The immune system is one of the most vital systems in the human body. In a nutshell, the immune system is responsible for warding off foreign bodies in the body. They are responsible for preventing diseases from spreading or attacking the body. Obviously, the function of the immune system is important; without it, one is vulnerable to even the most minor of ailments and diseases. For instance, HIV and AIDS are very significant concerns in the scientific world because it attacks the immune system and makes it useless, leaving the body defenseless against virus. However, as it turns out, HIV may not be the only virus that could cause a very drastic effect on the human body.
According to a number of reports and studies, autism could be caused by the immune system’s response to a particular substance or virus. This study was first conducted in 1998 in the University of Michigan. Although it has been more than a decade since the research was released, no other papers have successful refuted this claim. This makes the theory a looming possibility, changing the direction of autism research. According to the researchers, they found a high level of antibodies in brain proteins. This suggests that autism could be an autoimmune response to the proteins in the brain.
Not surprisingly, this study compliments the claim of the Autism Research Institute. According to the institute, certain proteins produce toxins that seep through the brain, causing the damage that resulted to autism. When one looks at the results of these studies together, they make perfect sense. The toxins came from complex proteins gluten and casein.
To understand how this works, consider how the immune system operates. In a way, this is similar to how an allergy happens. When the immune system detects a substance that the body is allergic to, its automatic response is to produce certain effects that affect the body physical in order to ward them off, hence the hives and other allergic reactions. Autism, then, can be seen as some sort of extreme allergic reaction to the substances produced by gluten and casein. This is where the gluten free and casein free diet came to be conceived; its basis was on the fact that they could serve as allergens to the body.
The claim that autism is an autoimmune reaction becomes more valid if one considered how improper an autistic child’s immune system is. An autistic child easily gets sick—a proof that their immune system is not as good as the immune system of a person without autism.
So how can one solve this problem?
The Autism Research Institute suggest the use of a gluten and casein free diet in order to prevent the production of even more toxins caused by these proteins. Furthermore, the use of supplements such as Colostrum (also known as “first milk”), enzymes, probiotics, and antioxidants help restore the balance in the body of an autistic child. With the use of these treatments and supplements, it is possible to recover from the symptoms of autism.
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