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Diabesity is the number 1 cause of obesity, heart disease, cancer, dementia, and type 2 diabetes. Diabesity affects 50% of the U.S., but 90% of us don’t know we have it. It is a condition of metabolic imbalance that ranges from mild blood sugar imbalance to full-blown diabetes. It also goes by many other names such as: Insulin resistance, prediabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, Syndrome X, adult-onset diabetes, and Type 2 diabetes. Put simply, it will make you fat, sick, and kill you.¹

Some physicians involved with natural medicine believe that autism spectrum disorder, as well as many other illnesses, are caused by genetic defects in the body that interfere with the metabolism of certain nutrients. For example, there is some evidence that children with autism spectrum disorder may have trouble metabolizing vitamin B 6B6.¹⁸ Based on this theory, various supplements have been advocated for the treatment of autism.

Additionally, it has been suggested that food additives, food allergies, or other dietary factors may play a role in autism spectrum disorder, but meaningful supporting evidence for this theory has not been presented. One very small, but well-designed study failed to find benefit through eliminating gluten and casein from the diet.¹⁹ The study followed a double-blind design; interestingly, parents generally thought they saw improvement, but perceived improvements were equally divided between the treatment group and the placebo group. And a 2008 review of all published randomized trials on the subject found no convincing evidence that the elimination of gluten and/or casein from the diet of autistic children lead to any significant improvement.²⁰

It has been suggested that combining magnesium with vitamin B 6 B6 could offer additional benefits, such as reducing side effects or allowing a reduced dose of the vitamin.

Zinc is an important element that is found in every cell in the body. More than 300 enzymes in the body need zinc in order to function properly. Although the amount of zinc we need in our daily diet is tiny, it's very important that we get it. However, the evidence suggests that many of us do not get enough. Mild zinc deficiency seems to be fairly common, and for this reason taking a zinc supplement at nutritional doses may be a good idea.

However, taking too much zinc isn’t a good idea—it can cause toxicity. In this article, we discuss the possible uses of zinc at various doses.