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Nutrition & Behavior
I was recently asked to give my ideas about the connection, if any, between nutrition (I prefer to say food) and behavior, especially in children. According to the latest information, between 5-7% of all American children in grades 1-4 take medicine for ADHD and this goes up to between 9-11% of the boys. The main medical concerns are asthma (25% of urban elementary children carry an inhaler to school -- higher in some cities), diabetes, leukemia and of course ADHD -- all very serious and chronic diseases. The big unanswered (and unfortunately, unasked) question is -- why? While there is certainly no definitive answer to this question, one "lead" is provided by the work of Weston A. Price, DDS and Francis M. Pottenger, MD.