If you have ADD/ADHD, or you love someone who has it, then you are familiar firsthand how the emotions can be all over the place. While you may never be bored with your ever-changing emotional landscape, it also creates a tremendous amount of stress. By nature, people with Add are born with a temperament that [...]
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ADHD and Chemicals in Our Food
Understanding the Shifts in Human Nutrition – The Role of Chemicals (Part 1) With last week’s article I began to touch on the subject of how our perceptions of food changed over the past few decades. I did this by pointing out how food was viewed in the past. When asked to describe food as [...]
Developments That Have Led to the ADD/ADHD Diagnosis Crisis
The prevalence of the ADD/ADHD diagnosis does not definitely indicate that something is dreadfully wrong with the nation’s children, but rather that something has definitely changed. Although some cases of out-of-control children being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD are most likely due to nutritional imbalances and deficiencies as well as allergies and sensitivities, a good number of [...]
Problems with American Education System for ADD ADHD Children
Problems with American Education System for ADD ADHD Children The education system is not designed to allow for ADD ADHD children to flourish. They are often mislabeled and pressured into taking ADD ADHD drugs. Dr. Mate explains why standardized testing penalizes the best teachers. Transcript AMY GOODMAN: Dr. Gabor Maté, there’s a whole debate about [...]
Dr Mate on Dopamine and ADD Drugs
Dr. Mate discusses the role of dopamine and how ADD drugs work to increase dopamine levels. “3 Steps To Conquering ADD” promotes natural methods for increasing low dopamine levels. AMY GOODMAN: As we return to our conversation with Canadian physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté. His four books include Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates [...]
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