Is Your Child's Brain Starving? Film

Lecture on how diet can contribute to ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) by Dr. Michael R. Lyon, MD. Shot at Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta.
Dr. Lyon - "As the director of a medical & research centre, I have explored a variety of potential treatments to improve brain function in children and adults, without the use of drugs like Ritalin. Although I believe there is promise in certain herbal medicines and in non-drug treatments such as biofeedback, I have seen the most profound improvements in learning and behaviour through an intelligently applied nutritional program."
Dr. Michael R. Lyon, MD is Medical and Research Director of FunctionalMedicine.Ca
Gordon McDowell created the video.

Questions Parents Ought to be Asking Before Deciding to Medicate Their Kids:

1) Is the medication going to give their child the skills s/he needs to manage for the rest of their lives. And if they decide to stop the medication will the child be better or worse off.

2) Get a drug insert from the local pharmacist or purchase a “Physician’s Desk Reference”(PDR).

3) What are the Alternatives – the answer is there are many ranging from Educational Training & Intervention, Natural Medicine Treatments, Nutrition, Family Counselling, Parent coaching to help parents become more effective parents, teachers, guides, counsellors and advocates for their children

Questions Parents Ought to be Asking Before the Mental Health Experts Interview and Diagnose Their Child

1) What is the criteria for Normality? What are the expected Normal Behaviors and where has it been written and by whom. Who decides who is Normal and Abnormal? What is the official definition of Normal. What does normal really mean. Is an Olympic athlete normal, is a gifted artist, dancer normal? Is a child with special needs normal?Who might profit from the labeling?

2) Will you be allowed to get a second opinion or more importantly disagree with the label. Can you see the record and enter corrections. Will the record ever be destroyed or will the label follow the child throughout life.

3) What is the very worst thing that the Label will have the power to do to your child or you, if it fell in the hands of your enemies

4) Can you refuse the label and if you do what are the consequences/repercussions

5) What are the results of studies of long-term use of drugs like Ritalin, which has effects on the brain similar to those of cocaine? Where are those studies and how can we have access to them

6) Have any long-term studies been done to look at children from different environments

7) Is ADHD a physical disease with a confirmed physical or chemical abnormality that can be demonstrated within the patient?

8) How many children have they raised and with what outcome?

A Convenient Diagnosis

When Joshua Lourie was seven, he started acting out in class. His school sent him for a psychological assessment and he was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ....,
Not unusual,
Dr. Sandra Fisman of the Ontario Psychiatric Association, surprisingly, doesn't disagree with Joshua's point of view. She says, "There is a fashion around the diagnosis of ADHD.".....
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070316/wfive_diagnosis_070317/20070317/

ADHD Drugs "Not Effective" Research Has Shown

A study obtained by the BBC's Panorama programme says drugs such as Ritalin and Concerta work no better than therapy after three years of treatment.
Treating children who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with drugs is not effective in the long-term, research has shown.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7090011.stm

Ritalin stunts growth of children; long-term risk to children's health unknown

New research published in the August, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that Ritalin, the amphetamine drug stunts the growth of children. After three years on the psychotropic drug, children are one inch shorter and 4.4 pounds lighter than their peers, researchers have documented
http://www.naturalnews.com/021944.html

Video: Don't Drug Them First - Children, ADHD & Drugs - Dr. Rapp

Many children with bi-polar and ADHD symptoms can be helped without the use of dangerous off-label drugs. There are fast, easy and inexpensive answers available. Dr. Doris Rapp has dedicated her life to identifying and providing simple solutions to these and other behavior problems. ...

“Repeated scientific studies have shown that as many as many as 66 percent of ADHD-diagnosed children actually have an unrecognized food allergy causing their symptoms. This means that about two-thirds of hyperactive children may not need Class II narcotic drugs such as Ritalin….."
From the book: “Is this Your Child’s World?” By Dr. Rapp