Symptoms of Autism
Summary of Symptoms of Autism
Primary Information, Benefits, Effects, and Important Facts
Scientific Information on Symptoms of Autism
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Human Effect Matrix
The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect symptoms of autism
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Outcome |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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- | - See all 3 studies |
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Notable
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High dose carnitine (50mg per kilogram) appears to reduce some symptoms of autism as assessed by rating scales; notable due to the rarity of a supplement towards this goal
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- | Very High See 2 studies |
The better conducted trial and parts of the preliminary evidence suggest no therapeutic benefit of ginkgo biloba in the treatment of autism
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