| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | | | | |
| (ADHD) has been a commonly diagnosed illness | | | | Another common cause of ADHD symptoms in |
| occurring in children since the 1980s. Many | | | | children is overdosing of sugar. With all the |
| people argue that ADHD should not be | | | | snack-like breakfast cereals available and |
| categorized as a disorder, but rather a set | | | | the high sugar-constant treats, hyperactivity |
| of problems that are normal to childhood. | | | | should be expected. Once a child consumes a |
| Either way, ADHD's symptoms consist of | | | | large quantity of sugar, he will hit a high |
| wandering attention, nervousness, and | | | | of out-of-control hyperactivity and then |
| hyperactivity. These symptoms can be | | | | quickly become grouchy and prone to tantrums. |
| extremely troubling for the parents and | | | | This is often called a "sugar rush" and can |
| teachers that have to work with children | | | | easily be solved by taking children off |
| suffering from ADHD. Drugs like Ritalin have | | | | sugar. |
| been promoted ADHD treatments for many years, | | | | |
| but have been found to have highly dangerous | | | | After removing chemical additives and |
| side effects and not be a solution to | | | | processed sugar from the diet, ADHD symptoms |
| everything. Meanwhile, many nutritionists | | | | have also been traced to a lack of mineral |
| have discovered that many of the answers to | | | | magnesium. This nutrient is essential and |
| ADHD can be found in a child's diet in the | | | | often missing from most diets today. Kids who |
| form of food additives, sugar, and the | | | | drink a lot of soda or fruit juices are |
| missing essential nutrients. | | | | getting high amounts of sugar but not |
| | | | magnesium. Those children without magnesium |
| One child who was horribly hyperactive, out | | | | often suffer from irritability, insomnia, and |
| of control, and diagnosed with ADHD by a | | | | constipation. These symptoms, which are |
| school psychologist was taken off any foods | | | | commonly diagnosed as ADHD, can be cleared up |
| that contained a particular red dye. Almost | | | | quickly by putting your child on a magnesium |
| immediately, the child's hyperactivity ceased | | | | supplement. Most nutritionists agree, |
| and he began paying attention and living the | | | | believing that many ADHD symptoms come from a |
| life of a normal child. A study recently | | | | high sugar diet and a magnesium deficiency. |
| completed at Yale University School of | | | | Sugar and over-stimulation, such as stress, |
| Medicine supported this result, showing a | | | | actually exhausts a child's nervous system. |
| direct connection between food additives and | | | | This can be cured with a magnesium supplement |
| hyperactivity. This study consisted of 297 | | | | which allows the nervous system to rebuild. |
| children who were given drinks that contained | | | | In addition, this supplement will assist the |
| common artificial food colorings and | | | | child in relaxing. Since children are the |
| additives that are usually found in food and | | | | future for our society, helping them to |
| candy. Meanwhile, a control group was given | | | | survive in the best way possible, naturally, |
| drinks without additives. The children who | | | | is something each and every one of us should |
| drank the additive-enhanced drinks showed a | | | | take much more responsibility for. Magnesium |
| significantly greater amount of hyperactivity | | | | and other natural supplements can be found at |
| and had shorter attention spans. | | | | your local or internet vitamin store. |