User talk:Stella Bankstreet

Milk
Note that humans only recently developed the ability to digest milk as adults, and this ability is by no means universal, so it's not unreasonable for individuals to avoid milk if they suspect it's causing a problem. (There's also the issue of cow's milk being different from human milk.) StuRat (talk) 23:29, 16 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: I have not thought this through and have no opinion on diet and treatment; nor do I know of this case as diagnosed in the first place. That said...  The relationship between autism and purine disorders is discussed at .  Connection of non-syndromic autism with known metabolic disorders is apparently rare; nonetheless, generally high uric acid with autism ("hyperuricosuric autism") has been reported to be more common.  I don't know if those numbers have held up.  There are unique marvels reported like  but who knows whether this was chance?  See .   is interesting and ends up mooting the notion of ketogenic diet among other things.  Most of the above comes from searching "hyperuricosuric autism" in Google Scholar.  I am more skeptical of the role of milk - supposedly dairy products help gout a little... I suspect there are some people with external motivations distorting the popular literature where milk is concerned, but  reviews some rather limited evidence. Wnt (talk) 07:38, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much. You have been extremely helpful. Especially the post about adenosine and autism...my daughter is extremely anxious. I guess if nothing else, I can ask her to see if supplementing with adenosine makes any difference. I am indebted to you.Stella Bankstreet (talk) 18:31, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * While I hope what you've found will help, I cannot predict what will happen - please be careful, read through the sources, ask lots of questions, and above all follow what a pediatrician says. I should note I once tried some SAM-e (which contains adenosine) myself hoping to help with pains in the feet and ended up immediately (first day) setting off probably the worst gout attack I ever had.  ...Then again, that way I found out I had it and started treating it effectively. Wnt (talk) 18:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)