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  Source:  http://www.tanpaku.org/autophagy/ I am writing a science heavy post all about a protein called mTOR .  It is one of those "cancer proteins" that are now heavily researched, very complicated, but clearly very connected to autism. In today’s lead-in post, that was not supposed to get complicated, I will introduce new terms, Autophagy, Mitophagy and Calpains .  There are some very interesting implications from the research, not least that you can reduce mTOR levels just by eating (a lot) less.  Indeed, this “starvation” diet has now been shown by the University of Newcastle to be able to reverse the onset of type 2 diabetes .  It also may suggest another reason for those Somali Autism clusters in the US and Sweden, where refugees from Somalia have been settled.  Just as a starvation diet reduces mTOR, excessive eating increases mTOR.  Via several mechanisms we will see that autism associates with high levels of mTOR.  While the hygien...

      I do not expect this to be one of my popular posts, but it might deserve to be. There will be lots of science, but it ends up with a safe potential intervention that can be tried at home.  The good news is that it is inexpensive, tasty and there is already a pretty solid experimental basis for the intervention. Look in your extended family for relatives with diabetes, COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and Parkinson’s Disease.  This might be useful indicator. The conclusion is to put some cinnamon in your tea or coffee. Parkinson’s Disease Two people recently mentioned Parkinson’s disease to me. Oxidative stress contributes to the cascade leading to dopamine cell degeneration in Parkinson's disease. This oxidative stress is linked to other components of the degenerative process, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, excitotoxicity, nitric oxide toxicity and inflammation. The familiar motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of ...