November 7, 2011

To take over the fight against autism   Japanese scientists have decided. To identify the causes of this disease of the nervous system, as well as variations associated with it, experts have decided to learn a few of thousands of children by analyzing the structure and composition of their hair. According to the scientists, an acute shortage of trace elements observed in more than half of the children up to three years and one third of adolescents. These data provided the newspaper The Telegraph.

As a result of this study, the researchers came to the conclusion indisputable that zinc is essential for the full development of the baby's nervous system, and its deficiency can lead to autism and other disorders of the nervous system, for example, Asperger syndrome .

Thus, Japanese scientists have concluded that it is necessary to create the whole national program to ensure that all children's diet included the trace element in the required amount.
But some experts criticized such a study. As it turned out, the researchers took samples of hair only in patients with the kids, so we can not accurately judge this relationship, since zinc deficiency can have healthy children.