I was recently inspired to start a new series of posts here at Tapin2life which will be called as titled above, “If You Don’t Do It For Yourself”. A few years ago I started the series, “Journey to Wellness, Turning Back the Clock”, however, lately more and more I’ve had my focus on my sons and daughters and the other children that I did not birth but love them just the same as the ones that I did. My thoughts have been heavily on what I can do to help them to incorporate healthier habits for a healthier life, longevity and better future. After all, it’s better to prevent disease than to have to backtrack and search for a cure.

Sometimes when we suffer from ailments and chronic illnesses ourselves, whether it be pain from a known or unknown source, severe allergies, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol or even mental health issues, we can get stuck on self and just trying to make it day by day. Fortunately for me, most of the time my children will go along with the healthy changes that I introduce to them to incorporate, but when they don’t, I have to admit as a parent it concerns me greatly, mainly because I know the consequences to come of not guarding one’s health.

Coming off of the No Processed Food, No Sugar, No Animal products and Low Salt Challenge from a few weeks ago, I felt renewed, energized, clearer in my head on a lot of things. I hope those that joined me did as well. What I want to talk to you about today is……….

“If you don’t change to a more healthy lifestyle for yourself, do it for the loved ones in your life”, as an old slogan went back in the day.

Our children and for some of us our grand children are watching us and not only that, they develop some of the same good and bad habits that we had or have by being around us whether it be eating habits, smoking, drinking alcohol, etc. Think about it like this; usually, mothers and fathers are our first teachers. Children learn directly and passively. We have the power to make a great impact on our children. Watch this video to see an example of a young child who is definitely receiving positive teachings from his parents.

Now let’s look at some statistics, which is the bulk of what I want to focus on in this post:

Facts about ADHD

Millions of US children have been diagnosed with ADHD (information posted from the CDC, Data and Statistics About ADD/ADHD)

• The estimated number of children aged 3–17 years ever diagnosed with ADHD, according to a national survey of parents,¹ is 6 million (9.8%) using data from 2016-2019. This number includes
  • 3–5 years: 265,000 (2%)
  • 6–11 years 2.4 million (10%)
  • 12–17 years: 3.3 million (13%).
• Boys (13%) are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls (6%).¹
• Black, non-Hispanic children and White, non-Hispanic children are more often diagnosed with ADHD (12% and 10%, respectively), than Hispanic children (8%) or Asian, non-Hispanic children (3%).¹
• Estimates for ADHD vary by state: ²
  • ADHD diagnosis among children aged 3–17 years: State estimates vary from 6% to 16%.
  • Any ADHD treatment among children with current ADHD: State estimates vary from 58% to 92%
    • ADHD medication: State estimates vary from 38% to 81%
    • ADHD behavior treatment: State estimates vary from 39% to 62%

Now having posted that information, I want you to watch something that hopefully will change what you think about how you care for not only yourself but for your children or in some cases your grand children. Along with these few tips and a healthy diet packed with nutrition, hopefully if you see these signs in your child, you have more options than getting them put on Ritalin or some form of an amphetamine. This also will benefits adults too.

So to summarize Dr. Berg’s recommendations:

In conclusion, once again I can not stress enough, our youth often develop the same habits good or bad as we do. Consider that if you love your children, make that change for them if not for you.

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