FEEDING YOUR NERVES

One day while I was doing my research, I found something that immediately catch my attention. I was reading about one of the symptoms of ADHD: Hyperactivity. I was jumping from one book to another, and then I found this: Feed your nervous system.

A question pop into my head: what if my son's nervous system was starving? So I kept looking for information. What I found was amazing, not only one but hundreds of authors had written about it. They all state that people forget to feed their nerves. But how they can be feed?  Isn't a healthy and balanced diet good enough? The answer is NO.

Magnesium is a mineral and should be considered crucial in human metabolism. It’s found in small to mediums quantities in many of the healthiest foods. (See table below). Magnesium is necessary for over 300 chemical reactions in the human body, and it’s literally food for our nervous system.

In the last years a poor magnesium intake has been linked to the risk of several important chronic conditions such as depression. Is good to mention that the amounts of this mineral found on the foods doesn’t supply the daily needs of the body. However it can be purchased isolated over the counter at any pharmacy.

So, I started testing again. I bought it on the liquid version among with a bunch of vegetables and grains rich in magnesium. The first week I saw no difference. But as the time passed by, I noticed a very settled boy. The most accurate description about how he changed is that you could notice when he didn’t take the mineral for two or three days.

So I decided to try it myself.  Magnesium helped me to feel relaxed, my anxiety levels went down, I sleep better, but the most remarkable is the fact that it didn’t made me feel sleepy at all.     

I remember one day when one of his teachers asked me if he was taking drugs for the ADHD, when I said no, she told me: “whatever you’re doing, keep doing it!!”

Magnesium became an essential part of our ritual on the journey of managing ADHD without medication, but also part of mi diet too.  We spent over three years taking it every day.

Now days my son takes the mineral just occasionally (once a month). The hyperactivity has completely disappeared.

Healthiest Food Rich in Magnesium                       

FOOD	CALS
Pumpkin Seeds	180
Spinach	41
Swiss Chard	35
Soy Beans	298
Sesame Seeds	206