RETRACTED:
The Application of Natural Camel Milk Products to Treat Autism-Spectrum Disorders: Risk Assessment and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials
Article Retracted: The Application of Natural Camel Milk Products to...
Hi Morizio, thanks to share this information. I had not read the paper retracted and it is very scarse to read such a retraction. It is a pity to see such bad papers especially playing with the high demand of disoriented families having some autistic infants to manage. There is so many kind of autistic disorders that it seems not acceptable to push Camel milk as a kind of panacea able to treat all of them. There is apparently some clinical cases reports in which some benefits were seen and the example of the Christina Adams son's is one of the more popular but we need to avoid any kind of generalities on such subjects. I am a real activist of Camel Milk but, as you, not as a drug but at the max as a superfood having nutritional qualities plus some health beneficial issues now verified. Regards
Hi Pierre Guy thanks for the comment and of course I am totally agree with your statement. The unacceptable damage of this quackery is that it give false hopes to the families of autistic children, making them delay the adoption or totally ignore proven methodologies to address ASD.
The myth of camel milk treating autism is probably rooted on the fact that some Autistic children may be allergic to cattle milk protein and therefore when given camel milk will exhibit a positive improvement of some symptoms
Hi Maurizio. I agree with you. Nevertheless, I know one colleague of me with a son having ASPERGER syndrome that belongs to the autistic spectrum. His mother, tried everithing to help her son and she tried camel milk powder without effects some years ago. She re-tried recently fresh milk (pasteurized) and kefir obtained from the only french farm we have now with agreement for camel milk products commercialization. The ability to better communicate, to be calmer in presence of other persons of her son were improved significantly for her (autosuggestion?). During this calmer period, progress to learn and study were also improved. It is a little improvement but life seems better for all family. The mechanism ??? It is difficult to suspect milk protein intolerance or allergy in this case because my friend ask me to help her to test all milks possible and she tried all kind of milk weI can found here (Goat, Ewe, buffaloes, donkey, mare, reindear for a finland colleague, hydrolised cow milk (Common here in nursery for babies) , cow milk with A2/A2 casein genotype....) ...without any beneficial effects and without any sensible improvement of autistic symptoma. Just a coincidence? Possible or probable...I don't know and some positive examples cannot make a true. But I remain open minded if I could find any possible mechanisms in the future.
Was the son of your colleague specifically tested for allergies toward cattle milk protein or other milk/food related components?
I understand your thinking but I am afraid that it will now be utilized by quacks to relentlessly push for camel milk as a treatment to autism.
I don't think that he was tested for any kind of allergies and you are true and I understand your fear (I have the same for sure). It is just an example and not a proof of anything. I understand that such examples could give false hopes but this examples exist and It is not better to ignore them. It remains to continue researches to confirm and understand the underlying mechanisms if possible. Today, the number of positive cases is too low to assess anything. Regards