Skip The Drugs For Your Hyperactive Kids

A five-year study of 135 preschool students with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reported in School Psychology Review August 2007, found that non-drug interventions work effectively to prevent behavioral and academic problems in infants.

The interventions emphasized positive support in the home and at school resulting in a 17% decrease in aggression and a 21% improvement in social skills at home. At school, aggression decreased 28% and social skills improved 28%. The kids’ literacy skills increased up to three times their starting level.

The lead author of the study, George DuPaul, Ph.D., said that while medications for ADHD may treat symptoms, they do not improve the children’s academic and social skills the way behavioral interventions may.

From the research that I’ve seen, all they need to add to this to get even better results are the Brain Gym^® movement exercises. To read a summary of the Brain Gym research and its power to help kids and adults reach their full potential, go to www.teplitz.com/switched-main.htm and click on the Brain Gym research button.

 

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DNA - IT'S ELECTRIC

In my seminars where I demonstrate applied and behavioral kinesiology (muscle checking), I talk about how we are electric systems and how we produce 22 millivolts of electricity within our bodies.

A blurb in DISCOVER MAGAZINE reported that scientists at the California Institute of Technology discovered long strings of our DNA carry electricity.

They speculated that these strings of DNA may be the equivalent of our interstate system carrying messages from one gene to another located at an exit ramp.  So, my speculation would be that the muscle checking is tapping into this highway and giving us immediate feedback on what's going on inside us.

 

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Vitamin A May Reduce Emphysema In Smokers

A report in the Thie Newsletter reported on research from Kansas State University that found that rats that had a high level of Vitamin A and were exposed to cigarette smoke experienced a great reduction in emphysema.

So…if you're a smoker or exposed to secondary smoke, you might want to make sure you include Vitamin A with your other supplements.

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Study Of Vitamin E And Diabetes

A study recently published in the journal Diabetes Care supports the benefits of Vitamin E. This study looked at both Vitamin E and the beta carotenoid beta-cryptoxanthin and its impact on the development of type II diabetes.

The study had 4,300 men and woman who were free of diabetes at the beginning of the study. The researchers did an analysis of the diets and found that those consuming the highest amounts of Vitamin E were 31% less likely to develop diabetes and those taking the beta-cryptoxanthin reduced their risk by 42%.

So… if you are taking Vitamin E, keep on taking it and if you're not I'd suggest adding 400 to 800 IUs per day. One other thing, when you look at the label it should say d-alpha tocopherol and not dl-alpha tocopherol. The addition of the letter l (dl) means it's synthetic.

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