Of course, I know this...but the studies showing that massive B6 is helpful, have been done in large part with kids on SAD diets, right? So would a paleo kid NEED these supplements, that is my question. And don't huge doses of one vitamin, send the rest of the body's balance out of whack?? > >They are doing this as a therapeutic measure, not as a way of >getting "enough" B vitamins -- B6 in particular -- into their >children. In particular, they are basing their approach on the >research that suggests that megadoses of vitamin B can help >autistic children. The amounts of B6 that they are using (if >they are, for example, following Rimland's protocol) is *far* in >excess of what is available in any diet, paleo or otherwise. >They are using the B6 as a *medicine*, not because they think a >natural diet will cure autism.