VITAMINS FIGHT LEARNING DISABILITIES,

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VITAMINS FIGHT LEARNING DISABILITIES, SCIENTIFIC STUDY SHOWS

 

Nutritional supplements were used, with considerable success, to help overcome

learning disabilities in children. In a well-designed clinical trial,

" megavitamin " doses were seen to be safe and remarkably effective, even offering

improvement in Downs Syndrome children.

Dr. Ruth F. Harrell and associates published their important findings in

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (78:574-578)... in 1981!

Although Medical Tribune picked the story up, it is likely that your doctor is

as unaware of this research as I was until one of my chiropractic students

showed it to me in ‘93.

The Harrell study was successful because her team gave LD kids much larger doses

of vitamins than other researchers: over 100 times the ADULT (not child's) RDA

for riboflavin; 37 times the RDA for niacin (given as niacinamide); 40 times the

RDA for vitamin E; and 150 times the RDA for thiamin. These are the quantities

that evidently get results, and get them safely. Safety and effectiveness are

the rule, not the exception, with therapeutic nutrition.

Here is an abstract (summary) of this important article:

“To explore the hypothesis that mental retardations are in part genetotrophic

diseases (diseases in which the genetic pattern of the afflicted individual

requires an augmented supply of one or more nutrients such that when these

nutrients are adequately supplied the disease is ameliorated), we carried out a

partially double-blind experiment with 16 retarded children (initial IQs,

approximately 17-70) of school age who were given nutritional supplements or

placebos during a period of 8 months. The supplement contained 8 minerals in

moderate amounts and 11 vitamins, mostly in relatively large amounts. During the

first 4 - month period (double-blind) the 5 children who received supplements

increased their average IQ by 5.0-9.6, depending on the investigator, whereas

the 11 subjects given placebos showed negligible change. The difference between

these two groups is statistically significant (P less than 0.05). During the

second period, the subjects who had been given placebos in the first study

received supplements; they showed an average IQ increase of at least 10.2, a

highly significant gain (P less than 0.001). Three of the five subjects who were

given supplements for both periods showed additional IQ gains during the second

4 months. Three of four children with Down syndrome gained between 10 and 25

units in IQ and also showed physical changes toward normal. Other evidence

suggests that the supplement improved visual acuity in two children and

increased growth rates. These results support the hypothesis that mental

retardations are in part genetotrophic in origin.”

What intrigues me most is the need to explore this area further, and medical

reluctance to do so. As Lincoln said of the little girl who put her hand in the

stocking, " It strikes me that there's something in it. " I urge you to read the

full paper: Harrell RF, Capp RH, Davis DR, Peerless J, Ravitz LR Can nutritional

supplements help mentally retarded children? An exploratory study. Proc Natl

Acad Sci U S A 1981 Jan;78(1):574-8.

Dr. Harrell, who had been publishing on vitamin effects on learning for over 30

years, was not inventing the idea of megavitamin therapy suddenly in one paper.

Nor has the work ended; the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine is a good

resource if you want to know more. http://www.orthomed.org

 

Reprinted from the book FIRE YOUR DOCTOR, copyright 2001 and prior years by

Andrew Saul, Number 8 Van Buren Street, Holley, New York 14470 USA Telephone

(716) 638-5357

 

 

 

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