| EEDING THE ADD BRAIN | | | | curing the disorder but manipulating the brain unlike |
| Think about the foods you and your kids eat. Fruit Roll | | | | getting a dose of good food, natural supplement and |
| Ups. Macaroni and cheese. Lucky Charms Cereal. Soft | | | | herbal remedy. |
| drinks. What do all of these and just about everything | | | | People with ADD usually have a lack of the following |
| we eat have in common? Artificial dyes are in the | | | | nutrients in their diets: |
| majority of foods available. These colorings make | | | | B vitamins |
| food look more appetizing, at least psychologically. | | | | Tyrosine |
| ABC, through World News Tonight had featured a | | | | Zinc |
| segment that centers around ADD and its connection | | | | Iron |
| to artificial food dyes. There has been much call for | | | | 5 HTP |
| FDS to ban artificial food dyes in the United States and | | | | Calcium |
| The Center for Science in the Public Interest is one | | | | Magnesium |
| organization that firmly believes this. A controversial | | | | DHA |
| claim such as this needs further research to support it. | | | | One cannot simply find a product that can decrease all |
| The suspicions that ADD is related to artificial | | | | symptoms of ADD. There are however products that |
| preservatives cannot be denied even if there is no | | | | can do a good job in feeding the brain’s |
| hard evidence in medical science to support this claim. | | | | neurotransmitters when paired with multivitamin in liquid |
| This is because parents of children with ADD | | | | form which is believed to be better absorbed by the |
| experience a decline in ADD symptom when they try | | | | body. Neu be Calm — does a good job at |
| to restrict they children’s diet from food | | | | taming ADD symptoms and for more information on |
| containing artificial coloring and other non chemical. | | | | this product visit the site be calm.com). |
| There are many harmful substances out there that | | | | The glycemic index refers to how quickly the body |
| can bring terrible side effect to the human brain. Toxins | | | | processes sugar. The human body actually has no |
| or neurotoxins are the kind of substance that can | | | | way of knowing if the amount of sugar in a food is |
| propel the brain to act out violent and aggressive | | | | high or low therefore, by choosing food that are low in |
| behavior. The website has more information on foods | | | | sugar will make the body process the sugar more |
| contaminated by toxins. | | | | slowly. If you practice this, not only will you eliminate |
| You should be cautious from now on food or anything | | | | junk food buy, your choice of diet will consist of whole |
| that can cause the brain more harm, even if the FDA | | | | grain, food with low sugar content as well as food |
| strongly believes that there is no connection between | | | | containing more natural sweeteners. |
| ADD and food. Foods with artificial colorings are those | | | | Whole grains, fruits and veggies |
| that you should take more precautions on and try to | | | | Cultured dairy foods or non dairy sources of calcium |
| eat more healthier and natural food. | | | | Wholesome protein sources such as free range |
| You could start with keeping a log of what you and | | | | meats, poultry, and legumes |
| your family is eating. Once you have some sort of | | | | No hydrogenated oil or deep fired oils — instead |
| baseline, you could keep track of the symptoms that | | | | use fish oil supplements, flax oil, etc. |
| appear soon after eating. For example, if your | | | | Water, water, water — believe it or not, most of |
| daughter has a habit of eating Fruit Loops every | | | | our kids are dehydrated! |
| morning, and soon after becomes explosive, try taking | | | | This process of observing food that causes ADD is |
| the food away, but its replacement may be just as | | | | no task that can be done overnight, let alone seeing |
| bad as the cereal. What you will find is that an ADD | | | | the result. It is often not easy to give up on food that |
| diet is nearly impossible — you’d have to | | | | you have gotten use to eating many many years in a |
| get rid of just about any food around! | | | | short period of time only. Careful observation of diet |
| Symptoms of ADD can subside with eating healthier | | | | and implementing a healthy eating habit can be |
| food and cutting down on food that can cause harm | | | | rewarding for ADD sufferer and even the whole |
| to the brain. Using medications for treatment is not | | | | family. |