A growing
number of readers have discovered the remarkable effects of a specific preparation
of broccoli sprout powder. It was my
suggested method to match the Sulforaphane, made in the lab at Johns Hopkins,
and recently trialed with great results in young adults with autism.
I did
mention to therapists working with Monty, aged 11 with ASD, what a surprise
there would be at the local special school if they served up some extra-potent
broccoli soup for lunch one day. There
would be some very bemused teachers and parents. It would also be the world's cheapest randomized trial on 100 people and the fastest. (you would just have to note down who actually ate the soup, but I think it would be obvious later)
Since
another reader stumbled upon the anti-oxidant capability of grapefruit juice
the other day, I would add some of that to the school lunch. Preferably pink grapefruit, since they also would
have a dose of lycopene, another potent antioxidant.
As fate
would have it, a trial is underway with a jar of the aforementioned broccoli
powder. It is not at
the local special school, but at a private center for speech & behavioral therapy.
A reader of this blog has told someone else, who
then tried it on their child and now someone else has bought a jar to try on the
children at the center.
Of course,
in a litigious country, nobody would dream of doing this; but in some countries,
common sense still prevails.
I do hope
the center keeps a note of who tried it and what the effects were, so we can
have some statistics. The good thing is
that because it is so fast-acting, the therapist will observe the effects
unfolding within the very same session.
Since the
main effects are on mood and speech, a speech therapist is probably the best
person to observe and quantify the effect.
In the kind
of children who attend such centers, where autism is a disability rather than a
difference, I think the response rate with be really high. I would guess 70+%. If they want to write up a report, I will be
delighted to post it on this blog.
Anyway, I give them 10 out of 10 for initiative.