Digging Deeper Into The Causes Of ADD

We all know that ADD or attention deficit disorder is aAnother very common cause of ADD is exposing
common disease amongst little children and it canchildren to excessive television and video games.
affect adults too. However, in order to treat thisDoctors have linked this with poor parenting. It was
disease we have to first understand it better. Wepractical that kids who were exposed to television as
have got to dig deeper into the minds of an ADDtoddlers, wound up with ADD. The symptoms only
patient, and find out what makes them so.begin to show at the age of seven when children
First things first, recent observations have shed lightcannot concentrate in school. The reason behind this
into the theory making it now fact that more than 70%discovery is because TV life and video games move
of children who suffer from ADD have one or bothat a much more rapid rate than real life. This hardwires
parents who have had the disease. This is interestingthe infant's brain into thinking that real life unfolds at the
because bad parenting can now be ruled out as asame rate, and this becomes normal.
reason why many kids end up suffering from attentionTelevision causes a baby's brain to become over
deficit hyperactivity disorders.stimulated causing permanent changes in neural
Talking about bad parenting, up to a certain extent,patterns. It's a fact that from birth until the age of three,
trouble at home with a child's parents can be includedinfants become conditioned in very unique ways, but
as an aggravation for the ADD affected child. Wherewhen you allow the child to watch TV all day their
as good parenting can help calm the child. Keep in mindneural paths are not created which is very essential
though, parenting is no cause of the disease, it canfor the brain. Again this happens between birth and the
either help in the cure or it can make things harder.age of three. Television stunts this neural pathway
Moving on, another reason for causing ADD is the diet.development of a child's brain and ends up with
Records of many ADD patients have given enoughdefects such as ADD.
evidence that a poor diet, lacking some key nutrientsSo as you can see the roots of ADD come from
such as zinc and amino acids, can actually cause ADD.several causes and although heredity is a major
This without doubt comes as pure logic that these twocause, it can't be ruled as the main one. All the sources
elements are necessary for proper brain and bodyof ADD development mentioned above play a role
functioning. A recent study on ADD sufferers shows atogether on the level of severity on the affected
great improvement when these missing nutrients frompersons.
a previous diet is supplied.