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ADHD and Driving
Fats and Allergy
Autism and Delivery
Recipe of the Week
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Issue: #4
January 13, 2014
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Volume 4, Letter 4
 

January 13, 2014

 

ADHD - increased distracted driving risk. 
 
Narad M. et. al. looked at this topic in
JAMA Pediatrics this year. They followed 61 teenagers through a drivers simulation under three different circumstances: texting, cell phone conversation and no distractions.  
 
ADHD subjects reported more speed and lane variability while driving. All subjects had increased lateral lane variability while texting. 
 
What this study shows is exactly what we would expect from an easily distracted brain. Educating our youth regarding these risks is paramount. 
 
Here is a video that your soon to be driver could benefit from.  
 
 

 

Dr. M

 

Fats and Allergy

Monounsaturated fats and allergy risk.
 
Barman and colleagues studied the effects of the type of fat ingested and subsequent allergy risk. Their study published in PLoS One  in July of 2013 looked at a newborns cord blood fatty acid composition and their subsequent development of allergic disease. 
 
They noted that children born with higher levels of omega 6 and omega 3 fats in the blood had increased risk of allergy when evaluated at age 13 years old. They found that the volume of monounsaturated fats like olive oil were inversely related to allergic development. 
 
They posit that polyunsaturated fats like corn oil, soy oil and vegetable oil are counteracting normal T cell immune development in response to microbial (viral and bacterial) exposure. I.e. the fats are delaying the normal maturation of the immune system. The immune system then fails to be tolerant to foods and aeroallergans like pollen. The end result is what we call allergy. 
 
Take home point: as with the Mediterranean diet that is famously healthy, the olive oil monounsaturated fat content is critical to health. Consume more olive oil in place of vegetable oils that are omega 6 based. see this list.
 
 
 
Autism and Labor

Simon Gregory and his team from Duke University looked at the incidence of autism in relation to the mode of delivery, induced or not. His study in JAMA this year found that women whose labors were induced or augmented in some way had an increase risk of birthing a child that would become autistic. The frequency increase in male offspring follows current prevalence patterns.  

The enormity of this study is staggering. 625,042 live births were analyzed. They noted a 35 % higher odds ratio of having autism if a male child was delivered after augmented delivery. 

Just another piece of the puzzle that is autism. 

 

Dr. M

Recipe of the Week

Add olive oil to grains and soups for extra healthy monounsaturated fats.

 

I like to add a little olive oil to lentil soup and all of my salads.

 

Enjoy.

 

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Copyright � 2010-2014 Christopher J. Magryta, MD. Readers, please note: The information provided in this newsletter is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for advice and treatment provided by your physician or other healthcare professional and is not to be used to diagnose or treat a health issue.


 


Chris Magryta
Salisbury Pediatric Associates
Touchstone Pediatrics