“FEEDING” THE ADD BRAIN Think about the foods you and your kids eat Fruit Roll-Ups

Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food –Hippocrates In the US, other than prescribed medications, there are no other federally-approved treatments for ADD/ADHD The U

Adderall, Ritalin, Dexedrine, Concerta are the names of drugs used to treat ADD These drugs are more often than not end up being misuse for some reasons

The connection between ADD/ADHD and nutrition is accepted as fact Ever since the late 1970’s, suspicions on whether nutrition could be related to ADD/ADHD has been explored by researchers

“America now uses 90% of the world’s Ritalin - more than five times the rest of the world combined” - Peter Breggin, M

The prevalence of the ADD/ADHD diagnosis does not definitely indicate that something is dreadfully wrong with the nation’s children, but rather that something has definitely changed Although some cases of out-of-control children being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD are most likely due to nutritional imbalances and deficiencies as well as allergies and sensitivities, a good number of cases are likely due to the fact that child rearing has changed

A study done in 2007 shows that misuse and abuse of medication prescribed by ADHD is fast becoming a nationwide problem This study had participations of nearly 11000 4th year students from colleges all over the US