Giving the health talk at hpb this morning to parents of children diagnosed with ADHD, I realised that many of these parents have not done very much at controlling the one factor they had control over -- lifestyle and diet. A few among them had done their own research, and they had seen very significant improvements.
But the rest had either submitted to the label of ADHD like it is a genetic finality or rested in a sense of helplessness in not knowing where to begin. The key intervention is prescribed medication and expensive supplementation.
Now what science is conceding to its that behavioural disorders are very much a result of a bundle of factors. Maybe there is a genetic link, but more and more links to environmental lifestyle factors are being revealed ongoingly. More and more research decrying the belief that such behavioural disorders are genetic. Take autism for example, if there is 1 in 45 cases today and 1 in 10000 cases ten years ago, how can this be a genetic disorder? This clearly directs our attention to the link between environment and health.
Facts are showing that there is a clear link between the GUT and the BRAIN for people who manifest symptoms of such disorders. Apparently, these folks are born with very sensitive stomachs that cannot take hard to digest, low vibration foods. So out with grains, starches, dairy, processed foods, unnatural oils, chemicals. These folks are made so pure they cannot endure the effects of toxins.
The implication is clear - why not start taking charge of those lifestyle aspects that we have strong control over? We change what we can so that our loved ones have the best chances of living a healthy vibrant life?
Must we wait for the jury to come out with a final verdict before we make lifestyle changes? That is absolutely unnecessary isn't it?
What we are learning from such special individuals is a lesson amplified.
1) we can choose to be helpless in the face of science and let the pharmaceutical industry find the magic fix. This stance is fraught in logic and anchored in complacency.
2) what is so tough to give up if we have the possibility of vibrant health as a result? Are taste buds so important? Are habits so daunting?
3) trust in our own ability to assess and judge. This is the knowledge age. But why is it that we don't apply our ability to learn to find out how to get really healthy? Why choose not to know? Why choose ignorance?
4) if toxins can affect such special individuals, they do affect us too. .. we are just slower to react to the ill effects of the environmental degradation than they. So we too have to sit up and be aware. It is for us too.
There was so much dedication and love from the parents in the room. I hope they can start making changes in an empowered way. Blessings to them.
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