In Memory of Carrie Ann Smith
Born: August 17, 1978
Died: October 2, 2005
AML LEUKEMIA.
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In Memory of Matthew Lamb
Born: October 10, 1989
Died: April 13, 2006
AML LEUKEMIA
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Fighting for Life: Bree
Born 1989
ITP, APLASTIC ANEMIA
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Please feel free to contact us with your story regarding any ADHD or Psychotropic drug harm you, or your child have experienced.
Here in the Alternatives Section, you will find a wealth of healthy information that will offer solutions to ADHD symptoms and provide help with diet to correct ADHD like behaviors. We are a nation heavily bombarded with processed foods, fast foods, refined sugars, chemical sweetners, MSG and many other harmful substances. Our diets are far removed from the plant-based diet of our greatest ancestors. In fact, they would find our diets frightening and foreign.
Many of these moderns foods were created in the past one hundred years and create an onslought of harmful events in the human body, causing obesity, behavioral problems, headaches, learning disabilities, cancer, heart disease, alzheimers, high blood pressure, high cholestorol, osteoporosis, inflammation, mood swings, sleep disorders and more. Food manufacturers have learned how to make these foods taste very good, so that we continually crave them. These foods are processed with harmful substances such as MSG, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein and many others, at the expense of our health.
While your child is experiencing a problem of some sort, we do not necessarily believe that ADHD is the right label for it. It could be that your child has a food sensitivity in his/her diet that needs changed. It also could be that your child needs more love and attention, or help in school. There are many factors that can cause a child to act out, literally hundreds. Why are we so fast to embrace the "GENERATION Rx fix"? ADHD drugs do not "solve" the problem at their root cause, they only mask the problem and create many others. Our goal is education in hopes that it will shelter you from harmful choices, with heartbreaking consequences.
Many questions about ADHD abound, such as:
- What are the causes of ADHD?
- What are the symptoms of ADHD?
- What alternatives are there to ADHD medications?
- What changes in diet might benefit the child labeled ADHD?
- What alternative treatments are there for a child labeled ADHD
Foods that Aggravate Behavioral Problems MSG |
Foods that Aggravate Learning Disorders Hydrogenated oils |
Foods That Aggravate Mood Swings MSG |
Foods that Cause Nutrient Depletion of Body Refined sugars |
Foods and Grocery Products to Avoid
| These Foods Packaged meats Breakfast cereals White breads and buns Beef jerky Popular peanut butters Popular salad dressings Instant rolled oats Pasta sauces Canned soups Fried snack foods Lunch snack packs Diet soft drinks Yogurts Margarine Granola bars Sugar-free syrup Sugar-free punch Instant grains, puffed grains Canned fruits Energy bars Sports drinks Dinner mixes Sauce mixes Instant rice, rice mixes Instant potatoes Breakfast sausages Bacon Pasta Frozen potatoes Frozen breaded fish Cow’s milk |
Contain These Ingredients sodium nitrate white flour, refined sugars white flour, refined sugars MSG, sodium nitrate hydrogenated oils, refined sugars MSG, refined sugars refined grains refined sugars MSG, sodium nitrate hydrogenated oils, MSG sodium nitrate, hydrogenated oils, white flour chemical sweetners refined sugars, cow’s milk hydrogenated oils refined grains, refined sugars chemical sweetners chemical sweetners refined grains refined sugars refined sugars artificial colors MSG MSG refined grains, MSG refined grains sodium nitrate MSG sodium nitrate, MSG refined grains hydrogenated oils hydrogenated oils, MSG homogenized milk fats |
Note: MSG can be hidden as “autolyzed or hydrolyzed” ingredients. It is also found in yeast extract. All hydrogenated oils also contain damaging trans fats.
Foods and Grocery Products to Consume
The following items contain phytonutrients that prevent disease:
| Cabbage Broccoli Brussels sproutes Kale Cauliflower Raw nuts (all kinds) Soybeans Tomatoes Citrus Fruits Melons Red grapes Berries (all kinds) Sprouts ( all kinds) Garlic |
Onions Ginger Chilies Arugula Bok Choy Collards Watercress Culinary herbs like oregano, sage, and rosemary Olive oil Flax oil Coconut oil Macadamia nut oil Avocados # |
Healing Superfoods
Chlorella
Spirulina
Whole food complexes (vegetables, fruits, etc.)
Sea vegetables
Fish oils (cod liver oil, salmon oil, etc.)
Healthy oils (olive oil, coconut oil, flax oil, macadamia nut oil)
Exotic whole grains / seeds (quinoa, millet, kamut, spelt, chia seeds)
Healing Superfood Products
Earth’s Promise by Enzymatic Therapy (available at any health food store)
Miracle Greens (www.miracle-greens.com)
Garden of Life Perfect Food (any health food store)
Jenny Lee Supergreens: (www.jennyleenaturals.com)
Jenny Lee Prevention Powder
Alive! Whole Food Energizer by Nature’s Way (any health food store)
Berry Green (retail stores, health food stores)
The Ultimate Meal (retails stores, health food stores)
Note: Any whole food concentrate product found at health food stores (read ingredients labels to find micro-algae, vegetables, fruits or cereal grasses)
Metabolic Disruptors
Ingredients correlated with Disease
White flour/Refined grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
obesity, heart disease, mental disorders, cancer, hormonal disorders, behavioral disorders |
| Refined Sugars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | obesity, heart disease, mental disorders, cancer, hormonal disorders, behavioral disorders |
| MSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | headaches, damage to the hypothalamus, reproductive disorders, obesity, growth hormone imbalance, hyperactivity, violent behavior, asthma, seizures, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disorders* |
| Hydrogenated oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | cardiovascular heart disease, cancer, diabetes, nervous system disorders* |
| Homogenized milk fats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | cardiovascular heart disease* |
| Cow’s milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | asthma, constipation, sinus stagnation, hormonal disorders, EFA deficiencies* |
| Sodium nitrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | cancers, especially of the digestive tract* |
| Chemical sweetners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | blindness, mental confusion, cancer, dizziness, loss of memory, sleep disorders* |
| High acidity ingredients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | osteoporosis, loss of bone mass, urinary tract infections* |
*Based on the evidence from doctors, authors, and nutritional researchers, etc…
Foods to Buy
| Fresh vegetables Fresh fruits Berries Shredded lettuce Sprouts and sprouted grains Whole grains Beans and lentils Pearled barley Raw, plain nuts Avocados Eggs Unprocessed meats Salmon and fish |
Fresh seafood Hummus Bran-a-Crisp fiber bread Whole grain breads WASA fiber rye bread Whole grain cereals Flax Oil / Flax meal Unrefined coconut oil Unsweetened soymilk Tofu Rice / Soy protein powders Healthy cooking oils …and many more |
Other Foods to Avoid
Canned Soups
Sugary Granola bars
White breads and pastries
Sugary breakfast cereals
Sugary yogurts
Homogenized milk
Margarine
Instant breakfast grains
Candy bars and sweets
Instant potatoes
Breakfast sausages
Frozen breaded fish
…and many more
Hidden Sources of MSG
The glutamate manufacturers and the processed food industries are always on a quest to disguise MSG added to food. Below is a partial list of the most common names for disguised MSG. Remember also that the powerful excitotoxins "aspartate and aspartame" and cysteine (added to some bread doughs) are frequently added to foods, and according to FDA rules require no labeling at all.
Additives that always contain MSG:
Monosodium Glutamate
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Hydrolyzed Protein
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein
Plant Protein Extract
Sodium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Textured Protein
Autolyzed Yeast
Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
Additives that frequently contain MSG:
Malt Extract
Malt Flavoring
Bouillon
Broth
Stock
Flavoring
Natural Flavoring
Natural Beef or Chicken Flavoring
Seasoning
Spices
Additives that may contain MSG or excitotoxins:
Carrageenan
Enzymes
Soy Protein Concentrate
Soy Protein Isolate
Whey Protein Concentrate
Protease enzymes of various sources can release excitotoxin amino acids from proteins.
Links between foods and hyperactivity:
Major Study Indicates a Link Between Hyperactivity in Children and Certain Food Additives
(This is a press release from the University of Southampton where the study was done.)
http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2007/sep/07_99.shtml
Artificial Food Colorings: Are They Linked to Hyperactivity?
http://kidshealth.org/research/food_coloring_adhd.html
Study ties hyperactivity in kids to food additives
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20612862/
Food alert as every additive comes under new suspicion
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2395623.ece
Children who eat junk food 'worst behaved'
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/children-who-eat-junk-food-worst-behaved/2007/09/05/1188783287866.html
Imagine-Did You Know That Food Additives Cause Hyperactivity?
http://ezinearticles.com/?Imagine-Did-You-Know-That-Food-Additives-Cause-Hyperactivity?&id=443332
After 30 years of debate, fears over children's food confirmed
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2163218,00.html
Danger to children from food and drink additives is exposed
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2163224,00.html
Food Colorings and Hyperactivity
http://www.myomancy.com/2007/09/food-colorings-and-hyperactivity
The Feingold Diet for ADD/ADHD
http://www.feingold.org
The ADD Diet
http://www.adddiet.com/
Diet Studies for ADHD
http://www.diet-studies.com/adhd.html
School Lunch / Diet
http://www.school-lunch.org/
