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The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet
- By Howard Peiper, ND
- Published 08/21/2007
- ADD/ADHD
- Unrated
A complementary guide to A.D.D., The Natural Approach. Describes a simple program to follow that may lessen symptoms and strengthen the body's immune system.
Adults With ADHD: Don’t Become the Next Drug Target ... Here’s How to Treat it Naturally
- By Joseph Mercola, DO
- Published 06/26/2004
- ADD/ADHD
- Unrated
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorder and rising numbers of children are being found to display the tell-tale symptoms: distractibility, impulsiveness and hyperactivity (with hyperactivity the diagnosis becomes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)). Not surprisingly, the preferred treatments by many physicians are the widespread and well-known stimulant medications like Ritalin. Well over 1 million American children are on drugs for ADHD. Rather than rely on drugs, both children and adults can use natural methods to address ADHD, and rather than risking the negative side effects that surround most all drugs, if you use natural methods you will actually experience positive and pleasant improvements in all aspects of your health.
The children's drug Ritalin has a more potent effect on the brain than cocaine. Using brain imaging, scientists have found that, in pill form, Ritalin - taken by thousands of British children and four million in the United States - occupies more of the neural transporters responsible for the 'high' experienced by addicts than smoked or injected cocaine. The research may alarm parents whose children have been prescribed Ritalin as a solution to Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder.
Maybe Attention Deficit Isn't the Real Problem
- By Nicholas Regush
- Published 01/9/2000
- ADD/ADHD
- Unrated
Am I being unkind to the Ritalin pushers? Yes, and I want to be. This Ritalin sham must stop! It is far out of control. While there are some children ? and some editors and producers ? who obviously need major help in adjusting to our zany world, there is far too much drugging going on. The drugging is the real epidemic, not ADHD.
