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Why 20 Percent of Boys in America Get ADHD

By Dietdoctor @DietDoctor1

This is insane. A New York Times article chronicles how up to one in five American boys get an ADHD diagnosis. Most of these kids are prescribed medication, stimulants similar to amphetamine (like Ritalin or Adderall):

Why 20 Percent of Boys in America Get ADHD

Rates of ADHD diagnoses in children

NYT: A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise

Why? This is certainly not normal. Something is very wrong. But what?

Have a look at this US map of the rates of ADHD in children:

ADHD

ADHD

 

Does it not look eerily familiar? It does.

Here’s a few other maps:

Obesity

Obesity

 

Hmmm… the obesity epidemic matches the ADHD epidemic. Interesting.

How about this:

Why 20 Percent of Boys in America Get ADHD

Soda and disease

It could be one big coincidence. Perhaps soda, obesity, diabetes and ADHD have nothing to do with each other.

Or perhaps too much sugar and other processed carbs is the cause of least three different epidemics: obesity, diabetes and ADHD. That’s my guess.

What do you think?

PS

At least one well-designed study has shown that reducing sugar and other processed carbs (among other things) in the diet improved kids with ADHD.


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