This article describes a study showing that children with autism may have a magnesium deficiency.
The authors describe the many functions that magnesium has in the body; for instance, magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions. Magnesium is also essential for proper brain and muscle function as well as normal growth and development. The authors then describe their research study, which focused on 34 children (1-11 years old) with either autism or Rett syndrome (29 with autism or closely related disorders, 5 with Rett Syndrome). Blood was taken from these children, and magnesium levels were compared with those from 14 children without autism. The results showed that the group of children with autism, but not those with Rett syndrome, had significantly lower levels of magnesium than children without autism.
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