Vitamin D deficiency and autism
 

A recent study suggests that the children of pregnant women who are deficient in Vitamin D are more likely to have Autism Spectrum Disorder, compared to the children of pregnant women who are not deficient in Vitamin D.

The authors conclude that "The association between developmental vitamin D deficiency and autism-related traits may have important implications from a public health perspective. It is feasible that a safe, cheap and publicly accessible vitamin D supplement in at-risk groups may reduce the prevalence of this risk factor.".

Molecular Psychiatry - Gestational vitamin D deficiency and autism-related traits: the Generation R Study

kiwi vitamin D can cause many problems alone :)

Thank you for your insight Terry.

I am aware of the fact that Vitamin D is involved in many different physiological processes.

kiwi i'm going to have to apologise because I type how I speak which doesn't help besides how I thing...I was referring to it causing many problems and not your knowledge, so I do apologise.

No worries Terry :).

Interesting. Were there any updates on this?

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There are many studies on Vit D deficiency and Autism. Here is just one.

Developmental vitamin D deficiency increases foetal exposure to testosterone | Molecular Autism | Full Text

I am not sure about this.

My wife (a psychologist here) has worked with children on the autism disorder spectrum range and my sister in NZ has had such children referred to her.

Neither has found the theory in the link here of any use.