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cholesterol and autism (and crowdfunding)
2013-Dec-10, Tuesday 06:05 amI've heard 3 times over the years from doctors, "I've never seen LDL levels that low!" Two were at Texas A&M, and one was soon after I left college.
Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are what's commonly known as "bad" cholesterol because it leads to the accumulation of cholesterol on the walls of your circulatory system. Cholesterol is necessary to your metabolism, but it's the high-density lipoproteins (HDL) that are known as the "good" kind. Whenever I've had my cholesterol tested, they have checked both kinds found in my blood samples. My good cholesterol is always at the low end of the healthy range. My bad cholesterol, however, has barely registered on their tests.
I learned last night during a hangout on Google+ (around the 1:05:00 mark) that one biomarker for autism is "cholesterol disregulation". I asked (at 1:33:00) if this disregulation presented itself as low LDL, and she said that this biomarker did present as low total cholesterol for one subtype of autism. Wow, I never expected that tidbit. I'll definitely look into it. I've always been unsatisfied by autism diagnosis by "interview" (psychological evaluation) rather than objective medical tests.
This researcher's lab needs funding to continue their work on "Protein biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder" (RocketHub). I've donated some money to help them out. I hope some readers can also help them out and pass word along to others so they can meet their funding goal.
Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are what's commonly known as "bad" cholesterol because it leads to the accumulation of cholesterol on the walls of your circulatory system. Cholesterol is necessary to your metabolism, but it's the high-density lipoproteins (HDL) that are known as the "good" kind. Whenever I've had my cholesterol tested, they have checked both kinds found in my blood samples. My good cholesterol is always at the low end of the healthy range. My bad cholesterol, however, has barely registered on their tests.
I learned last night during a hangout on Google+ (around the 1:05:00 mark) that one biomarker for autism is "cholesterol disregulation". I asked (at 1:33:00) if this disregulation presented itself as low LDL, and she said that this biomarker did present as low total cholesterol for one subtype of autism. Wow, I never expected that tidbit. I'll definitely look into it. I've always been unsatisfied by autism diagnosis by "interview" (psychological evaluation) rather than objective medical tests.
This researcher's lab needs funding to continue their work on "Protein biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder" (RocketHub). I've donated some money to help them out. I hope some readers can also help them out and pass word along to others so they can meet their funding goal.