ADHD is by far the most overrated and overdiagnosed 'disease,condition,malady,takeyerpick' to classify kids/adults that are more than likely just suffering from the foods they ingest.
I'm not saying ADD/ADHD doesn't exist, I was diagnosed in my 20's with AADD, did the Ritalin dance, and am now just coping with it, no drugs. (although i have fond memories of giving out doses to non-ADD people and watching them ZOOM!)
But think about it, ask your parents, did these afflictions manifest themselves back when they were kids? Of course, they had the class clown, but every other kid in school needing to be restrained? Nope, not even close.
Take a good look at what is in what you eat/drink. Go on, use your grey matter and if you don't know what an ingredient is, look it up.
Kids are being infused with partially and fully hydrogenated oils, High Fructose Corn Syrup is in EVERYTHING, and what the hell is Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, and WTF is it doing in my bread crumbs? C'mon, how hard is it to make 'good' bread crumbs. Since I read that label, I now make our own breadcrumbs. 10 Slices of Merita D'Italiano thrown into a processor with whatever spices you fancy, baked for 5 minutes on 275. Will cover about two whole chicken breasts. Better than anything by Vigo or Pepperidge Farm.
Take that tub of margarine or Shedd's spread, open it and leave it in the corner of you garage for, oh, say a month. NOTHING will touch it, except for grass clippings and dust, no roach/ant/bugaboo/rat/mouse. No nutrional value whatsoever, this is hydrogenated oil. And this is what is in ALL of your snacks. It's cheaper for the manufacturer to use this crap than to use 'real' ingredients. The shelf life is longer. Of course it is, it's made of freaking plastic.
Anyway, the whole point of this rant was to get you to look at what you're doing to your body day in and day out, and mostly not even realizing it. Stop eating processed foods (except for cereals and breads, but continue to check their labels), Make your own damn dinner, use vegetables, chicken, pork, FISH, lot's of Olive Oil, lots of capascin-loaded peppers.
These behavioural afflictions didn't exist or existed to a much smaller degree 60 years ago. Remember Mom or Grandma always cooking in the kitchen??? (don't even think of flaming me for being sexist, I'm a 34 yr old Male WASP that does ALL the cooking in our house, I wouldn't trust my wife to boil water)
Watch what you eat and what you force your kids to eat.
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ADHD is by far the most overrated and overdiagnosed 'disease,condition,malady,takeyerpick' to classify kids/adults that are more than likely just suffering from the foods they ingest. I'm not saying ADD/ADHD doesn't exist, I was diagnosed in my 20's with AADD, did the Ritalin dance, and am now just coping with it, no drugs. (although i have fond memories of giving out doses to non-ADD people and watching them ZOOM!) But think about it, ask your parents, did these afflictions manifest themselves back when they were kids? Of course, they had the class clown, but every other kid in school needing to be restrained? Nope, not even close. Take a good look at what is in what you eat/drink. Go on, use your grey matter and if you don't know what an ingredient is, look it up. Kids are being infused with partially and fully hydrogenated oils, High Fructose Corn Syrup is in EVERYTHING, and what the hell is Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, and WTF is it doing in my bread crumbs? C'mon, how hard is it to make 'good' bread crumbs. Since I read that label, I now make our own breadcrumbs. 10 Slices of Merita D'Italiano thrown into a processor with whatever spices you fancy, baked for 5 minutes on 275. Will cover about two whole chicken breasts. Better than anything by Vigo or Pepperidge Farm. Take that tub of margarine or Shedd's spread, open it and leave it in the corner of you garage for, oh, say a month. NOTHING will touch it, except for grass clippings and dust, no roach/ant/bugaboo/rat/mouse. No nutrional value whatsoever, this is hydrogenated oil. And this is what is in ALL of your snacks. It's cheaper for the manufacturer to use this crap than to use 'real' ingredients. The shelf life is longer. Of course it is, it's made of freaking plastic. Anyway, the whole point of this rant was to get you to look at what you're doing to your body day in and day out, and mostly not even realizing it. Stop eating processed foods (except for cereals and breads, but continue to check their labels), Make your own damn dinner, use vegetables, chicken, pork, FISH, lot's of Olive Oil, lots of capascin-loaded peppers. These behavioural afflictions didn't exist or existed to a much smaller degree 60 years ago. Remember Mom or Grandma always cooking in the kitchen??? (don't even think of flaming me for being sexist, I'm a 34 yr old Male WASP that does ALL the cooking in our house, I wouldn't trust my wife to boil water) Watch what you eat and what you force your kids to eat.