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Originally Posted by maikeru
Probably would be better to supply links to real scientific studies, medical articles, etc. The link you provided for said berries is garbage. It links to a commercial/quack site for diet pills...but that's not surprising since much/most of homeopathy is based on hearsay and quackery.
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Yes very suspicious when the botanical name of the herb is not known.
My guess is that it is p
hytolacca decantra
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This is another obesity study from left field that shows how complex this area is when we all want to simplify it to "eating too much"
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Increased Risk of Obesity Found in Untreated ADHD in Children and Adolescents
In a cross-sectional analysis of children and adolescents with ADHD, researchers found that untreated ADHD was correlated with an increased risk of being overweight. The sample, which was collected from the 2003–2004 National Survey of Children's Health, consisted of 62,887 children and adolescents aged 5 to 17. The results were published in the July issue of Pediatrics.
Controlling for the effects of gender, age, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, and depression/anxiety, Mollie E. Waring and Dr Kate L. Lapane of Brown Medical School found that those youngsters who were not on medication had an increased risk of being overweight as compared to children and adolescents without ADHD. In comparison, those who were on medication were more likely to be underweight.
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from Psychiatric Times
This is counter-intuitive
You would think that kids, tearing around like mad things, would use up more calories than those "sedated" by amphetamines. But the opposite seems to be true. How come?
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Perhaps I am ADHD I know a cup of coffee late at night makes me sleepy!
