Anorexia, Orthorexia, PCOS, Fertility and Elevated Autism Risk (and don't forget Paternal Obesity)
Super skinny is a poor role model and another driver of autism risk via ensuing endocrine problems While some types of autism cannot easily be prevented, those that relate to the lifestyle of future parents clearly can be reduced. Rather than just be shocked about an “autism epidemic”, with ever increasing prevalence, why not start doing something about it? People are staying at home to reduce the incidence of Covid-19; the risk of autism can also be reduced. Today’s post is about the young females who, under peer pressure and Instagram pressure, choose to starve themselves in the pursuit of looking “good”. School lunches are a daily subject of conversation in our house, since I always ask Monty, now aged 16 with autism, what he had for lunch at school. Monty’s assistant tells me that even though the lunches at school are not bad, he is one of the few to eat them all. The boys generally just eat the meat and potatoes and do not touch the fruit, vegetables and ...