tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919117044428850947.post3004884854346404432..comments2023-10-23T08:03:50.445-06:00Comments on Petticoat Government: Autism-Folic Acid Supplementation Link "Highly Likely"C Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178189190498225759noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919117044428850947.post-80099085184542572682011-02-19T12:22:41.489-07:002011-02-19T12:22:41.489-07:00Folic acid is an antagonist of the GABA(A) recepto...Folic acid is an antagonist of the GABA(A) receptor. It's actually a fairly 'unnatural' substance. The natural vitamin, found in food, is folate. Folic acid needs to be converted to folate in the body by the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase. The efficiency of the conversion process is highly variable between individuals, with a fivefold difference between the most and least efficient converters (PMID: 19706381).<br /><br />Folate also acts as an antagonist at the GABA(A) receptor, but folic acid has a more powerful antagonistic action (PMID: 2166659). Other chemicals which have been associated with autism are insecticides (PMID: 17938740), phthalates (PMID: 19822263) and methyl mercury (16914205). All are GABA(A) receptor antagonists. This is unlikely to be coincidence.<br /><br />If GABA transmission in the developing brain is hindered by GABA(A) receptor antagonists, it is reasonable to assume that those receptors may become more sensitive and/or numerous to compensate for this. Babies will therefore be born with GABAergic neurons which are hyperfunctional.<br /><br />I believe this is responsible for the modern 'epidemics' of autism, ADHD, asthma and type 1 diabetes, although the mechanisms which are responsible are complex, involving chronic, aberrant sctivation of the immune system. I have written about this on my blog at -<br /><br />www.imdtheory.blogspot.com <br /><br />A much condensed version can be seen as an article titled 'Immune Mimicry Disease: Theory and Implications for Autism and ADHD' on the Environmental Illness Resource website at<br /><br />www.ei-resource.orgwilliam davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163382833896287312noreply@blogger.com