Sugar is a simple carbohydrate found naturally in many foods, including fruits and grains. If the only sugar we consumed were in natural, whole foods, we’d all be just fine. But the average American diet is full of refined, nutrient-depleted foods...
ADHD, PART I: Thank goodness, another new drug for our kids
The growing ‘grey’ population may be raking in the cash for drug companies, but look at the other end of the age spectrum and you’ll also see burgeoning trade. The number of children diagnosed with mental disorders, including attention...
ADHD, PART II: OK, it's time for some joined-up thinking
Q:I have an 11-year-old son whose behaviour has always been extreme and who has been labelled "hyperactive". I have always had a suspicion that this hyperactivity may be connected to the fact that ...
It's a fact that ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is an over diagnosed 'condition' that makes patients of children who used to be classified as 'difficult' or 'energetic'. Once the ADHD label has been attached, a child can become a...
WDDTY vol 5 no 9 contains a question and answer about colitis and Crohn's disease. The end of the answer described Enzyme Potentiated Desensitization as something about which there is lack of data ...
One in seven children in the US and a growing number of children in the UK are being given stimulants with a long list of side effects to treat a condition that may be due to a simple deficiency o ...
FDA sits and waits amid Adderall deaths. Many are aware of the dangerous side-effects of amphetamines, especially when they are used to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet, it has taken 20 sudden deaths and 12...
The time consuming detective work needed to isolate the cause of your child's hyperactivity might seem daunting compared with the medical solution of simply taking methyphenidate hydrochloride. B ...
Carolyn Dean
What Doctors Don't Tell You