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ADD/ADHD

Inattention, overtalking, impulsivity, excessive irritability, and hyperactivity are all symptoms of ADD and ADHD. Holistic doctors believe both can be treated without harmful drugs.

We address the latest information on diet, supplements, physical activity, and cutting edge techniques in the articles below.

Quick Reads

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What's My Alternative: Prescription Drugs for ADHD

Transcendental Meditation provides help for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.

Focus on Food

Help focus your child’s energy with better food choices.

Artificially Wired

Food colorings have been found to decrease attention span in all children, not just those with ADHD

Inside Scoop: Excitotoxins

Excitotoxins in your favorite diet drinks may be harming your nerves.

It’s Official ... Pop Makes Your Teen Snap

Teens who drink soda have higher incidents of mental distress and depression.

Reiki can relieve teen angst

Health Matters—Lullaby and Good Night

A combination formula of valerian root and lemon balm can help relieve childhood dyssomnia.

Health Matters—A true measure of ADHD drugs?

If Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer attended a middle school today, chances are they’d wear the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) label.

Ironing Out ADHD?

We’ve long been told that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain.

The Green Cure for ADHD

Nature outings and outdoor activities seem to help kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Zinc Zeroes In on ADHD

Many parents of kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) go along only reluctantly with doctors’ prescriptions for drugs like Ritalin.

ADHD: A Natural Way to Sideline Ritalin?

We’ve all heard the troubling news that doctors are relying increasingly on Ritalin and other stimulants to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Read All About It

This section delves deep into the heart of the matter. Click below to read in-depth investigations, article features, cover stories, and the inspirational journeys of others.

Attentive Eating

Food and a poor diet may be associated with ADHD outbursts in children, so closely monitor your child eats.

The Healthy Palette

Can expressing your creativity make you healthier? New research and clinical practice show how activities such as painting, dance, and storytelling help people heal and grow.

Lost in Translation

The body’s electrical messages to the brain—not the brain itself—color our world. But what if those messages misfire, like they do for children with Sensory Processing Disorder? New as well as tried-and-true therapies can help.

Putting Stress to the Test

Biofeedback takes the pressure off.

Healthy in a Hurry—Wholesome Treats for ADHD Kids

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder knocks your child’s brain chemistry askew. Healthy snacks can help set it right.

Horse Whisperings

Centers across the country are offering equine-assisted therapies to help people with everything from drug addiction to cancer recovery.

Trends in Alternative Medicine: What’s Hot

Gene-driven dietary advice, energy medicine for cancer and arthritis, plus six other advances that will change your life.

The ADHD Diet

Supplements and dietary changes can offer real help to children struggling with ADHD and other behavioral disorders.

Can You Retrain Your Brain?

An exciting new therapy is making all the difference for people with brain-related conditions, from ADHD to Tourette’s syndrome. (And it’s as easy as playing a video game.)

Alternatives for Kids

Herbs, acupuncture, supplements: They work for you, but what about your kids? Find out what’s safe, and what’s not, in our parents’ guide to alternatives.

Ask The Doctor

Everyone can use good advice. Below, we've gathered top queries and answers for you. Don't see the answer to your question? Email us and our team of experts with respond!

Meditate Before You Medicate

Ayurvedic medicine calms ADHD kids and lets insomniacs sleep like a baby.

Practitioner’s Corner—About Kids and Attention Disorders

About Kids: Natural ways to treat attention disorders.

Practitioner’s Corner—About Kids, Diet and ADHD

About Kids: Dietary changes to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Practitioner’s Corner—About Kids, Neurofeedback, and Attention Disorders

About Kids: Neurofeedback and attention disorders.

Practitioner’s Corner—About Kids, Supplements, and Attention Disorders

About Kids: Supplements to treat attention disorders.

Recipes

Isn't it wonderful that your food can be your "medicine"? All the recipes below include ingredients that act positively on your body for this condition. The bonus? Each one is delicious!

More Recipes to Manage ADHD

These kid-tested recipes will help manage ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) by delivering healthy nutrients.

Coconut Chips

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder knocks your child’s brain chemistry askew. This healthy coconut snack can help set it right.

Blueberry Thumbprint Cookies

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder knocks your child’s brain chemistry askew. Healthy snacks like these blueberry cookies can help set it right.

Mermaid Nut Mix

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder knocks your child’s brain chemistry askew. Healthy snacks like this Mermaid Nut Mix can help set it right.

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