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Pseudo versus Real ADD

Just when you were getting comfortable with the thought that you or a loved one might have ADD, here’s something that’s likely to catch you off guard: there is such a thing known as pseudo-ADD, or an Add type illness born out of the society in which we live!   Think about symptoms of ADD [...]

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Physical Activity: A Vital Key to Battling ADD/ADHD (1)

Two of the most alarming health trends of the last two decades are the rise in obesity (with almost a third of Americans being classed as clinically obese) and the increasing numbers of people being diagnosed with ADHD. These two matters may not be entirely unrelated. Weight problems can in most cases be traced back [...]

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Adults and the ADD Emotional Rollercoaster

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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Powering up the Nerve Centre: Nutrition and the Brain

In past articles we have been looking at the way in which a Low GI diet can counteract some of the effects of ADD-ADHD by releasing energy into the bloodstream in a controlled and consistent way. With this week’s article we are going to take a step back in order to emphasize why doing your [...]

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Avoid Bad Gas For Your Tank [ADD Brain]

One of the first mistakes people make with ADD-ADHD is to assume that it is a disease or a condition like diabetes. This leads you down a very scary path. Before you make this assumption consider this.There at least 50 other conditions that mimic ADD-ADHD symptoms. You may be displaying ADD-ADHD symptoms because of something [...]

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