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You might be wondering the relevance of arthritis to an autism blog. Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory condition in which the body's own immune system starts to attack body tissues.   It is often co-morbid with inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis ).   IBD is comorbid with autism.   The study below shows how many autoimmune diseases, including arthritis are connected with autism.   Association of Family History of Autoimmune Diseases and Autism Spectrum Disorders RESULTS: A total of 3325 children were diagnosed with ASDs, of which 1089 had an infantile autism diagnosis. Increased risk of ASDs was observed for children with a maternal history of rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. Also, increased risk of infantile autism was observed for children with a family history of type 1 diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Associations regarding family history of type 1 diabetes and infantile autism and maternal history of rheumatoid ar...

Now if the tittle makes sense to you, either you are a Prozac fan, or you were around in the 1940s and 50s when there actually was a vitamin P. This blog is about autism, and in the US lots of such kids are prescribed the powerful antidepressant Prozac. We are more interested in the other vitamin P; these days they are called flavonoids.   This post will meander into other health problems but will return to ASD later on. Flavonoids are found in plants and there are 5,000 of them.   In plants they have various functions, one of which is to provide colour (usually yellow, red and blue); in humans it is proposed that certain flavonoids may account for the beneficial properties of certain foods, ranging from chocolate to red wine. There are many food supplements sold that contain flavonoids, three of the popular ones seem to be:-   ·          Rutin ·          Quercetin ·     ...