that many medical issues we face these days could be cured with a simple change of diet?

I was just thinking of my daughter's two closest friends. I have never seen them eat a vegetable (except carrot sticks). The one friend eats fast food most every day, and the other (whom I babysat 3 eves a week for a year) has absolutely nothing healthy in her house. Protein was hot dogs or eggs, vegetables were canned peas or corn, which are full of salt, and carbs were kraft dinner or fake mashed potatoes. One girl is always sick, and the other has been diagnosed ADD and takes meds for it. I must be the only "mean" mom that cooks real meat and real vegetables and (gasp!) brown rice and pasta?

I think a lot of the medical issues that doctors write perscriptions for, could be controlled with a simple diet and excercise plan. I think what we eat plays a huge role in all sorts of areas in our bodies and minds. Am I the only one who thinks that diet can make huge changes for a person?

I completely agree with you. I think that diet is very important. It has been linked to add, adhd and other problems that doctors seem to need to medicate. They only need a stricter healthier diet.

I think some of them can, mostly behavioral. Between a good diet and some good parenting most of those could probably be gotten rid of. I don't think its any coincidence that our parents growing up in the 50s never had ADD/ADHD.

You are right, technology has a subtle way of turning good situations into something bizarre. The sad thing is, many are not aware of the reprocussions.

I will agree with you that ALOT of the problems children have now, especially behavioural, could be helped with diet change. Actually, I think a lot of our problems are from overprocessed foods, too much sugar, and high fructose corn syrup. I think a lot of children are soy and wheat sensitive and we don't even know it.

That said, I don't think ADD/ADHD didn't exist before. I think they were just dealt with differently. Children were labelled difficult or disruptive and they didn't receive help for different learning styles. My great grandmother used to tie my grandfather up in the front yard to keep him from wandering off, and described him as ill-behaved and wild. I'm sure he'd be diagnosed ADHD today.

I agree with Seatle that the conditions are real, however I think that they would still be helped by a diet change. A child who is ADD already does not need to be pumped full of sodas, preservatives and sugary foods to make them bounce off the walls even harder.