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ADHD myths blown away

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    contains such gems as:

    ""The biggest myth of all is that food has any connection to
    behavior," says Steven Pliszka, MD, professor of psychiatry,
    University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio."

    ""There is elegant research demonstrating that sugar is not
    at all related to inattention or hyperactivity," says Mina
    Dulcan, MD, head of child and adolescent psychiatry at
    Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago."

    "Dulcan and Pliszka point to studies that have shown no
    effect of sugar on the behavior of children whose parents
    are convinced that the food makes them more hyperactive. But
    if the parents think their child has had sugar, they often
    perceive a difference in behavior that is not really there
    by objective measures."

    The study designs are placebo controlled, croos-over
    challenges. IOW, the kids used are the ones who the parents
    are absolutely, positively, unquestionably certain that
    sugar makes their kids hyperactive. These studies also tend
    to show how parents are often poor observers.

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    The article is well worth the read, if you want to get a
    clue.

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