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Natural Treatments for ADD/ADHD
Today’s epidemic of
attention problems
by Roon Frost
in children have been
linked to everything from
artificial additives/colors/
preservatives in food, food
allergies, heavy metal and
pesticide exposure, and
maternal alcohol use and
smoking, to an infant’s not
crawling enough, celiac
disease and genes. More,
“Parents and teachers
today seem to believe that
any boy who wriggles in
his seat and willfully defies
his teacher’s rules has
ADHD [attention deficit
“W
ell-intentioned but misin- conscientious medicine that is careful,
formed teachers, parents thorough and patient-centered.
using the Internet to Drug Dangers
hyperactivity disorder],”
diagnose their children, and hurried doc- Two years ago this month, the U.S.
says Elizabeth J. Roberts,
tors are all part of a complex system that Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
drives the current practice of misdiag- called for stronger warning labels for
a medical doctor and child
nosing and overmedicating children,” stimulant drugs used to treat com-
psychiatrist in California.
Roberts notes. She counsels that the mon types of attention deficit disorder
solution lies in the practice of good, (ADD). The biggest change applies to
32 Broward County
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