Afraid that your child has ADD or ADH? Fear of side effects from prescription drugs? If so, you are not alone. There’s good reason to worry: it’s your baby, and the side effects can be severe at times. So if this is true for your family, why not try some ways that have been shown to help not only children but also adults to focus better? It’s guaranteed? Of course, not because each person is different, but then again, the recipes are not guaranteed either.

Before finding a solution to your child’s focus problem, you must first find the cause. Please read carefully below the 2 critical factors that affect a child’s focus and mental abilities.

1. Environment: Chemicals in our environment discourage your child from concentrating by overloading and negatively interacting with the child’s neurons; therefore, it affects the ability to concentrate and learn. In addition, constant stimulation also affects the child’s concentration because the brain is somewhat overloaded. You can only process so much, and unnecessary chemicals and stimulation prevent the necessary learning from taking place. This makes the child feel frustrated and concentrate even less.

  • The chemicals in cleaners are a big culprit for overtaxing their little bodies and interfering with learning. These chemicals not only cause neurological disorders, but can also cause physical problems in the lungs and other organs.

2. Nutrition – Nutrition is an important factor in a child’s health. In a world where French fries are the #1 vegetable for kids, we are sacrificing nutrition for our children for convenience and instant taste pleasure. Everything that happens in your baby, young adult mouth is used for a purpose, the purpose should be healthy growth, not confusion or chemical overload for the body. Therefore, natural and pure is the safest food for children.

  • Don’t be fooled by these “sugar free” or “caffeine free” gimmicks and never give your child addictive and useless drinks like soda pop or even worse, some unhealthy energy drink. Children are born with their own natural energy. Don’t help them get addicted to things that adults are trying to get away from.
  • Preservatives – Go for plain meats that are not processed loaded with more chemicals. These only make the child’s body have to filter more waste. That means more work for the liver, kidneys, and spleen.

Now that we know what to stay away from. What should we do to help our precious child with ADD or ADH?

1. Remove as many chemicals as possible from the child’s environment. First, switch out your cleaners for safe, non-toxic green cleaners. If you can, do the same for your child’s school or at least your classroom.

2. Maximize the nutrition your child consumes. You can do this in 2 ways.

First of all, eliminate the products that your child is currently eating that are harmful: processed foods (meats, etc., unless they do not contain nitrates/nitrites; artificial sugars; caffeine, etc.). It’s easier to switch to something else your child is excited about. If your child is old enough, let him help you choose from a list of healthy options or help you prepare a meal. My kids started doing this around age 2, if not earlier. As they get older, of course, they can do more. Kids love the food THEY create.

Second, add high-quality supplements that are 100% tailored to your child’s needs. We recommend a multivitamin with lactoferrin, an omega that contains ultra-pure DHA and omega-3 fatty acids. Ultra-pure is critical because omega supplements have a high rate of contamination on the market because many fish contain mercury and other harmful chemicals. We certainly don’t want to give your children supplements that could harm them. For this reason, you should also not give omega supplements to children who have allergies to fish. Another important nutritional element for children is that they should eat 3 to 5 small, balanced meals a day. You should NEVER skip breakfast!

In summary, to help a child with ADD or ADH excel, you should do the following:

  1. Limit the amount of “bad stimuli” around your child – these chemicals come in many forms: chemicals, cleaners, food, loud noises, etc. Replace them with ‘healthy stimuli’ such as non-toxic cleaners, pure foods, calming sounds, etc.
  2. Increase the child’s nutrition by choosing less processed or better yet, unprocessed foods; eliminating poisonous and addictive foods such as soda, coffee, sugary drinks and choosing milk and filtered water (not bottled water in most cases) and 100% juice on occasion is fine too; and adding a healthy and safe supplement. We recommend companies that have been around for a long time (50+ years) that have not had numerous recalls. Only choose a company that uses at least double-blind peer reviews so that the studies are not biased.

Best of all, these basic tips not only work for children with ADD and ADH but for all children PLUS adults. These tips will teach your kids life-saving habits forever.