http://www.camresearch.net/showabstract.php?pmid=10630351
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.1999.5.575
The abdominal brain and enteric nervous system.

DL McMillin, DG Richards, EA Mein, CD Nelson
Meridian Institute, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454, USA.
Conventional medical treatment for neurologic disorders such as epilepsy, migraine, and autism focuses on the brain. Although standard medical treatment is often helpful, the underlying causes of these disorders are not well understood. Furthermore, some individuals respond poorly or not at all to regular medicine. Evidence is accumulating in the medical literature that the enteric nervous system (ENS)-that part of the nervous system associated with the alimentary canal-also plays a role in these disorders. Historically, the concept of an autonomous abdominal nervous system was advocated by Byron Robinson, Johannis Langley, and Edgar Cayce. The work of these three prominent historical figures is considered along with modem view-points on the abdominal nervous system. Complementary therapies that address the nervous system of the abdomen have potential as useful adjuncts to conventional treatment for certain neurologic disorders.

Current thinking about autism and ADHD necessarily converges on the gut. MOST children with autism HAVE SIGNIFICANT GUT DISEASE.

http://www.talkaboutcuringautism.org/confe...s/dannotes2.htm

Psoas Health
Trauma Recovery Protocol

By Liz Koch
Illustration by Nelson Sprinkle




By its very nature, the function of the psoas muscle defies easy classification.1 The only muscle to connect the lumbar spine to the legs, the psoas is the major walking muscle. With every step its pendulum motion massages vertebrae, viscera and organs. In harmony with diaphragmatic breathing, the psoas functions like a hydraulic pump, enhancing circulation throughout the body. As a psoatic shelf, it provides the abdominal organs and nerve ganglia a diagonal muscular support. The kidneys slide on top of it while the reproductive nerves are directly embedded within it. The whole belly brain,2 including intestinal health and sexual functioning, intimately hinges upon a supple, dynamic psoas.

The psoas also plays a major role in trauma recovery protocol. Serving as a bridge, it connects the physical to the emotional and the spiritual to the ordinary. It is quite normal when working with the muscle to not only bring a wealth of unresolved fear to the forefront of the client’s consciousness, but ultimately to provide a portal into instinctive wisdom as well.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Linked to Abnormal Brain Activity

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects 10 to 15 percent of the U.S. population, predominately women, and can produce severe abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in bowel habits. No physical abnormalities can be identified on examination, and patients are often left with suboptimal symptomatic treatments and the idea that the pain is “all in your head.”

Well, maybe it is.

A new study used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect differences in brain activity in IBS patients compared to healthy ones. When predictable, mild abdominal pain was stimulated in healthy women, MRI showed decreased activity in the insula, amygdala and brainstem, areas associated with emotion and pain. IBS patients did not show decreased activity in these areas, suggesting they are hard-wired to respond more strongly to pain than others.

http://www.nyas.org/events/eventDetail.asp...%209:00:00%20AM

Disruption of signaling processes in the central nervous system results in a number of disorders, from depression to Alzheimer's disease. Join us for From Molecules to Mind, a one-day event sponsored by the Academy's Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group investigating how neurological and metabolic diseases are related to stress response and mood. We will look at the hypothalamic-pituitary "stress" axis (HPA) and its role in CNS diseases, as well as the effect of dysregulated peripheral feedback.

Specific topics to be covered include the effect of signal disruption on the development of obesity; the causal effects of immune system activation on depression; the role of HPA axis dysfunction in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease; and more.

Vaccinations Contributing to Rise in Autism?


We asked Rusty Dornin to tackle the controversy.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Picture perfect, a happy, healthy baby. Then at 15 months, just like every other baby, Russell Rollins got his measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination.

ROLLINS: He has a very physical reaction to those vaccines including a high-pitch scream and days of high-pitched crying and listlessness.

DORNIN: Ten years later, those problems continue. Russell Rollins is autistic. How do you describe what you go through as a parent of an autistic child?

ROLLINS: It's a living hell. It's a living hell for everyone involved. It's a living hell for my son who suffers terribly from this disorder.

http://www.ithyroid.com/autism.htm

Autism and Mercury

by Tim O'Shea,DC

This article is excerpted from Dr. O'Shea's forthcoming revised edition of The Sanctity of Human Blood.

Inquiry into vaccine safety is exploding like never before, even in the popular press. Research coming from dozens of mainstream medical studies can no longer be easily suppressed, as it has been in the past, especially with the prevalence of online information exchange.

Last September, some 2,000 people, mostly MDs, assembled at the Town and Country resort in San Diego to hear the latest research on autism. Following the April 2000 Congressional hearings on autism and vaccines, this epidemic can no longer be ignored.

The figure of one autistic infant for every 150 is now widely documented.

Dr. Stephanie Cave presented enlightening data on mercury toxicity, drawn largely from the brilliant work of Sallie Bernard. Dr. Cave explained how:

By age two, American children have received 237 micrograms of mercury through vaccines alone, which far exceeds current EPA "safe" levels of .1 mcg/kg. per day. That's one-tenth of a microgram, not one microgram.

Three days in particular may be singled out as spectacularly toxic for infants:

Day of birth: hepatitis B-12 mcg mercury

30 x safe level

At 4 months: DTaP and HiB on same day - 50 mcg mercury

60 x safe level

At 6 months: Hep B, Polio - 62.5 mcg mercury

78 x safe level

At 15 months the child receives another 50 mcg

41 x safe level

These figures are calculated for an infant's average weight in kilograms for each age.

These one-day blasts of mercury are called "bolus doses". Although they far exceed "safe" levels, there has never been any research conducted on the toxicity of such bolus doses of mercury given to infants all these years.

Inconceivable

Historically, the toxicity of mercury has been known for more than a century. The Mad Hatter was more than a fantasy character from Alice in Wonderland. Mad Hatter's disease became well known in England in the mid-1800s, when hat-makers were subject to inhaling the vapors from the mercury-based stiffening compound they used on felt to make top hats.

Sources of Mercury

It is interesting to learn that common household remedies that were used up into the 1960s like mercurochrome and "teething powder" were often the cause of acute mercury poisoning and disease.

In the U.S., EPA mercury toxicity studies have involved contamination from fish, air, and other environmental sources. This is inorganic mercury (methylmercury).

Methylmercury has long been associated with serious neurological disorders, demyelinating diseases, gut disease, and visual damage.

The mercury in vaccines, however, is in the form of thimerosal, which is 50 times more toxic than plain old mercury (methylmercury).

http://vitallywell.blogspot.com/2007/01/th...-of-autism.html

Why The Constant Denial?

Ayoub was asked why government agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, are working so hard to keep the truth about the mercury-autism link hidden. He says it is a long story, but the main reason is because if they admitted guilt, it would mean the government agencies, drug companies and medical organizations, “have taken part in the largest iatrogenic epidemic known to man.”

The fallout over admission of causality would be unprecedented, Ayoub adds. The lost confidence in American medicine would likely cause people to turn to alternative methods of medicine, and a rise in deeper investigation might reveal the truth about other suppressions related to cancer therapy, hypertension Rx, or Atherosclerosis.

Ayoub told Independent Media, “This is really the tip of the iceberg and I see a waterfall effect.”


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(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist with Independent Media TV and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government)

Ayoub spoke at the AutismOne conference in Chicago in 2004, and will appear at the conference again in May, 2005. His CD-ROM titled, "Science and Politics of Vaccine-Induced Autism,” contains resource materials and was distributed at the DAN! conference in LA last fall. David M Ayoub MD, The Prairie Collaborative for Immunization Safety Email Raypoke@mac.com

http://thimerosalthoughts-bb.blogspot.com/

Paediatricians attempts to censor Thimerosal story

PEDIATRICIANS DEMAND CENSORSHIP FROM ABC
By JB Handley

Pediatricians, ABC and Censorship: Facts Are Scarier Than Fiction
By David Kirby
On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics will release the contents of a foreboding letter sent last week to ABC/Disney executives, demanding they cancel the January 31 premiere of a new legal drama series, \"Eli Stone,\" because it features a family attorney who successfully argues in court that mercury-containing flu vaccine caused autism in one child

Vitamin C protects against Heavy Metal Poisoning and reduces behaviour disorders

Metals have always been a part of the environment, and our bodies have evolved methods to protect against them. This process involves vitamin-dependent metabolic pathways. [9] Additional vitamin intake, through the use of nutrient supplementation, can help speed up the removal process. Daily consumption of additional vitamin C and selenium is likely to protect children by helping to eliminate heavy metals from their bodies. One easy and inexpensive way to increase intake of these nutrients is by taking a vitamin C supplement with each meal, along with a multivitamin containing selenium. Vitamin supplements are remarkably safe for children. [10]



Over the course of the last century, individuals were given single vaccines with single amounts of mercury, but with the introduction of triple vaccines the amount of mercury contained within the preservative was multiplied and the cumulative effects are only just now being discovered by the public. Early papers on autism and battered baby syndrome appeared following the introduction of vaccines containing this preservative in the 30\'s and 40\'s and following the introduction of triple vaccines there has been an epidemic of autism - and genetic epidemics do not occur without some outside influence. It is also interesting that the Shaken Baby Syndrome and parent blame theories for odd medical presentations, have also vastly increased since these triple vaccines were brought in.

http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/jun2007/723.pdf



http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art...rticlekey=56719
Pineal health..., Melatonin and Seratonin
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...showtopic=88235

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Und...table_bowel.htm

An emerging theory focuses on the neurotransmitter serotonin. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that transmit messages between nerve cells. Most of us have heard about the relationship between depression and serotonin in the brain, but the gut also produces serotonin, which in turn acts on nerves in the digestive tract. Some research suggests that IBS patients who suffer mainly from diarrhea may have increased serotonin levels in the gut, while those with constipation-predominant IBS have decreased amounts.


Serotonin-modulating drugs

One of the most promising approaches to IBS treatment involves medications that alter the action of serotonin in the colon. These drugs act on the serotonin receptors on intestinal nerves — specifically serotonin-3 (5HT3) and serotonin-4 (5HT4) receptors. ... Several months later, reports of severe complications of constipation that resulted in 44 hospitalizations and 5 deaths prompted the manufacturer to withdraw the drug from the market. ????

The Cure for Autism and Mental Illness

The gut can cause mental illness and autism and if corrected can lead to recovery from so call incurable illness. See Donna Gates & Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride show how this is possible. See their Website where there are protocols to assist Celiac disease, Autism, ADD ADHD, mental illness, CFS, MS, IBS, bowel disease, crohns, arthritis and more


www.GutandMentalillness.com
http://www.gutandmentalillness.com/

Mercury Toxicity & Autism

Dr. Boyd Haley is a professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky. In this interview, Dr. Haley discusses mercury toxicity as a causal factor in Autism. He also discusses the two primary sources of mercury toxicity: vaccines & dental amalgams

Epson Salt is known to help with asthma, fibromyalgia, cerebral palsy, anxiety, depression, seizures, leaky gut syndrome, Alzheimer’s, dementia, ADD/ADHD, behavior issues and autism.

Epson Salt is a pure mineral compound (Magnesium Sulfate) in crystal form. When dissolved in warm water Epson Salt is absorbed through the skin to replenish the body’s level of Magnesium.

Studies indicate Magnesium helps relieve stress by raising the body's level of serotonin, a mood elevating chemical in the brain that creates a feeling of well being and relaxation.

Magnesium ions relax and reduce irritability by lowering the affects of adrenaline. It softens, exfoliates the skin, lowers blood pressure, creates a calm, relaxed feeling, improves sleep, concentration, helps muscles and nerves to function properly, reduces tantrums, twitches, and hyperactivity.

The national academy of science reports the average male gets 80%; females get 70% of Magnesium, required for good health.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17347881
Children with autism had significantly higher plasma leptin levels compared with TD controls (p < .006). When further sub-classified into regression or early onset autism, children with early onset autism had significantly higher plasma leptin levels compared with children with regressive autism (p < .042), TD controls (p < .0015), and DD controls (p < .004). We demonstrated an increase in leptin levels in autism, a finding driven by the early onset group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin#Autism
Autism

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders have lower than normal levels of melatonin. A 2008 study found that unaffected parents of individuals with ASD also have lower melatonin levels, and that the deficits were associated with low activity of the ASMT gene, which encodes the last enzyme of melatonin synthesis.[44]

Neurotransmitters Serotonin
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_foods_increase_serotonin
Serotonin is similar to catecholamines. It is made from the amino acid, tryptophan. Serotonin is converted to melatonin in the pineal gland. Tryptophan, derived from food, is transported to the brain to make the neurotransmitter serotonin. At the appropriate place inside a brain cell, two enzymes and vitamin B6 transform tryptophan to serotonin.

http://www.uspharmacist.com/oldformat.asp?...eat/acf2fa6.htm

Serotonin Syndrome: Recognition and Management


Serotonin Receptors

Serotonin (5-HT; 5-hydroxytryptamine) occurs naturally in the body. In the periphery, serotonin acts both as a gastrointestinal regulating agent and a modulator of blood vessel tone.5 Although only 2% of the body’s serotonin is found in the brain as a neurotransmitter, the chemical can have a profound effect on body functions. As a neurotransmitter, serotonin is involved in the modulation of motor function, pain perception, appetite, and outflow from the sympathetic nervous system.

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles...government.aspx
Child Abuse by the Government

Nate Tseglin, a 17-year-old autistic boy, was removed from his home and placed in a state-run mental institution because Child Protective Services disagreed with his parents’ treatment choices.

A teacher called CPS after seeing self-inflicted scratches on Nate's body and complained about the doctor-approved arm restraints used by Nate’s parents to keep him from hurting himself. Soon the Tseglins found themselves at loggerheads with the government over Nate's proper treatment.

The parents are opposed to the use of psychotropic drugs and argue that Nate has had strong negative reactions to them. They have had success, however, with an alternative, holistic approach that focuses on diet and psychiatric counseling. CPS disagreed with the treatment and forcibly removed the boy from his home.

After he ran away from the group home where he was initially placed, the government transferred Nate to a mental hospital. The Tseglins say the drugs the hospital gave Nate caused him to have a grand mal seizure, and his health has continued to deteriorate. When the Tseglins visited Nate over the summer, they found his face swollen, and he faded in and out of consciousness and suffered from convulsions.

The Tseglins claim Child Protective Services has told them they have the “wrong set of beliefs” and even threatened to force them to undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation.

Sources:
http://www.ocregister.com/column/nate-pare...overnment-court

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles...government.aspx
Child Abuse by the Government

Nate Tseglin, a 17-year-old autistic boy, was removed from his home and placed in a state-run mental institution because Child Protective Services disagreed with his parents’ treatment choices.

A teacher called CPS after seeing self-inflicted scratches on Nate's body and complained about the doctor-approved arm restraints used by Nate’s parents to keep him from hurting himself. Soon the Tseglins found themselves at loggerheads with the government over Nate's proper treatment.

The parents are opposed to the use of psychotropic drugs and argue that Nate has had strong negative reactions to them. They have had success, however, with an alternative, holistic approach that focuses on diet and psychiatric counseling. CPS disagreed with the treatment and forcibly removed the boy from his home.

After he ran away from the group home where he was initially placed, the government transferred Nate to a mental hospital. The Tseglins say the drugs the hospital gave Nate caused him to have a grand mal seizure, and his health has continued to deteriorate. When the Tseglins visited Nate over the summer, they found his face swollen, and he faded in and out of consciousness and suffered from convulsions.

The Tseglins claim Child Protective Services has told them they have the “wrong set of beliefs” and even threatened to force them to undergo a court-ordered psychological evaluation.

Sources:
http://www.ocregister.com/column/nate-pare...overnment-court







The United States already has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Are we also looking at a future of government-run psychiatric institutions filled to the brim with autistic children whose parents refuse to abide by drug company politics?

It’s a heartbreaking tragedy that children like Nate are being forcibly medicated into a stupor with powerful poisons -- all of which will have far-reaching, long-term ramifications. These medicines may provide some benefit in some extreme cases where an actual mental disorder exists. However, these drugs -- in no way, shape, or form -- even begin to treat the foundational cause of your child’s problem.