Er, study from 2007, though it apparently has been cited 81 times since then according to google scholar, which is a respectable number.
The consensus so far on autism and such things is that if a family has history of autism, inflammatory responses in the mother during pregnancy are going to increase chances that she will have an autistic child (the risk from flu vaccine is far lower than from getting the flu while pregnant, however) and that kids with autism tend to show worse symptoms when their brains are inflamed, for whatever reason. So the moral is: don't do unhealthy things while pregnant, and don't feed your autistic kids things that make them sick. L --- In [email protected], "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: > > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2007/09/27/autism-study.html > > Scientists make gut-brain connection to autism > > Compounds produced in the digestive system have been linked to autistic-type > behaviour in laboratory settings, potentially demonstrating that what > autistic children eat can alter their brain function, say scientists from the > University of Western Ontario. > > They announced their findings Thursday in Ottawa. >
