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BrainPower101
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01 Jul 2015, 1:24 pm

Has anyone tried sulforaphane or hot baths to reduce autistic symptoms? I heard John Gray say heating the head will help the brain rebuilt itself and improve the negative aspects of aspergers or autism.



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01 Jul 2015, 1:49 pm

There's no cure for autism.


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01 Jul 2015, 2:06 pm

BrainPower101 wrote:
Has anyone tried sulforaphane or hot baths to reduce autistic symptoms? I heard John Gray say heating the head will help the brain rebuilt itself and improve the negative aspects of aspergers or autism.

That doesn't even make any medical sense. Hot baths heat the entire body, not just the head, and if they're too hot, they put you at risk for hyperthermia. Seems like this "John Gray" guy doesn't know what he's talking about. So I'd ignore him if I were you.


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01 Jul 2015, 2:28 pm

The sulforaphane in clinical trials worked on a small double blind study. The hot baths is to get the body to raise to a certain temperature to mimic the effects of a fever, there hasn't been any good studies supporting this but the sulforaphane supposedly reduces oxidative stress and induces a heat-shock response.



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01 Jul 2015, 2:39 pm

BrainPower101 wrote:
The sulforaphane in clinical trials worked on a small double blind study. The hot baths is to get the body to raise to a certain temperature to mimic the effects of a fever, there hasn't been any good studies supporting this but the sulforaphane supposedly reduces oxidative stress and induces a heat-shock response.

Fevers are dangerous for the brain. There's a reason why doctors advise people with fevers to take Tylenol (and/or take a lukewarm bath) to bring the fever down. I really doubt that intentionally trying to mimic a fever is beneficial at all.


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01 Jul 2015, 2:44 pm

BrainPower101 wrote:
Has anyone tried sulforaphane or hot baths to reduce autistic symptoms? I heard John Gray say heating the head will help the brain rebuilt itself and improve the negative aspects of aspergers or autism.

Autism is not usually caused by brain damage so this theory falls at the first hurdle.

Heat can promote regrowth of damaged proximal nerve cells, but I don't think there's any evidence to suggest this would work in the brain. So it falls at the second hurdle.