Down's syndrome

• Antioxidant deficiency
• Lack of fresh fruit and vegetables
• Mutations.

Down's syndrome would disappear if it were not constantly renewed by new mutations. Mutations are alterations in the genetic apparatus of an organism, and can be induced by a number of environmental factors (mutagens), including smoking, prescribed and over-the-counter medicines, pollution, viruses, nutritional deficiencies, ionizing radiation and over-heating of dietary fats and protein, particularly charring. Older women are likely to have been exposed to more mutagens than younger. Wynn A & M: The case for preconception care of men and women, page 20. AB Academic Publishers, Bicester, UK 1991.