Can kids recover from autism? Jenny McCarthy says yes

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  Posted by Superlativity Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:29am PDT

  I know absolutely nothing about autism, so I have no idea if it really can be cured, but it always seems as if the famous people with a whole lot of money get much closer to "cures" than the rest of us common folk.

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  Posted by Laura Thu Oct 2, 2008 11:53am PDT

  I Do beleive that what we eat and our behavior does have a great impact on health and illness. Autism? It can't hurt.

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  Posted by Me Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:01pm PDT

  It cannot be cured and it is not caused by vaccines. Even the scientists that published the study have walked away from it and retracted it.

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  Posted by jtjunkie Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:28pm PDT

  I don't believe it just because she is the one saying so.

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  Posted by envy424 Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:30pm PDT

  It would definitley be nice if this is possible. MissE- it is a fact that a lot of times doctors and scientists are asked to retract studies or publish false studies due to pharmacutical powers. I just think of it this way if this huge power house pharm. company started selling a cure for these massive illness' they are currently making millons of dollars off of would they admitt they had a cure or try to find one for it or would they continue to sell there medications and follow the procedures they have been? They could give someone drugs to help them live a certain way for the rest of their lives and make money off of it or they can truley spend there money on trying to find cures and sell the cures one time not making nearly as much. It is a sad reality of the world we live in... but if someone finds even the slightest way around the system and has hope that there is a way to cure such an illness... why not at least consider it?

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  Posted by akmomma Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:30pm PDT

  I know very little about Autism. I do know I have never believed that if there were a cure for a disease, the scientific community would shout it from the rooftops. If there is a cure for any disease, that disease would eventually go away. And then there would be no funding to scientists to study and treat these diseases. I don't trust anyone who makes money when I'm not healthy and makes nothing when I am. What is their motivation for actually helping me be healthy?

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  Posted by Charlene Prince Birkeland, Shine staff Thu Oct 2, 2008 12:53pm PDT

  Debra H - I'd like to give researchers the benefit of the doubt but you make an excellent point.

  In this case, wouldn't they profit through leading the treatment?

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  Posted by AutumnG Thu Oct 2, 2008 1:37pm PDT

  The pharma-companies would not consider this a "cure" because it wasn't done with a pill or shot. She is talking about a special diet and vitamin suppliments. Diet can be an amazing treatment for many diseases and afflictions, but it's usually very strict and doesn't work for everyone. So they can't go shouting about finding a "cure", but it's totally worth a try if it worked for one person.

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  Posted by AaronR Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:05pm PDT

  SHe is full of crap. I am a neurologist. Autism is not a disease that can be cured, it is a disease of the brain, no colon cleanse or vitamins can "cure" it. There are several publications in every major scientific journal debunking the vaccine hype. It is simply not true. She also said she would rather have her son get measles than get autism from vaccines...I hope she realizes measles is not simply a bad rash, it can get into the brain and kills very rapidly.

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  Posted by Isabel Thu Oct 2, 2008 8:13pm PDT

  i am very familiar with autism, i have one at home and for a FACT i will tell you autism do not have a cure for now. but hopefully one day will be find it. I read her book and it is great book in the way that it help you as a manual of what to look for you kid. she talk about some diet and different methods that can help you child to have a better way to live and thats it. by the way there is so many kids who can lead close to a normal life, it does not mean they are cure.

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