| With consumers becoming more aware of the | | | | product may be beneficial for the greatest number of |
| dangers of prescription ADD/ADHD medications, and | | | | people. A drug is considered safe if it helps more |
| with researchers devoting more resources toward | | | | people than it harms. A new food additive is safe if its |
| uncovering treatments that will help sufferers conquer | | | | benefits outweigh the risks. |
| ADD/ADHD, there's no doubt that there really are | | | | Our body naturally cannot accept chemical additives, |
| other, more intelligent, choices available to those who | | | | sweeteners, or preservatives. |
| have received an ADD/ADHD diagnosis. | | | | Nature made sure that everything that mankind |
| Most sources admit that the exact cause of ADD | | | | needed to thrive was available to him. And, there's |
| ADHD is unknown. In fact, there may be several | | | | nothing in nature's pharmacy that even comes close to |
| factors that combine to produce a state in which the | | | | the chemicals that people pump into their bodies every |
| brain's wiring misfires and causes the effected | | | | day. Even the studies that are being performed on a |
| individual to display signs of hyperactivity, distractibility, | | | | daily basis indicate that processed sugar, food |
| and impulsivity. Interestingly, many of the factors that | | | | additives, chemical preservatives, natural light |
| might cause ADD/ADHD are suspected to be | | | | deficiency, and heavy metal toxicity (lead, mercury, and |
| environmental. This means that the cure for ADD | | | | cadmium) may all be at least partially responsible for |
| ADHD might just be to remove whatever exists within | | | | causing attention deficit disorder/ADHD. |
| the environment that has caused the problem. | | | | Now that this is backed up by research, only common |
| Sounds rather easy but is it really the case? | | | | sense can help us make out what is the ultimate |
| There's no arguing that once ADD/ADHD has taken | | | | answer for this problem. |
| hold, conquering the disorder is difficult. Yet all signs | | | | Below we will discuss some time-tested proven |
| point to the fact that it can be overcome! Real people | | | | solutions. |
| have spent years doing what doctors and research | | | | Since ADD/ADHD is thought to be caused by |
| scientists have failed to do, until recently; that is, to | | | | imbalance in the body's natural state, there can only be |
| devote time, energy, and financial recourses to | | | | one proper way of rectifying that which is natural |
| investigating non-prescription treatments for ADD | | | | alternatives. |
| ADHD. | | | | Chemical additives, nutritional deficiencies, and toxicity |
| Remember saccharin? That harmless sweetener | | | | that have been causing the disorder should then be |
| touted as a panacea for diabetics who could finally | | | | eliminated so that chemical balance of the body can |
| enjoy sweet treats? Saccharin was eventually | | | | return back to its normal ideal state. |
| discovered to be a factor in developing cancer and | | | | It would be easy to decide what the proper |
| removed from the market only to be returned to the | | | | treatments for ADD/ADHD sufferer when we know |
| market because... well, not everyone who used it got | | | | for a fact the problem is due to the lack of certain |
| cancer. | | | | nutrients such as calcium, B vitamins, tryptophan, |
| In much the same way, the Food and Drug | | | | tyrosine, and magnesium; and too much of toxic |
| Administration (FDA) determines what is safe for | | | | substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury, |
| consumers. But people have to place a lot of intelligent | | | | processed sugar, food additives, and artificial |
| thought into what is best for them personally. The only | | | | chemicals. |
| way to make intelligent decisions is to educate oneself. | | | | It is only right then to treat high chemical contents in the |
| For that reason, it's important to understand that the | | | | body by eliminating them rather than inputting more that |
| FDA makes decisions in much the same way. When | | | | could evidently cause more harm than good. |
| determining what is safe, the FDA considers how a | | | | |