Friday, December 28, 2012

One More

More Evidence Vitamin D May Reduce Autism Risk
Children and adolescents living in the United States in states with higher levels of ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure are much less likely to develop autism than their counterparts living in states with lower levels of solar UVB exposure, new research shows.
William Grant, PhD, Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California, and John Cannell, MD, Vitamin D Council, San Luis Obispo, California, found that children and adolescents living in states with higher solar UVB doses in summer or autumn had half the rate of autism as their counterparts living in states with the lowest UBV doses.
Population data isn't my favorite, but this sunshine/vitamin D correlation is well documented in other disorders.  The article is good, has other information too.
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