This article shows that children in a psychiatric unit, some of whom were diagnosed with autism, had normal blood levels of several nutrients.
The author sets out to examine the idea that children with behavioral and other psychiatric disorders have deficiencies in several key nutrients. Blood was drawn from 125 children (5-16 years old) who were admitted to a psychiatric ward of a hospital. None of these children had been taking supplements for at least three weeks before the blood was taken. Levels of folate, riboflavin, vitamin B6, and vitamin C in these children were compared with those in the general population, and no differences were found. The author concludes that there is little evidence for nutritional deficiencies in the children studied here, but that supplementation may still help children even if they do not have deficiencies.
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