by Lynn Dancey Rudkin

Created on: October 10, 2010

Fidgety, impulsive, non-focused children with disciplinary problems and often poor grades were long thought to be suffering from a lack of discipline or minimal parental attention.  Recent research, however, shows that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is indeed a genetic, treatable neurological problem.  

A change in diet helps some of those affected children, the number of which has increased an average of 3% to 7% per year from 1997 to 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

When our son was in kindergarten, the pediatrician said that he was the most severe case he had ever seen, and suggested medication, which had minimal effect even though he was on a high dosage.   Based on visible results from another parent of a child with neurological problems, we started at looking at alternatives.

GOING NATURAL

Just as an eye doctor looks into a person’s eye to see current and potential health issues, a trained iridologist at the health store divided our son’s iris into zones that correspond to specific parts of the human body. In our child’s case, the practitioner said his liver was full of toxins from foods and medications.

Iridology, in a nutshell, is a camera into the body: Iridologists use patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the systemic health.  

A special diet suggested at the health food store helped our young child show marked improvement in behavior in a very short time. 

We tossed over-the-counter foods that are full of hormones and artificial ingredients, and went cold turkey on specific healthy foods.  After two weeks of the diet, a teacher emailed and asked what we had done:  She said our child was showing dramatic, positive behavioral changes and was more equipped to focus. 

HELP FOR THE NEUROLOGICALLY CHALLENGED  

One thing we learned from both the homeopathic and medical professions:  People can be allergic to certain foods OR just sensitive to them - which wouldn't show up on an allergy test.  Modifying behavior by diet requires some experimentation - Foods CAN cause ADD/ADHD-type behavior. One severely ADHD little girl at our child’s daycare was totally "normal" after they took her off any food that had yeast in it.

From the day our child started taking ADHD and bipolar meds, which were minimal help, he complained of stomach aches and his appetite was almost non-existent.  He gained only 5 ounces in eight months. 

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