The (ADD) attention deficit disorder and Attention/hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder include a set of symptoms including inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviors. The term ADD has practically been replaced by ADHD, since it includes two of the most common symptoms of the condition, that is, inattention and impulsive hyperactive behaviour.
Only children who are struggling with inattention and hyperactive behaviour or impulsive all the time are deemed ADHD. For example, if these symptoms are displayed at the school and not at home or vice versa, they are considered as not have the disorder. Unfortunately, this is where most of the diagnosis occurs.
The most difficult to deal with a child, a teenager or a spouse is perhaps not knowing which is the behavior disturbing and especially not knowing how to help. Unfortunately, most of the experts are also perplexed as everyone and this should come as a surprise.
However, there are many plausible theories:
A theory is a genetic predisposition, and studies are currently underway attempting to link specific genes (1) ADHD. From my point of view, based on science and research, gene expression so far and wide more important and valid as genetic predisposition, but will leave us this topic for another article at a later date. Another theory is the exposure to environmental toxins. A study conducted in 2006 linked use of the mother of cigarettes, alcohol or other drugs increases the chances of ADHD in her child. They have also linked the increased risk of ADHD in exposure to lead and smoking during pregnancy (2). This should also come to surprise absolute.
As is typical of the medical model, nutrition is often ignored as a factor that contributes. Being a chiropractor Kanata cannot make me an expert on this particular topic, but it is my opinion that NUTRITION may hold the key to treating ADHD! It is not an expert to tell us that today food choices for children and adults are extremely poor. Is it really possible to expect abnormal behaviour of a child that is fed, lack of a better term, it shit? These features of abnormal behaviour consisting of what most medical experts refers to signs and symptoms of ADHD! There are many literature out there which support the hypothesis that refined of grain, sugar, processed foods full of chemicals, fruit juice, and soft drinks create these very behavioural traits. My question is: what happened to pure water as a source of fluids for our children? We must also take into account the decreasing amount of vegetables and Omega 3 s in most of the plans of our children. Vegetables provide the body with essential vitamins and nutrients we need for the survival and the functioning of the brain of the Omega 3 support, blood sugar metabolism and the early childhood development, to name a few. It is impossible to have a healthy functioning and the development of brain without the essential ingredients that it requires to do so.
If we turn to the highly recognized research of Dr. Lendon Smith, who died some time ago, we find that he had been properly treat and relieve the symptoms of ADHD with nutrition and dietary interventions for decades. What happened continued his work after his death is debatable. He visited account that drugs like Ritalin were not the answer for ADHD from the outset, which I think should always be considered in today's society before it is so radically distributed to children. For years, drug companies have been producing various drugs to try to contain this epidemic growth. It is not a great secret that pharmaceutical companies have produced massive amounts of medication to treat ADHD, the main actors, Ritalin ®, Concerta ®, Adderall ® and Strattera ® before even to consider changing the nutritional elements of the mode of life of the child.
Stay tuned! In a later article, we'll discuss these same drugs the effects on the body and the level of activity of our children. Until then, I invite you to take a look at the diet of your children and to ensure that they receive a host of nutrients appropriate they need for survival, growth and maturity.
((1) WebMD, disorder of hyperactivity/Attention: cause, webmd.com/add-adhd/tc/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd-cause, (accessed February 23, 2009))
(2) medicalnewstoday.com/articles/52298.php
Dr. Ryan Pope is a chiropractor Kanata welfare group, a multidisciplinary health Ontario facility, the Canada. He is currently chiropractic in Kanata full-time with emphasis on education and the empowerment of the members of its practice to exploit the innate intelligence of the body to heal by the lifestyle of chiropractic.
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