Ritalin is a Drug, and if you have read my thoughts on drugs, you know that they should only be used to sustain life in a trauma situation. The easy way out for too many teachers and parents is to accept that their child has ADD or ADHD, and drug them to mask the symptoms. Ritalin use increased by 250% from 1990 to 1995. ! 2.8% of all school children in the USA are on Ritalin. (That's 5 Million kids!) Some schools have 40% of the kids in certain classrooms on it. How would you like to be their teacher? Many schools, have so many kids on Ritalin that they ring a bell at prescribed times so that each child will take their medicine.

Ritalin has far reaching side affects that the speaker above is either not aware of, or just doesn't care to hear about:
1. Ritalin is addictive.
2. Ritalin can stunt growth.
3. Ritalin can cause loss of appetite.
4. Ritalin can cause intestinal disorders.
5. Ritalin can cause drowsiness.
6. Ritalin can cause mood changes (it's purpose), and problems when it wears off.
7. Ritalin use past 12 years will disqualify that person for service in the military, including the Coast Guard.
8. If our defense department can disqualify your child for Ritalin use, how soon will it be before other industries will also?
9. A new study links violent behavior in children to psychiatric drugs. Drug manufacturers are rumored to have damage control
    people who rush to the scene of new school violence to suppress any mention of their drugs in that school.

Ritalin's side effects are well known, Also well known is the fact that it just masks the symptoms, so why do they use it? I suggest that it is the easy way out. (Kind of like a cheap lobotomy for troublesome kids). I attended a lecture on air pollution by Bill Converse, President of Alpine Industries. He spoke of his brother who had been diagnosed ADD and been on Ritalin all of his school years. Finally somebody discovered that it was not ADD, but an ALLERGY that was the problem. He recommended Doris Rapp's book; "Is This Your Child" Order Now! for anyone suspected of having a problem child. He noted that we live in a chemical soup, and the really thick soup is down near the ground (at child level).

Soy products have been implicated in hyper active children.

Pemoline (Cyclert) has been withdrawn from the UK market because of serious liver damage: (two organ transplants and six deaths). It's still approved for use and available in the USA though.......See Drugs

If you have eliminated FOOD ALLERGIES as a possible cause, supplimenting your diet with the amino acids and nutrients used by your brain may help. Try the Pain and Stress Therapy Center 800-669-2256

American children are developing osteoporosis and other calcium metabolism problems like arthritis, Kidney stones, cataracts, and more at an early age. Infants and very small children are already showing severe plasma calcium deficiencies. When the blood levels of calcium lactate fall 50% or more below normal, kids will react with irritability, hyperactivity, high fevers, and even convulsions. Without this calcium in their blood, you will have a kid that cannot sit still, who fidgets and is severely ticklish. These children do not need barbital, they need more fruits and vegetables (RAW) no carbonated drinks, and less cereals and grains. If you don't provide these simple dietary changes for you children, they will end up being drugged into submission in the name of ADD and ADHD when they are in school. This drugging will still not resolve the underlying causes of their problem.
[Health Alert Vol 17 Issue 1]

A recent study in the Journal of Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry demonstrated significant improvements in ADHD symptoms in 41 boys and girls, ages 8-12 who were given fish oil and evening primrose supplements. After three months of daily use, improvements were noted in attention, restlessness-impulsiveness, anxiousness-shyness and cognitive problems. Children diagnosed with hyperactivity or inattention and dyslexia often have low levels of key essential fatty acids. Adding these important fats into the diet can make a real difference in children and adults. Learning Factors from Natural Factors is an essential fatty acid blend that provides the right ratios of DHA, EPA, GLA, and AA, the various essential fatty acids derived from tuna oil and evening primrose oil.

If you would like to discuss an easy to follow nutritional program that will give your child the nutrition needed, Please call (toll free) 303-579-2084.

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For a free tape by Jack Medina called "Run Faster!, Jump Higher! Play Longer & Stronger", send me a SASE 9"x12" manilla envelope with $1.00 postage on it; (1x.33 + 3x.22). Coaches especially will be interested in Jack's research.

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If you have not done so already please go to MISSION STATEMENT, and follow the numbers. It is a forward to this 500+ subject nutritional website. When you finish that it will drop you into the INDEX. and you can check out "Fruits and vegetables, why eat them".