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Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science

Biomarker-Guided Nutritional Intervention to Treat Autism

  • Open or Close Afaf K El-Ansary*

    Central Laboratory, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    *Corresponding author: Afaf K El-Ansary, Senior Scientist, Central Laboratory, King Saud University, P.O Box 22452, Zip Code 1149, Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Submission: September 13, 2017; Published: November 08, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/NTNF.2017.01.000501

ISSN 2640-9208
Volume1 Issue1

Abstract

Autism as a neuro developmental chronic disorder with dramatic increasing prevalence is a great burden on patients and families. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has never approved a drug as useful in autism, and claims, that nutritional supplements are “unproven” and those parents who use these supplements for their autistic children are the victims of “marketers”. I am writing to discuss with you and with the NTNF readers that understanding the etiological mechanisms in autism and recording multiple biomarkers related to these etiologies can be used as target for nutritional intervention strategies.

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