Victory Over ADHD.Victory Over ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Definition Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder characterized by distractibility, hyperactivity, impulsive behaviors, and the inability to remain focused on tasks or Deborah Merlin & Larry Cook EcoVision Communications 10008 National Blvd., Ste. 439, Los Angeles, CA 90034 9780975536179, $16.95 www.VictoryOverADHD.com deborahmerlin@pacbell.net Victory Over ADHD: How a Mother's Journey to Natural Medicine Reversed Her Children's Severe Emotional, Mental, and Behavioral Problems is the true story of one mother's struggle to help her children. The medical community continued to advance Ritalin as the only answer at every turn in response to her sons' behavioral and concentration problems; but ultimately, the cause of their hardship was diet-related--they (and she) were obtaining insufficient amino acids, and in need of supplements. Victory Over ADHD denounces Ritalin for treating the symptoms of ADHD, but not the underlying toxicity that can help create them--toxicity contributed to by too much junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food in the diet, harmful sodium fluoride sodium fluoride n. A colorless crystalline salt used in fluoridation of water, in treatment of tooth decay, and as an insecticide and a disinfectant. in drinking water, lack of exercise, and in adults, neglecting to properly cleanse the colon. Though Victory Over ADHD does not unilaterally denounce vaccinations, it strongly warns against vaccinations for infants and young children with risk factors (such as low birthrate birth·rate or birth rate n. The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time, often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year. , or relatives who reacted badly to a vaccine) that predispose pre·dis·pose v. To make susceptible, as to a disease. them to an adverse reaction. The overall message of Victory Over ADHD is that parents and individuals of today's society need to improve their immediate environment and overall health rather than rely on expensive drugs and antibiotics to fix all their problems, despite what corporate advertising would have us believe. A much-needed counterpoint to the endless drug marketing ads one sees and the drug-focused cultural indoctrination in·doc·tri·nate tr.v. in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates 1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles. 2. among modern medical professionals. |
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