Contents:
- Medical Video: The KETO DIET | How It Can Help AUTISM Symptoms
- What is autism syndrome in children?
- Autistic children have low levels of good fat (LDL)
- Disorders of fat metabolism in children with autism
Medical Video: The KETO DIET | How It Can Help AUTISM Symptoms
Autism is a mental disorder syndrome that occurs in children caused by various things. According to data from the Center of it is known that there is 1 percent of children who experience autism in the world in 2014. While the incidence of autism is getting more and more years. Autism does not look at a particular ethnicity or race, all children can experience autism syndrome. It is known that autism is experienced 4.5 times more in boys than in girls.
What is autism syndrome in children?
Autism is a disorder of the nervous system which then causes behavioral disorders, such as difficulty interacting and socializing with the surrounding environment, having a low sense of empathy and sympathy, difficulty focusing, and repetitive behavior. Children with autism are very difficult to express themselves with words, or with movement. In addition, autistic children often live in 'their own lives' and don't think about the people around them.
Symptoms of autism syndrome often appear when the child enters the first year. However, some children have shown symptoms of autism since he was born. The cause of autism syndrome is still a big question mark for the medical world. But various studies say that genetics is a strong risk factor for causing autism syndrome in children. Children who have a family history of autism syndrome, have the opportunity to experience greater autism. Not only that, some things are also considered as risk factors for the incidence of autism in children, namely, complications that occur during pregnancy.
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Autistic children have low levels of good fat (LDL)
In a normal body, HDL is called good cholesterol and LDL, which is bad cholesterol. HDL is called good cholesterol because it is responsible for the fat scavenger in the blood vessels, so that the blood vessels from fat deposits, LDL do the opposite, therefore it is called bad cholesterol. But recently a study showed that autistic children turned out to have good fat levels that were lower than normal children.
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A study conducted by the University of Alabama compared the levels of good fats or HDL in two groups of boys. One group consists of normal and healthy boys while the other group is boys who suffer from autism. Then HDL levels were seen from blood tests carried out in both groups. From the results of the blood tests it was found that fat levels in the group of boys with autism were lower than fat levels in the normal group of boys.
Not only that, it was found that there were differences in the levels of omega 3 fatty acids in both groups, where the group with autism had lower levels of omega 3 fatty acids. In fact, omega 3 fatty acids are very useful to help the development and growth of children and maintain a healthy nervous system.
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Disorders of fat metabolism in children with autism
Until now, everything related to autism syndrome is still a mystery and a big question mark for the health sector. It is not known exactly what the reasons for autism children have lower HDL levels. However, the researchers consider that children with autism have impaired fat metabolism in their bodies. Other research also mentions that the mother's diet during pregnancy and lactation may affect this condition. The results of the study stated that mothers who during pregnancy and breastfeeding consume food sources that are high in omega 3 fatty acids and good fats will reduce the risk of brain development disorders and behavior in children. Even so, further research is still needed to examine the relationship between fat levels and autism syndrome.
