Causes:
Nutritional deficiencies, antibiotic over-use and environmental toxin exposure can all lead to ADHD. Social stresses, either in the home, at school, or in the community, also have physical / mental / emotional effects on children.
Nutritional Deficiencies
Children with ADHD typically have a number of internal biochemical imbalances. In the majority of situations, high levels of toxic byproducts of yeast and harmful bacteria are present in their digestive tract. This situation is caused by the consumption of nutritionally deficient, over-processed food, excess refined sugar, unchecked food allergies, and irresponsible use of antibiotics (see below).
Children do not get the nutrients they need for healthy physical and mental growth from a nutritionally deficient diet. A 1997 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study published in the journal Pediatrics showed that only 1% of the 3,000 children and adolescents interviewed met daily nutritional requirements and 16% did not meet any requirement. Approximately half of their daily caloric intake was obtained from fat and sugar...
Results of such frightening nutritional scarcity include classic ADHD symptoms in addition to a weakened immune system, nervous system, and compromised digestive tract. This leads to a number of problems discussed below.
Food allergies often manifest themselves as ADHD symptoms. Allergic reactions include hyperactivity, mood swings, and other behavioural and physical reactions. Other reactions to allergens can mimic bacterial infection, as noted below. It is interesting to note that the foods we are the most allergic to are also the ones we most crave and most frequently consume.
Foods high in refined sugars and yeast also act as food for yeast and fungus already in the body. See Antibiotic Over-Use, below, for more information. White sugar also weakens the immune system as it attempts to fight off this foreign "invader".
