Funny you should post this story today. Yesterday I found, minimized at the bottom of my screen, an email I thought I sent on Tuesday.
I've never been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD but both of my kids were (I do believe there is a touch of heredity there, but both are adopted so we don't know if any of their birth parents had it). Instead of putting them on meds, we changed their diets (www.feingold.org). My son still required some medication but, instead of 65mg, he was on 18mg., thanks to the change in his diet. I fully believe that the foods we eat, and the chemicals we come in contact with daily, play a huge role in what happens to those neurons. Petrochemicals, like food dyes, plug-in air fresheners, and certain soaps and shampoos, completely modify brain function. Some brains can fight it off, others cannot. There's a reason why tens of thousands of kids are diagnosed every year, compared to when we were kids. Yes there were a few in school who were labeled as 'bad', because no one understood what was going on inside their heads, but now everyone has an IEP and special services in school because of their ADHD. Change the diet to one that uses no artificial ingredients or food dyes with numbers in them (red 3, blue 1,etc.), stop using air fresheners with petroleum in them, and those neurons will remember to thank you.
Interesting about diet but it certainly could make sense. Lord knows we are all coming into contact with all sort of mess everywhere not just in big cities where air pollution was the biggest issue that had to be dealt with. The problem that people have to worry about now though is all the food recalls that have happened over the las few months and a great majority of folks aren’t in any position to raise their own food any longer.
As I read through today's newsletter I am grateful for this condensed, easily digested form of content...as opposed to the overwhelming and largely negative "news" I have available to me each morning (and unfortunately, evenings, all day long, etc). It isnt that I would choose to only consume Understandably as my primary source of daily news, it's that I can read this newsletter and appreciate its overall tone. I can relate to the curator, I can read this information as a group, I can relate to most, if not every single one of the comments. And that is not because I agree with them all, certainly not. I am simply grateful. And I am feeling silly for not upgrading to a paid subscription, even after all of these years. Thank you for your work, diligence and thoughtful content. I will upgrade to paid, as soon as I get done reading emails, and making morning calls, and, now what was I doing just now?.....
Not only did I enjoy the newsletter today which was both entertaining and informative, I thought the comments were rich in personal experience and thoughtful.
Lord yes! As a matter of fact, I had just begun reading your newsletter when-BAM!-I remembered that I had left a DVD in the player that needed to be removed and put away before I would eventually get around to dusting 😜. Nothing would do until I stopped reading and got up to do the thing with the DVD. Now I’m back writing this. I can’t count the number of things that I started but didn’t finish in my life. Of course there were some projects I did finish but they seem rare in comparison.
Of my two boys, I have one who is very much like me. My youngest though has a laser focus I can only envy.
At this point, I’ve thought of several other things I’m going to have to do shortly so I’m shutting this down so I can at least get my dog fed.
Sometimes I like to think of ADHD as standing for 'A Different Happy Day'. It's certainly never boring. 😁
Funny you should post this story today. Yesterday I found, minimized at the bottom of my screen, an email I thought I sent on Tuesday.
I've never been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD but both of my kids were (I do believe there is a touch of heredity there, but both are adopted so we don't know if any of their birth parents had it). Instead of putting them on meds, we changed their diets (www.feingold.org). My son still required some medication but, instead of 65mg, he was on 18mg., thanks to the change in his diet. I fully believe that the foods we eat, and the chemicals we come in contact with daily, play a huge role in what happens to those neurons. Petrochemicals, like food dyes, plug-in air fresheners, and certain soaps and shampoos, completely modify brain function. Some brains can fight it off, others cannot. There's a reason why tens of thousands of kids are diagnosed every year, compared to when we were kids. Yes there were a few in school who were labeled as 'bad', because no one understood what was going on inside their heads, but now everyone has an IEP and special services in school because of their ADHD. Change the diet to one that uses no artificial ingredients or food dyes with numbers in them (red 3, blue 1,etc.), stop using air fresheners with petroleum in them, and those neurons will remember to thank you.
Interesting about diet but it certainly could make sense. Lord knows we are all coming into contact with all sort of mess everywhere not just in big cities where air pollution was the biggest issue that had to be dealt with. The problem that people have to worry about now though is all the food recalls that have happened over the las few months and a great majority of folks aren’t in any position to raise their own food any longer.
As I read through today's newsletter I am grateful for this condensed, easily digested form of content...as opposed to the overwhelming and largely negative "news" I have available to me each morning (and unfortunately, evenings, all day long, etc). It isnt that I would choose to only consume Understandably as my primary source of daily news, it's that I can read this newsletter and appreciate its overall tone. I can relate to the curator, I can read this information as a group, I can relate to most, if not every single one of the comments. And that is not because I agree with them all, certainly not. I am simply grateful. And I am feeling silly for not upgrading to a paid subscription, even after all of these years. Thank you for your work, diligence and thoughtful content. I will upgrade to paid, as soon as I get done reading emails, and making morning calls, and, now what was I doing just now?.....
Not only did I enjoy the newsletter today which was both entertaining and informative, I thought the comments were rich in personal experience and thoughtful.
Lord yes! As a matter of fact, I had just begun reading your newsletter when-BAM!-I remembered that I had left a DVD in the player that needed to be removed and put away before I would eventually get around to dusting 😜. Nothing would do until I stopped reading and got up to do the thing with the DVD. Now I’m back writing this. I can’t count the number of things that I started but didn’t finish in my life. Of course there were some projects I did finish but they seem rare in comparison.
Of my two boys, I have one who is very much like me. My youngest though has a laser focus I can only envy.
At this point, I’ve thought of several other things I’m going to have to do shortly so I’m shutting this down so I can at least get my dog fed.