FLAME RETARDANTS DECREASE NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION

Brominated flame retardants are neurotoxic and are linked to neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD and SPD.

“This study is one of few studies and so far the largest one investigating the neurobehavioral effects of brominated flame retardants in humans.

Consistently with experimental animal data, PBDE (flame retardant) exposure was associated with changes in the motor function and the serum levels of the thyroid hormones.”  Read more…

SOURCE:  Environmental Health Journal

MERCURY, AUTISM AND GLUTATHIONE

There is no safe level of mercury, and it causes neurological damage, such as autism, PDD-NOS, ADHD, developmental delays and sensory processing disorder.

A lower amount of the antioxidant glutathione means that mercury will accumulate in the body.

Hypothyroidism and Autism

Hypothyroidism and autism:  70-80% of children with autism, developmental delays, ADHD, SPD, PDD-NOS are hypothyroid.  Dr. Raphael Kellman, a holistic endocrinologist, says that the typical TSH test misses an underactive thyroid.  Instead, he recommends a TRH test.  Watch the video…

HOW MY SON’S SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER LED TO MY SEVERE HEALTH DECLINE

Having a son with a developmental delay was very hard on me.  He didn’t walk until he was 20 months old.  This was extremely hard for me because he didn’t walk until 3 weeks before his little brother was born, and I was having to carry him everywhere.

I suppose the bright side is that he didn’t weigh a whole lot, given that he was also a failure-to-thrive baby.

His sensory processing disorder turned him into a barnacle.  I felt as if he were permanently physically attached to me.  It wasn’t so bad when he was younger, but after his brother was born, it was extremely difficult to deal with two small, crying children at the same time, who both wanted to be picked up and held at the same time.

And then when our nanny left to have her own baby when my older son had just turned 3, his sensory processing and anxiety went full tilt.  He was used to having someone always there immediately to meet his needs; now he had to share me with his baby brother. [Read more…]