Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)

🌿 Overview

ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) describe patterns of inattention, cognitive fog, and (in ADHD) hyperactivity. Boys are diagnosed far more often than girls. Many child experts question whether these conditions are over-diagnosed, noting that the symptoms apply to virtually any child on a typical modern diet of junk food, artificial additives, refined sugar, and inadequate structure. The drug typically prescribed (methylphenidate/Ritalin) is so chemically similar to cocaine that the two are used interchangeably in research — it helps focus by narrowing mental function, suppressing curiosity and imagination. Natural approaches address the root causes: nutrition, food allergies, heavy metals, family environment, and structured routine.

Common signs

• ADD: learning disabilities, lack of concentration, easily distracted, procrastination, inability to manage time, forgetfulness, sleep disturbances, mood swings, loses things easily.
• ADHD: all of the above plus cannot sit still, disturbs others, impatient, impulsive, temper tantrums, talks too much, blurts out answers, disruptive in class, low stress tolerance.

🔎 Why it happens

Common causes and triggers — spotting yours is often the first step to relief.

• Diet of refined, sugary, processed, and fried foods
• artificial food colorings, flavorings, and preservatives
• food allergies (especially milk, wheat, chocolate, yeast, oranges)
• excess sugar
• lead poisoning or heavy metal exposure
• inadequate protein
• lack of structured home routine
• inconsistent discipline
• television overstimulation
• broken or chaotic home environments.

✅ What to do

Gentle, practical steps you can take at home — start at the top.

1. Give the child a very nourishing diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and carrot juice.
2. Believe in the child, listen to him, and spend time with him.
3. Establish an orderly daily routine with responsibilities the child is thanked for.
4. Daily nutritional support: full B-complex, thiamine B1 (25 mg), vitaminA natural substance your body needs in small amounts to stay healthy, like vitamin C or D. More → B6 (100 mg), pantothenic acid (50 mg), folic acid (400 mcg), vitamin C (1,000 mg), vitamin E (400 IU), calcium (500–1,000 mg), magnesium (100–400 mg), zinc (15 mg).
5. Flaxseed oil (4 tsp daily) — a diet high in unsaturated fatty acids measurably reduces ADD/ADHD symptoms.
6. Valerian root extract produces good results for calming.
7. Test for heavy metals; if present, address (see Heavy Metal Poisoning).
8. For adults: add ginkgo biloba and gotu kola for brain circulation.

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🍽️ Eating to help

Food is one of the gentlest medicines — small, steady changes help most.

Eliminate ALL junk, sugary, processed, and fried food from the diet. No soft drinks, no candy, no artificial colorings, no artificial preservatives. Feed complex carbohydrates (whole grains) instead of simple sugars. If a food makes the child excitable, eliminate it for a trial period. Nourishing food must become a household way of life — not a partial change.

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