Did you know chemical intolerance is linked to autism and ADHD?
Adults in the top-10th percentile for chemical intolerance had 5.7 times the risk of having a child diagnosed with autism and 2.1 times the risk of having one diagnosed with ADHD, compared with adults in the bottom-10th percentile, according to recent research by Dr. Claudia Miller, leader of the Hoffman Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT) Program at UT Health San Antonio.
To spur awareness of the chemical-intolerance-and-autism connection, among patients, policymakers, and health practitioners, Dr. Miller developed a TILT Tutorial on Autism and ADHD.
The tutorial explores the growth of autism and ADHD in the United States, how these conditions are linked to chemical intolerance and TILT, how to understand TILT and its origins, and how we can reduce TILT – which could, in turn, help reduce the frequency of conditions like autism and ADHD.
“It makes clear the massive health implications of the interwoven rise of chemical intolerance and autism and ADHD, and spells out what we should do about it,” said Dr. Miller, professor emeritus at UT Health San Antonio.
