Jaqui Karr
Natural News
Aug 17, 2012
ADHD, your child, drugs, corruption… are words that should not be in
the same sentence – or same conversation for that matter. Last month, a
study was published that makes it questionable whether this generation
of children stands even a remote fighting chance against the
pharmaceutical companies…. They do if their parents are informed…
Let us start with the conclusion of the study: “Later start of
stimulant drug treatment of attention/hyperactivity disorder is
associated with academic decline in mathematics.” Translation: if you
want your kids to do well in school you need to get them on stimulant
drugs as early as possible, hopefully while still in the womb.
The fact that one of the researchers on the study received funding
from a pharmaceutical company that makes drugs to treat ADHD is more
than wrong; it should be outright illegal to have such a conflict of
interest – but that’s another conversation.
The statistics are out of control and climbing: almost one in ten
children in America are diagnosed with ADHD and over 65 percent of them
are currently on prescription medication. Medications that have dozens
of side effects. Medications that can cause irreversible damage, trigger
auto-immune disorders, cause insomnia, stomach disorders… And yet, we
see quotes like this: “There are obvious benefits of getting started
sooner rather than later,” J. Russell Ramsay says to Reuters Health; he studies ADHD at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
In the Reuter’s article, titled “Early ADHD treatment may ward off problems in school,” they start off by suggesting that kids
will have trouble in school if they are not on drugs before the age of
11 or 12. ELEVEN OR TWELVE. …One tries to be an “objective journalist”
and just report the facts but at times like this it gets challenging.
Has it occurred to anyone to check the diets of these kids?
The massive sugar spikes they are getting hit with every day,
hyper-active reactions to gluten – which is making its way to the top of
the highly inflammatory food list, liters of soda pop that create brain
malfunction, rocket fuel in our water supply that causes every kind of
system malfunction, excitotoxins, hormones and steroids via animal
products, the chemical cocktails sprayed on to the few fruits and
vegetables they might be eating… the list is just too long to make it
possible for children
(and adults) NOT have foggy brains, depression, or ADHD – among
hundreds of other disorders. Has anyone thought to try an all natural,
organic, plant strong diet and see how children perform?
The problems AND answers lie in food. Sadly, the pharmaceutical
companies will do everything in their power to get the “experts” and
medical community to say otherwise. Even sadder is that for the
mainstream, whatever the guy in the white lab coat says must be true.
The CDC site itself has a page that provides parents
with a checklist to help them pre-qualify their child before rushing to
their doctor for a prescription. Items on that list: “Often does not
seem to listen when spoken to directly” and “Is often easily distracted”
…traits that would have had 100 percent of us diagnosed with ADHD when
we were kids. Tragically sad.
Horrendous diets can certainly cause issues, but it’s also important
that parents remember that kids are just kids and most normal kids “act
up” and cause trouble. Always have, always will - unless sedated. Please let your kids be kids.
Sources:
Helga Zoega, Kenneth J. Rothman, et al. A Population-Based Study of
Stimulant Drug Treatment of ADHD and Academic Progress in Children.
Pediatrics peds.2011-3493; Published online June 25, 2012
(10.1542/peds.2011-3493)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/adhd/widget/checklist/index.html
About the author:
Jaqui Karr is a gluten & nutrition expert, best selling author,
certified dietician, and professional speaker. Her books, seminars, and
online programs have helped thousands of people on 5 continents over the
years find better health and enjoy a higher quality of life. Her newest
program is “Gluten Demystified” – watch this free online video now for
valuable information that could help you prevent the trigger of hundreds
of disorders that have been linked to gluten: http://glutendemystified.com
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