| Studies have shown that between 5 - 10% of | | | | a vaginal birth is also at higher risk for ADHD |
| school-aged children develop ADHD. As a parent, | | | | because a C-section does not activate a baby's |
| you probably want to know why some kids get | | | | primitive neurological reflexes the way a normal |
| ADHD while others don't. If there were a certain | | | | birth does. Antibiotics use, bottle feeding, and junk |
| "type" of child who develops ADHD, then it would | | | | food can also trigger ADHD because they favor |
| be a lot easier to prevent the disorder from | | | | the development of bad gut bacteria that produce |
| emerging completely. But unfortunately, there isn't | | | | toxins and cause stress on the nervous system. |
| any. So is there any way for you to determine if | | | | Certain lifestyles and habits also make a child |
| your child is at risk for getting ADHD? Are there | | | | more susceptible to ADHD. Children who spend a |
| known risk factors to developing the disorder? | | | | lot of time indoors watching television or playing |
| Medical journals suggest that there is a strong link | | | | video games are at higher risk for developing |
| between genetics and ADHD. While scientists have | | | | ADHD. TV does not trigger ADHD per se, but it |
| not yet identified a particular gene that carries | | | | does prevent children from exercising and using |
| ADHD, studies do show that 75 - 91% of people | | | | their muscles - and healthy muscles are |
| with ADHD will pass on the disorder to the next | | | | necessary for a healthy neurological system. An |
| two generations. So if your parents or any of | | | | unhealthy diet made out of junk food and candy |
| your aunts and uncles exhibited symptoms of | | | | may also trigger ADHD. Researchers revealed |
| hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention, there's a | | | | that children with ADHD suffer from deficiencies |
| high chance that the disorder may have been | | | | in important nutrients like zinc, iron, magnesium, |
| handed down to your children. But just because | | | | and omega-3 fatty acids because they do not get |
| the relationship between genetics and ADHD | | | | enough green vegetables and deep sea fish in |
| exists does not mean that genetics is the only | | | | their diets. |
| cause. Genetics simply makes someone | | | | In other words, there are a myriad of |
| predisposed to the disorder. ADHD itself will only | | | | environmental factors that may trigger ADHD in |
| start to set in when certain environmental factors | | | | your child, and this is why ADHD medications are |
| interact with the genetic predisposition. | | | | an inadequate solution to ADHD. Medications only |
| So what are these environmental triggers? The | | | | work by treating the symptoms. But if the |
| first of these triggers can affect the child as early | | | | environmental triggers are ignored, the condition |
| as pregnancy and childbirth. A pregnant woman | | | | will continue to persist. The best treatment for |
| exposed to cigarette smoke, alcohol, a leak in | | | | ADHD is not a mind-altering drug with many side |
| mercury from amalgam filings, or other toxic | | | | effects, but a holistic program consisting of |
| substances is more likely to have a child | | | | lifestyle changes and creating a healthy |
| predisposed to ADHD and other learning disorders. | | | | environment that will allow your child to thrive and |
| A child born through a cesarean section instead of | | | | overcome the disorder. |