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The answer to your childs ADD and ADHD and many other problems lie in the food they are eating and have been fed since they could stuff food in their mouth.

Melanie Sagala finally put it as I have been trying to since I started this blog. Now if this will convince you and you pass this on, maybe we can stop buying this poisonous food and force those food processors to stop adding chemicals to our food source.

Read on and get an education,

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I’d like to share some staggering statistics with you.  In the US, 4% of children aged 4 to 8 and 9.7% of children aged 9 to 17 have been diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).¹ That translates to around 4.5 million young people who have trouble paying attention in class, controlling their impulsive behaviors, finishing tasks, and acting and speaking appropriately.

At least half of these children are taking a powerful psycho-stimulant drug like Adderall or Ritalin to control their symptoms.  While these synthetic chemicals are effective at controlling hyperactive and aggressive behavior, they come at a steep price.

Adderall is a cocktail of four different amphetamines.  High-dosage and long term use have been linked to erectile problems and other sexual dysfunctions.² Adderall XR has been taken off the market in Canada because of 20 sudden deaths and 14 strokes associated with its use.²

Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a central nervous system stimulant that is reported to be safer than its amphetamine-based cousins.   Yet , it can still cause a number of side effects including dizziness, insomnia, confusion, and an irregular heart beat.³

While well-meaning parents and teachers rely on psycho-stimulant drugs to deal with children that might otherwise be unmanageable, an article I recently read makes me wonder if the cause and the cure of ADHD might be found at the dinner table and school cafeteria.

In 1997, the student body at Central Alternative High School in Appleton, Wisconsin was out of control and only getting worse.  According to Dean of Students Greg Bretthauer, students were “rude, obnoxious, and ill mannered.” On a typical day, the faculty would cope with discipline problems, drug use, truancies, expulsions, dropouts, and weapons violations.  A police officer was on staff to help maintain order.⁴

That same year, Natural Ovens Inc. of Manitowac, Wisconsin began a 5-year study to find out if healthy nutritious foods could make a difference in reducing the number of behavioral problems and improving academic performance.   The company took over providing meals and managing the cafeteria –junk food was banished from the school.

Instead, vending machines offered juice, water and energy drinks only.  Gone was the typical cafeteria fare of pizza, burgers, tacos and fries.  In their place, fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain breads and entrees free of chemicals and additives were offered.⁵ Natural Ovens had their own cooks prepare recipes the old-fashioned way.  Students learned, maybe for the first time in their lives, how to eat properly.   And the changes were dramatic.

Teachers reported that their students were calm and well-behaved.  Dropouts and expulsions became almost nonexistent and students that were on a downward spiral turned their lives around.   Academic achievement went up while discipline problems went down.  Students became more focused in class and had more concentration to study.

The old argument that administrators used to justify feeding children junk food — “we might as well, because they’re only going to eat it out of school anyway” — proved to be unfounded.   Once students made the connection between nutrition, learning, and behavior, the change stuck.   They weren’t running to fast food joints after school for a junk-laden fix.

We can all learn a lesson from the young people in Appleton, Wisconsin.  Bad food leads to bad behavior.  And even worse — a lifetime of failures and health problems.

The other day when I was discussing this article with our founder and driving force, Michael Masterson, he made an astute observation.  Children all over this country have a metabolism that is off balance and burdened with toxins and chemicals from processed foods, too much sugar, and dangerous additives that affect neurochemistry.  Our solution is to mask the problem with even more dangerous chemicals in the form of prescription medications.

How can we call this a cure?

It’s time we paid attention to nutrition as the first and most important influence on our health.  If you have a child with ADHD or other learning or behavioral problems, take this article to your next PTA meeting Join other concerned parents and lobby your school district to offer fresh nutritious meals that are free of additives and genetically modified ingredients.   The amazing transformation that occurred at a high school in Appleton, Wisconsin could take place in any school in the US that also made healthy nutrition a priority.

Start making the same dietary changes at home.  Stop buying junk food and spend the money instead on organic produce and grass-fed meats.  Your grocery bill may even go down!  If you need some recipe tips, look in our twice-weekly issues of Total Health Breakthroughs.  Nutrition experts Kelley Herring and Laura LaValle offer great-tasting, easy to prepare meal ideas that feature fresh organic ingredients and the nutrients our bodies need.

The bottom line is, you and your kids are worth it.

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This is the cause, for most diseases in children and adults, not getting proper nourishment and chemical additives in our food source.

Some of those additives cause brain cell death, and others cause obesity,and a multitude of problems. one 8 oz glass of coke can cause weakness in your immune system that lasts 6 hours.

The FDA needs to start banning food that is not in the peoples benefit and stop TV advertising to children and all perscription drug

advertising should be banned. Doctors need to be re-educated to have nutrition as a ciricular to better health. You are what you eat, if it is a chemical or has chemical additives in it don’t eat it.

If your not Healthy, You need to change your eating habits,
Nature provided us with what we need for optimal health,
Big Pharma, Never healed a disease, with Chemicals. Please,
Look for an Integrative Health Physician, for your problems.

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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, December 8, 2008
Key concepts: Amphetamines, Psychiatric drugs and Brain function

Big Pharma’s new profit agenda calls for the pushing of patented medications onto healthy people. Treating sick people isn’t profitable enough, you see, so they have to find ways to convince healthy people they need more medication (hence the recent statin drug quackery that demanded statin drugs for healthy people).

Today, the medical journal Nature decided to turn tricks for its Big Pharma pimp by publishing one of the most outrageous pieces of pro-Pharma fluffery you’ll ever find in print. It gathered seven scientists — two of them admittedly on Big Pharma’s payroll — to say that doctors should be able to prescribe psychotropic drugs (like the ADHD drugs being given to children today) to healthy people in order to “improve brain function.”

To read the rest of this article, just click on this link

http://www.naturalnews.com/News_000593_amphetamines_psychiatric_drugs_brain_function.html

If your not Healthy, You need to change your eating habits,
Nature provided us with what we need for optimal health,
Big Pharma, Never healed a disease, with Chemicals. Please,
Look for an Integrative Health Physician, for your problems.

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Dear Friend,

There’s yet another danger to the rampant over diagnosis of the so-called “disease” known as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It’s bad enough that millions of children are being needlessly medicated for this invented “disorder.” And it’s even worse that the side effects that come along with the drugs can be life threatening.

Now, the American Heart Association (AHA) says that all children should be screened with electrocardiograms (EKGs) before beginning a regimen of hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder drugs. Why? Your doctor will tell you it’s because children with undiagnosed heart conditions could be vulnerable to sudden cardiac arrest and other heart problems when they take stimulant drugs that can increase their blood pressure and heart rate.

It’s true some of the children taking these drugs have had exactly that reaction. But for the AHA to assume that the heart condition came BEFORE the use of this Schedule II stimulant drug – and not to acknowledge that the heart condition could be the RESULT of the drug – is as absurd as the “disease” itself. How many kids do you know of who are walking around with heart problems?

With over 2.5 million American children on these drugs, I’m sure you can imagine the cash cow such a mandatory screening would be.

I’ve long been critical of the idea of ADHD. I believe that it is, for the most part, a made up disease that turns capitalizes on typical childhood behavior – or behavior that’s the result of too much sugar and too little discipline. I also think that it’s the most egregious example out there of a “malady” that’s being promoted by drug companies in order to expand the market for their poisons.

The mainstream media is, of course, a willing accomplice in this scam. Sadly, the mainstream medical community has bought into this nonsense as well.

Even in light of these findings, pediatric cardiologist Victoria Vetter of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine who was part of the AHA’s committee that made the recommendation said, “We don’t want children who have [ADHD] from being treated. We want to do it as safely as possible.” Vetter said that if an EKG detects a problem, the child in question should be sent to a pediatric cardiologist, and “with careful monitoring” children with heart issues can take ADHD medicines if needed.

This new warning from the AHA isn’t the only red flag that ADHD medications have gotten. Not long ago I told you about a several studies that suggest that these controversial drugs can have a lasting and negative effect on the developing brain.

These studies concluded that the animal test subjects that been subjected to an ADHD drug regiment exhibited a noticeably higher degree of “learned helplessness,” a condition marked by symptoms of depression and a tendency to give up quickly when faced with a challenge. (Sound like any kids you know?) Other similar research noted that the formerly medicated subjects responded less to rewards and reacted more to stress than the drug-free control group.

The ADHD monster will be tough to beat. The psychiatric community seems willing to gloss over any issues that are related to many downsides of ADHD medications. According to the CDC data, the following side effects linked to ADHD treatment resulted in either emergency treatment or hospitalization for those taking drugs between August of 2003 and December of 2005:
Stroke
Cardiac problems
High blood pressure
Abdominal pain
Chest pain and rapid heart rate
Allergic reactions and skin rashes
Spasms, muscle pain, and weakness
I’d urge parents and grandparents to keep this in mind whenever a teacher or a pediatrician brings up ADHD. Because if you run into the likes of Dr. Pliszka, he’ll have your child popping pills in no time.

I’ve been shouting at the top of my lungs for years about the dangers of ADHD drugs, and I was horrified to see my worst fears come true in the pages of Pediatrics. A new study finds a 76 percent rise in the number of calls to poison control centers due to ADHD drugs over the past eight years.

In many cases, the victims are kids who have abused their meds — or got them from a playground pusher. I’ll tell you more about that in a moment, but for now let’s stick to why these meds are among the worst things you can give your kid.

ADHD is one of the most overused and bogus diagnoses in America. It seems any time someone has a kid they can’t control, they load them up on drugs, feeding a vicious $5- billion-a-year industry.

Kids are kids. Most of them will act up a bit, some more than others. But even the worst of the lot usually aren’t candidates for these meds — most of them are acting up because they’re wired from a diet of caffeine, sugar and videogames.

For Pete’s sake, with all that junk running through their systems all day and night, how would you expect them to behave?

But if there’s anything worse than what they’re eating and watching, it’s those ADHD drugs. These horrific meds can cause heart attacks, hallucinations, stunted growth and even shrink the brains of the children who take them.

Around 15 percent of kids who are forced to pop these pills will talk about or attempt suicide before they turn 18. They’re also more likely to become drug addicts when they grow up — and if that surprises you, consider this: These addictive drugs are in the same classification as cocaine and morphine.

It makes perfect sense — as they reach adulthood, they begin looking for something that will give them that same rush as the meds they got when they were kids.

That’s what Big Pharma calls “a customer for life.” And that’s what I call criminal.