Dealing with ADHD
(Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder can relate to sugar mechanism in the body being out of balance. Therefore it can be very important to get the sugar mechanism under control as we begin working with ADHD.
When the sugar mechanism is not working properly your blood sugar goes too high (hyperglycemia), too low (hypoglycemia) or swings from too high to too low and back (oppositic syndrome). Resetting the sugar mechanism gets the communication between the liver and pancreas, and liver and adrenals back online. Kat can reset your sugar mechanism, making it much easier to follow the Sugar Control Diet. She can also check your sugar mechanism throughout the time you are on the Sugar Control Diet to make sure that your body is maintaining sugar control. Following sugar mechanism reset, in order to help the body maintain control, you need to follow the “Sugar Protocol” which means:
For two weeks you must follow the Sugar Control Diet, including eating every two hours while awake and have your sugar mechanism checked three times a week, to be sure you are maintaining sugar control.
At the end of two weeks, if you have maintained sugar control when your sugar mechanism is checked, then you have a “trash” meal, including anything and everything you feel you have been missing for the last two weeks, then go right back on Sugar Control and have sugar mechanism checked the following day. If you maintain sugar control (sugar mechanism is not off), then you can begin slowly adding other foods into your diet, but maintaining a base diet similar to Sugar Control. If you do not maintain sugar control, you must continue on the Sugar Control Diet for another week, then repeat the trash meal and testing.
Once the “test” following the trash meal is passed, you can begin to add in some of the foods you miss, but you must listen to your body. If you think…oh I shouldn’t eat that – DON’T – that’s your body telling you you may blow off the sugar mechanism if you do. Continue making the red meat, raw fruits and vegetables the mainstay of your diet and only have pastas, processed carbs and grains in small servings. During these two weeks, you should have your sugar mechanism checked twice a week.
Once you have made it through the two weeks post Sugar Control Diet without blowing your sugar mechanism, you should now be much more aware of your body’s signals and know when you need to eat red meat, when you need to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and when and how much of the processed carbs and grains you can eat without blowing your sugar mechanism. During these two weeks, you should have your sugar mechanism checked weekly. If you maintain sugar control, you have now started down a path giving your body the tools it needs to return to and maintain health.
Be aware that if you start to crave sugar and processed carbs again that you may have blown your sugar and may need to have it reset and then get back sticking closer to the Sugar Control Diet.
Red meat and water are huge keys to maintaining your health. The liver needs the B vitamins and L-methionine (as well as numerous other nutrients found in your red meats) to help it detox the body and metabolize all other foods. You must be willing to eat the meat your body requires (which can be tested to verify if you need and how much you need of the red meat) and you must be willing to drink the amount of water your body requires (rule of thumb a quart per 50 pounds of body weight plus a quart every day, but again can check and confirm specifically how much your body says it wants) in order to gain and maintain health and wellness.
Sugar Control Diet
This Diet is used to help reestablish the sugar control mechanism. Please follow it very closely. The object is to return you to a normal, well-balanced diet as soon as your body will allow. The closer you follow this diet, the sooner your body will respond.
Special Instructions: You must eat every 2 hours of your waking day.
Proteins: You may have as much proteins as you desire but not less than the amount listed.
Red Meat (At least 9 oz. a week)
Fish (Unbreaded unlimited)
Fowl (Unbreaded unlimited) (Chicken in Very Small Portions)
Eggs (Unlimited)
Cheese (Unlimited)
Cottage Cheese (Unlimited)
Real Butter (Unlimited)
Vegetables:
Green (and red) Vegetables (Unlimited)
Yellow (and orange) Vegetables (Small Portions)
Fruits:
All fresh fruits are allowed in unlimited quantity
Beverages:
Water - MANDATORY- 1 Quart per 50 Pounds of body weight plus 1 Quart
Coffee - 1-3 Cups daily (add an extra cup of water to water intake for each cup of coffee)
Tea - 1-3 Cups daily (add an extra cup of water to water intake for each cup of tea)
Milk (if desired and there are no skin or weight problems)
Snacks:
Raw Cashews (Unlimited)
Raw Brazil Nuts (Unlimited)
Yellow aged Cheese (Unlimited)
Foods to Avoid:
Sugar
Sweeteners
Mixed Drinks
Alcoholic Beverages
All Wheat (and grain) Products
Potatoes
Cauliflower
Yams
Rice (except roasted, see below)
Dried Beans and Lentils
Honey (Honey is Medicine not Food)
Special Instructions for Roasted Rice: Place long grain rice in a dry skillet and brown the rice to a golden brown. Some of the kernels may pop. Let Cool and store and cook as needed, as you would cook regular rice. This method changes the utilization of the rice within your body to a protein.
Foods that may cause or increase ADHD tendencies:
Candy, cookies, cakes and other foods high in granulated sugar
Grains (including breads, pastas, cereals)
White vegetables (cauliflower, potatoes)
Yellow and orange vegetables (corn, carrots, squash, pumpkin)
Fruit juices
Processed foods
Food dyes (especially the red and yellow dyes)
Allergies
Honey Artificial sweeteners (Splenda, aspartame)
Stevia
Agave syrup
Proteins that may be helpful in decreasing ADHD tendencies:
Red meats (beef, venison, buffalo, emu, ostrich, lamb)
Fish
Eggs
Raw Brazil nuts
Raw Cashews
Other foods and dietary concerns that also may be helpful in decreasing ADHD tendencies:
Fresh whole fruits (any and all)
Fresh whole green vegetables (spinach, peas, green beans, green onions, celery, etc.)
Fresh whole red vegetables
Sweeteners that may be used in small amounts:
Xylitol
Sorbitol
Barley malt syrup
In working with ADHD it is important to get the body back in control of sugar. Sugar control can be regained by eating a high protein diet (Sugar Control Diet), eating at least a small amount, including protein, every two hours while awake for a period of at least two weeks. Avoidance of all grains, sugar and white vegetables, and limiting yellow and orange vegetables to very small occasional portions (not daily) while working on reestablishing sugar control is important. Following the Sugar Control Protocol (below) with the Sugar Control Diet, in conjunction with checking and balancing the sugar mechanism as required throughout a six-week time period can be a huge
It is also important to drink plenty of water, especially during the time you are working on getting the body back in control of sugar. The rule of thumb I use is a quart of water per 50 pounds of body weight (1 liter per 22 kg) every day, plus at least one or two extra quarts. This means if you weigh over 100 pounds 4-5 quarts of water a day; over 150 pounds 5-6 quarts; over 200 pounds 6-7 quarts, etc. Though it may seem like a lot of water, with the amount of toxicity we are exposed to daily it is important to give the body the ability to flow the toxins out of the body, rather than trying to find places to store them.
A couple of tricks to help increase water intake:
1. Drink a tall glass of water upon awakening every morning. This helps to turn on your thirst mechanism.
2. Keep a glass of water near you all day, and the minute you drink the end of the glass refill it.
Once the body has restored sugar control, you may see marked improvement in ADHD behaviors.
Thoppukaranam (also known as Super Brain Yoga)
Thoppukaranam, or Super Brain Yoga, is technique that may be very helpful for ADHD. This technique is done every morning, preferably near sunrise (though later in the morning is okay). It helps to activate and harmonize both hemispheres of the brain, and many have reported improved memory and learning capacity over time. Notable changes have been reported t occur after just a few weeks of doing Super Brain Yoga. Super Brain Yoga is a western name given to thoppukaranam, an ancient Hindu tradition used as a prayer to Sri Ganesh and even sometimes as a punishment.
Instructions:
1. Face east when doing Super Brain Yoga.
2. Super Brain Yoga should be done first thing in the morning (near sunrise if possible). This helps your concentration and stress relief throughout the whole day.
3. One should remove all jewelry before doing the Super Brain Yoga.
4. Cross your left arm over your body and hold your right ear lobe with your left index finger and thumb. Your thumb should be on the front side of the earlobe and your index finger on the back side.
5. Cross your right arm over your body and hold your left ear lobe with your right index finger and thumb. Your thumb should be on the front side of the earlobe and your index finger on the back side, and your right arm should cross over your left arm.
6. Place your tongue firmly on the roof of your mouth behind your front teeth.
7. Continue to hold your lobes as you press your tongue to the roof of your mouth throughout the exercise.
8. Inhale through your nose as you slowly squat down to the ground.
9. Exhale as you return to a standing position.
10. Repeat for a total of 15 to 21 squats.
Though you may not notice a change immediately, after a few weeks an improvement in concentration and memory should become apparent.
Vibrational Balancing Images
Another technique you may find useful in dealing with and defusing ADHD may be utilizing Vibrational Balancing Images. One Vibrational Balancing Combination that you may find very useful when dealing with ADHD is VBC213 MINDFULNESS (Focused Awareness).
The VB213 MINDFULNESS (Focused Awareness) includes the following Vibrational Balancing Images (VBIs):
VBC213
VB2 Addictive Habits
VB9 Business Pressure
VB17 Energy Balancing
VB18 Energy Boost
VB20 Environmental Stress
VB23 Fatigue
VB25 Feeling at Ease
VB31 Hurrying
VB34 Inner Strength
VB39 Lifted Spirits
VB40 Mental Alertness
VB42 Moodiness
VB45 Negativity
VB48 Opening the Heart
VB57 Pollution Protection
VB59 Regularize Erratic Lifestyle
VB65 Skeptical VB78 Tired Feet
VB79 Too Keyed Up
VB82 Worrying
PDFs with instructions for working with the VBIs, including all 82 VBIs (file name VBI Instructions), and with a list of currently defined VBI Combinations (file name VBI Combinations) is available at: https://www.hc.blueiris.biz
Defusing ADHD with Energy Circles, Switchwords, Sticky Notes & EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
Switchwords:
DONE - GO - TRUST - NOW - DivineORDER
ADHD is a serious problem only if you make it one. But, the first step is to recognize when you have fallen off the tracks and need to get back on. How do you get back you is a short process which enables interaction with both sides of the brain and physical interaction with yourself; utilizing Energy Circles, Switchwords, sticky notes, EFT and deep breathing.
The Set-Up:
1. Take out 5 sticky notes (size & color not important) and draw a circle on each one of them making sure you connect the circles not allowing any entrance into your circle.
2. Write down on one of the top five Switchwords inside each individual circle.
3. Post them around yourself, above eye level, on your wall. (extra tape may be needed as the sticky notes are, ironically, not that sticky)
4. Place directly in front of youself the Switchword [GO] to stay in your sight within your peripheral vision.
The Process:
1. Close your eyes and take a deep breath and then open your open your eyes 3 times.
2. Look hard up to the right with keeping your head pointed straight ahead of where you are sitting or standing.
3. Look hard down to the right
4. Look hard up to the left
5. Look hard down to the right
(Repeat 2,3,4 & 5) 3 times
6. Begin "Tapping" (E.F.T. Emotional Freedom Technique)
a. Eyebrow point 7x repeating GO
[ end laziness; begin; progress ]
b. Side of eye point 7x repeating DONE
[ create completion; meet a deadline; keep a resolution; build willpower ]
c. Below eye point 7x repeating TRUST
[ align physical, emotional and spiritual energies; balance chakras ]
D. Below nose point 7x repeating NOW
[ end procrastination; act on good impulse ]
e. On the chin (below your lips) 7x repeating DivineOrder
[ anytime you have some organizing or cleaning to do, or packing for a trip, be efficient; clean up a mess; put in optimum order; revamp ]
f. Collar bone point 7x I love myself - I forgive myself - I accept myself for who I am
7. Take a deep breath in and pause for 2 seconds and let it out twice a slow as you inhaled.
8. Feel where you are at with you ability to focus
9. Take a sip of water
10. Repeat #6 if needed.
11. Smile and say to yourself. "I am focused and I feel great getting my things done."
12. Take a drink of water.
