damage.  In some cases, it may be possible to reverse autism, because flavonoids act epigenetically.  It is important to note that plain parsley flakes, capers, elderberry, or citrus fruit will likely not be sufficient, because the flavonoid absorption is so poor.  In fact, this tends to be a shortcoming of flavonoids in general, such as parsley apigenin,  which would be the active compound in the parsley.  The problem of poor absorption has apparently been addressed in some of my recipes, such as the citrus pudding recipe (see right sidebar). It is necessary to make the parsley palatable, so that the autistic person will eat it.  Adults may like to enjoy the healthful benefits of parsley regimen as well.  I have found that the parsley flakes taste pretty good in the citrus pudding, and have imagined that the kids might like it that way. Find links to the recipes in the right sidebar.  Elderberries are another excellent source of flavonoids. They are very flavorful, and dark enough to cover the parsley green. A strong elderberry extract will require a little sweetener, such as agave nectar. I think that kids might love parsley when flavored with healthful elderberry and citrus in a smoothie. Other types of berries and grapes may work too, and provide some variety as well.  Be sure and add several drops of oil to aid absorption.  Reduce the pepper for better taste, but include some pepper for improved flavonoid absorption.  You will find recommendations to restrict food portions, especially of things like oil, dairy, meat, and carbs throughout the recipe articles and other information.  It is likely that excess calo via blogs.vitacost.com proclus : Michael L. Love: parsley and autism Your Notes Share with (100000654245993) Your post has been published! Head to TypePad to manage your new blog or close this window.