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ADD-ADHD Energy Drinks

ADD-ADHD energy drinks can be a useful or a dangerous combination.

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Natural ADHD Remedies

Natural ADHD remedies are in demand to replace the shortfall in supplies of Adderall.

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Will Obama Attack Iran To Get Re-Elected?

War fever is being spread through the media to prepare the American people for war -- maybe a world war, this time. I hope I'm wrong, but it seems almost inevitable.

If you don't care, I suggest you re-think your position. Consider the situation:

Our society in the highly specialized countries of the West are totally dependent on oil and natural gas. Our country and the economy doesn't work for long with gas shortages -- such as would be likely if the U.S. gets dragged into Israel's feud w/ Iran.

We need Congressman Ron Paul as our next president so that this waste of our soldiers and money will stop -- along with our foreign aid to our troublesome "allies".

What this world needs now is a lot more trade between all nations, not another destructive war.

If ANY country needs a peaceful regime change, the USA does! We need Ron Paul in office ASAP!

We are being lied into another war. And Russia and China may side with Iran, which is three times as large as Iraq.

My hope is that this push to get the U.S. into another bigger war will wake up the American people (and the people of other countries, too) before it is too late.

This could really get out of control. Please speak out against this insanity!

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AddieUP -- Pure Energy and Focus

I recently received some samples of a new energy product that uses a new approach to generating mental and physical energy. It is the brainchild of Dr. Mike Baker and the product is called AddieUP.

AddieUP contains both a blend of herbal stimulants -- Yerba Mate', Guarana, DMAA, and a little caffeine, plus it provides nootropics that support the brain in working at maximum efficiency. These include Choline, Ginkgo Biloba, and Huperzine.

This is a smart new approach that is radically different than the typical energy drink, which has mainly anhydrous caffeine -- a powerful but short-lasting stimulant -- lots of sugar (which ensures a crash), and a few vitamins, antioxidants, and amino acids such as Taurine in generally minute quantities for "window-dressing".

AddieUP has only been available to the public for six weeks, so -- in return for your "Liking" them on Facebook -- they are sending out free samples.

I've got to say that AddieUP has some major advantages as a "delivery system". Not only is there no sugar to affect the BUZZ, but you will not be running to the restroom as frequently. What a time-saver!

With AddieUP, there are no jitters or crash -- coming down from this is gentle as a feather drifting to earth.

There is a major difference in the quality of the way I feel when using AddieUP -- a sense of Optimism and Clarity I haven't felt in years.

Let me put it this way, I am a stickler for clean, healthy, all-natural energy, and I like AddieUP so much I immediately bought some before my free sample ran out!

At a dollar a capsule, AddieUP has 5-Hour Energy beat both on price and quality of the energy. Like AddieUp on Facebook and try it for yourself!

For those who want to know more, Dr. Baker's blog is a good source of info:http://addieup.com/category/blog/

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Stronger Than Energy Drinks

There is a lot of interest in something stronger than energy drinks, so today and tomorrow I will give you information on two options -- One specifically for thermogenic weight loss(an herbal diet pill), and one specifically for those with ADHD.

Today, we'll talk about the thermogenic one, which is from DrinkACT.com It's called Power Up XT. They suggest taking one in the morning with 8 ounces of water to get you going.

I find that a whole capsule is too strong for me, so I open the cap and take about 1/3 with an ACT Energy Drink. I weigh about 135 and am high-strung, so you can adjust what you take to your own weight and metabolism.

Power UP XT will rev you UP, especially if you drink it with an ACT Energy Drink. You can see all the ingredients when you click the link attached to this blog post.

The retail price is about $50 plus shipping for 60 capsules. If you sign up for the monthly automatic shipment program, it is $39.50 plus shipping. You can cancel the autoship any time without penalty.

Power Up XT is long-lasting, unlike stuff like Vivarin, No-Doz, and other caffeine pills. It is stronger than energy drinks by themselves, with weight loss benefits and no sugar to get in the way of the buzz.

Tomorrow, I'll tell you about a new product designed for ADHD that contains DMAA plus 3 other stimulants and nootropics for improving brain function.

If you want to order the Power Up XT, I would appreciate your order though my link: http://drinkactweb.com/nrg-xplosion My Dealer # is 19247204

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Imagine the Ultimate Product

Imagine if you could get paid for sharing with everyone you meet a product that helps people FEEL exactly the way they want to feel -- with no harmful side-effects or crash. How much money would you like to earn? Seriously!

I'm not talking about selling anything, per se. I'm talking about socializing with friends and acquaintances as you travel the world first-class and sharing with them what I'm going to call "The Ultimate Product".

BTW, I am not talking about anything illegal! That would be a major drawback -- and this new product doesn't have any drawbacks that I can see (and I'm looking hard for them!).

But really, -- Imagine something you could share with people and have them begging you to learn where they could get some more!

You give them a link to a site where they can order the product direct from the manufacturer -- and you receive a commission! The company handles the shipping and all you have to do is tell people about this great discovery that makes people feel "just right".

I know people today that are doing this and earning more money than they can spend. They are young, healthy, and free to do anything they want -- not tied down by a job they don't like. For them, life is an adventure.

The funny thing is, many people -- maybe you? -- are reading this and thinking up excuses why this business cannot be real. They are trying to find the flaw in the product, the business -- any reason at all to be able to stop thinking about what they are missing by not checking this out!

So what is this Ultimate Product?

It is different things to different people. For a dieter it is something that helps them control their appetite, while making them feel energetic and optimistic -- convinced that they will lose the weight they want to lose and look fantastic when they're done.

For the self-conscious person, it is a feeling of calm confidence in their innate abilities and self-worth. The same is true for an athlete, a musician, or a would-be Romeo.

The ultimate product can unlock the various mental blocks that keep us all, to one degree or another, stuck. It is particularly useful for those with ADHD, but I believe it has much broader appeal than that.

By the way, it is not a commodity. "Not sold in stores!" It is unique and that is why you can earn a little or a LOT of extra money by telling others about this exciting product.

Best of all, it may make you feel so good you can't help but share it with those you meet -- and that can earn you a fortune!

(For now, the earning potential I talk about here -- in 70 countries worldwide -- exists only for the ACT Energy Drink and related products.)

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Brain Food for Clearer Thinking and Energy

Yesterday I received some samples of a new herbal/nutritional product designed for those who want their brains to work better. The product is called AddieUP and I have linked this blog post to their Web site.

Until just recently, the focus of Healthy Planet Diet has been health and energy for the body. In the last week or so, it has become plain to me that to optimize our physical body, we must to feed our brain the nutrients it needs, too.

These nutrients generally aren't in our commercial foods. In fact, there are many ingredients added to the food available to most of us that are there specifically to make us eat more than we need. Most of these additives -- especially refined sugar, food colorings, fats, and artificial flavorings -- dull our minds and sap our natural energy.

To further complicate our cognitive problems, the pharmaceutical industry offers us more synthetic chemicals that claim to restore our thinking abilities to what they term "normal".

Now, two or three generations of children have been "strongly encouraged" to get on these amphetamine-like pills to help them sit still for the often mind-numbing process of public education. I believe we are seeing the results, especially in the U.S. where ADHD has been made a generalized excuse to drug our children, rather than offer them proper nutrition.

It has been said that Americans are "Overfed and Undernourished".

In the reading I've done about the causes of ADD/ADHD, I can see that there clearly is a need for natural supplements to help some of us overcome environmental poisons and social conditioning that hold us back from feeling and performing our best.

As an example, one suspected cause of some children being born with ADHD is that their mother smoked, drank alcohol, or took certain drugs while pregnant. Smoking reduces oxygen to the developing fetus' brain and this can have a lifelong effect.

For whatever reason, many of us feel a need for something to help us get "up to speed" with the pace of modern life. Up to ninety percent of the world's population uses caffeine in some form for this purpose. I was raised on it -- and have tried to quit or find something better -- but it helps and I don't see any harm in it, in moderation.

Some, on the other hand, don't need any stimulation, and that's wonderful. The quest for those of us who do want some supplemental energy and mental focus is to find a healthy natural blend that works best for our needs, IMHO.

All that being said, I am excited to offer for your consideration the product AddieUp, created under the supervision of Dr. Mike Baker to help with his own diagnosed ADHD.

Dr. Baker has added some comments to this site about ADD/ADHD -- See "Your Comments" button on the Healthyplanetdiet.com homepage.

Be sure to read Dr. Baker's blog about the Demi Moore experience involving Adderall dependence.

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How To Tell ADD from ADHD

How do you know if you or someone you know may have ADD or ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has been in the news relentlessly as

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Natural Alternatives for those with ADD-ADHD

There are other alternatives to these potentially harmful, addictive, and dangerous medications. For energy, a lot of press has recently been given to

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Any World That I'm Welcome To

"Any world that I'm welcome to...is better than the one I come from." Can you relate to that?

There's a lot of things wrong with this world. It feels good(sort of) to run around trying to do something about them, but after a while don't you just want to be with people who are fun and you don't have to argue with?

In case you don't recognize it, the title of this blog post comes from the Steely Dan song of the same name. I linked a great YouTube video of it to this post. Enjoy it, it's one of my favorites.

I don't have a lot of substance to say today. I'm still coming to terms with understanding myself and my history in terms of ADHD -- not exactly "lazy" as the world likes to define it, but not particularly motivated by the struggle to fit in, fight traffic, put up with a dumb aggressive Boss, etc. All for a few cool trinkets that don't satisfy long-term.

Then What?

So, at age 18 I went searching for the world I wanted to live in. I found people living with the enthusiasm I was seeking. Those who found ways of setting up businesses that paid for their freedom were able to maintain it, but many others fell into the traps of the World of Work.

If you don't like the world of working for someone else, I can show you a way out. A world where you get paid for doing what you love and understand.

A world where you can be yourself, help others be themselves, and get paid for it. How cool is that?

I expect to have some big news for you tomorrow. We'll talk more then!

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Working Moms, Smoking, and ADHD

I am discovering many interesting things as I try to understand the causes of ADD/ADHD. One of the causes that research has found associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is smoking and drinking alcohol while the mother is pregnant.

Wikipedia doesn't talk directly about having a mom who works outside the home being a factor leading to ADHD, but it is not much of a stretch to draw a connection. What is mentioned is that foster children show a high incidence of ADHD-like symptoms, as do children adopted internationally.

I think it is credible that children left without the calm, loving attention of a mother and who are daily dropped off to be cared for -- and learn from -- a daycare provider or other non-relative are more likely to be unsure of what's acceptable and how to act.

I remember that I hated daycare and found ways to be disruptive. I also remember enjoying a time when my mother was taking some time off work, staying at home and getting into real "home-y" things like baking cakes and doing laundry, etc. She was more relaxed and I enjoyed this too.

I know the world today is much different than when most of the kids had two parents, with Dad usually being the bread-winner. I understand the economic pressures that force both parents to find outside employment.

I have seen life change a lot since the 1950s, believe me! But that doesn't mean you can't find creative way to earn a good living from home -- I have done this and I know many moms who are doing it now.

I spent about ten years working professionally with the issues of employment, so I have thought a lot about how individuals with no more than a high-school education can create solid incomes from home. This really helps in raising happy, confident, healthy children.

It is not easy to find and start a business that can support a single parent, but it can be done and it is so much better than going through life being pushed around like the ball in a pinball machine.

The challenge of life is to structure it so it pleases you. Find work that is fun and interesting, provides the most money for the least amount of your time, and doesn't leave you frustrated and stressed out to the point you fall into bad health habits like smoking or excessive alcohol use.

Abusing food, especially fatty or sugary treats, is another unhealthy form of escape from an unhappy work situation.

The solution is to remove the cause of the stress and find a successful work-at-home strategy that allows a happier you to spend time with growing children. Raising healthy, well-adjusted kids will make life better for parents and society in general.

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More Thoughts On ADD-ADHD

I appreciate your responses to my blog post about ADD-ADHD and Energy Drinks. As I read more about this fascinating topic, my life and my frustrations with authority are becoming more clear.

It is interesting how there are ways we think about ourselves -- and ways we find to try to optimize our performance so we can deal with our internal metabolism(which seems to change from day to day, sometimes unpredictably) and to deal with the insane rules society places on us all, even as they tell us we are free.

Have you noticed? We in the USA are NOT free!

I also find it very amusing that our country spends billions of dollars trying to keep illegal drugs out of the country, and yet pharmaceutical companies are busily turning the active ingredients into prescription drugs that are forced on school-children. Yes, I'm talking about Ritalin, but also many others that are available or will soon be on the market.

So people are turning to explore energy drinks to avoid the terrible side-effects that accompany the pharmaceutical official remedies.

I'm surprised and embarrassed it took me so long to figure out that a big reason energy drinks are so popular is that they are being used to self-medicate those of us who are labeled ADD-ADHD. Now it all makes sense!

Of course, back when I was growing up I heard no talk about ADD. We're talking the 1950s until the mid-Sixties! But my parents seemed to know that a little coffee would help me, so I got it before school and lots of sweet iced tea with meals. No Ritalin for me, thank goodness!

Tip for the Day: One of the better ways I've found to both wake me up and make me feel really good is to have a square or two of 70 percent dark chocolate with some espresso. I even use De-caf with maybe a little regular coffee to get the benefits without the jitters, etc. The Dark Chocolate has very little sugar, but a healthy antioxidant profile -- and the low sugar keeps the buzz really clear.

I still find the most relief from using the powdered A.C.T. energy drink mixed with green tea and yerba mate'. It is all natural and low in sugars(from the fruit that flavor it). The ORAC rating is 4300, which is off-the-charts healthy.

We all want to feel good and find our niche where we can be a "Rock Star", so it would help to have an open conversation about which ingredients work and which get in the way. I will be reviewing a new herbal-nutritional product for ADD-ADHD next week, so stay tuned. It looks very promising.

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Controlling Food Cravings While Drinking

Today we consider a search term by a curious reader: "Controlling food cravings while drinking". This is a tough question, but I'll try to keep my answer fairly brief.

I am assuming we are talking about controlling food cravings while drinking alcoholic beverages. As I have learned in a class about the effects of drinking alcohol, the first thing that alcohol shuts down is your mental function of "judgement" or self-control.

This is confirmed by my personal misadventures under the influence. To one degree or another, what we are trying to achieve by drinking alcohol is a liberation of our Id(the primal, caveman side of our brain) from the control and restrictions placed on it by our Ego(our rational side).

So, if the whole underlying purpose is to cut loose and do all the stuff you secretly want to do, don't expect much success controlling food cravings while drinking.

About the best things you can do to control food cravings while drinking are these:

1) Don't drink fast or too much (Hahahaha, Right!)

2) Provide yourself a healthy substitute for the food you're trying not to eat -- perhaps some tasty whole grain wheat crackers to nibble on that will fill you up, followed by a big bean burrito, along with some fruit to keep your blood sugar up.

Whatever you do, Don't drink on an empty stomach!

It is an interesting question, but -- like I say -- it really doesn't make much sense to try to control yourself while you're placing yourself under the influence of a substance that causes you to lose your inhibitions. You are working against yourself. Why bother?

Learning the wisdom of self-control to get what you really want in life is what life is all about. If drinking moderately helps you achieve that goal, then go ahead and enjoy it. If drinking gets in the way of getting (and holding onto) the good things you want, then why keep doing it?

That's the best I can tell you. In my opinion, drinking is highly over-rated, but you will have to decide for yourself.

Read the link if you want more specifics on Controlling Food Cravings. Have a great weekend!

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ADD/ADHD and Energy Drinks

Attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity disorder are factors that cause 8 percent of children to have problems in school. That's a conservative estimate from Stanley Greenspan, MD. Let's talk about it today.

I am reading Dr. Greenspan's book, Overcoming ADHD, trying to understand something that seems to be a big deal -- and, of course, the pharmaceutical companies want to sell us a solution for it.

I don't remember any mention of ADD/ADHD when I was in grade school. The first person I met that told me she had been put on Ritalin for this was in 1972. A very sweet girl, about 19 at the time, she didn't like the medicine, and seemed frazzled for having been forced to take it for years.

I recently met a teen high school dropout who had been placed on one or more drugs in school and didn't like it.

I am wondering if some use of energy drinks is a way to self-medicate in a (sometimes clumsy) attempt to help ourselves better cope with getting along in the world. I say clumsy because, if one doesn't read the ingredient label, you won't know if the drink will make your symptoms better or worse.

I can relate to this situation because I am sensitive to the effects of sugar, additives, caffeine, too. I wonder if I would have been diagnosed ADD or ADHD if I were going to school now. I can tell you I wouldn't have enjoyed being compelled to take this or that drug.

As Dr. Greenspan points out, we all have different sensitivities. One patient might be helped by caffeine, while another it may make them less able to cope with their surroundings. This is a key point.

It has only been by eliminating the unnatural additives and experimenting with one or more ingredient at a time, that a person can see what helps them enjoy life more -- and then avoid the ingredients or environmental factors that make them less than happy.

Back in the late 1950s, I was sent off to school with a half cup of coffee mixed with milk and sugar. That worked good for the grades, but I was impatient and mouthy and I received a lot of comments from teachers about this. (And things were so orderly and non-threatening then compared to now!)

This is a BIG topic and I may write an ebook about it. If you find it interesting and helpful, share it with your friends and I will add a page here about ADD/ADHD with diet and environmental things to watch out for.

I side with the children and the adults who must deal with a world full of toxins -- and dumb rules -- that are not of our choosing. Still, we must deal with other people intelligently because people have most of the things we want and need in life.

Aspartame may be hurting those avoiding sugar. Check out these videos, esp. Dr. Blaylock. (See Link)

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The Disadvantages of a Vegetarian Diet

The main disadvantages of a vegetarian or vegan diet are that you need to take a vitamin B-12 supplement, ideally in the form of Methylcobalamin, and you don't get to enjoy the comforting flavors of many foods flavored with meat, eggs, milk products, and fish.

In return for these minor inconveniences, you get better digestion, almost effortless weight maintenance, and a reduction of the chance you will get cancer, heart disease, prostate cancer(guys only), erectile dysfunction, stroke, etc.

By cutting back or eliminating animal-source foods, you also help the environment -- and you take some of the pressure off the cost of living for those in poor countries who depend on vegetable sources of protein.

Another advantage to avoiding animal-source foods is that pesticide, nitrates, herbicide, and other chemical residues are most concentrated in meat, milk products, eggs, and fish. I should also mention radiation, which becomes concentrated in meat and milk products.

There are so many advantages to the planet, to our fellow citizens on Planet Earth, and to our animal and fish brethren that any "disadvantages" are not worth considering.

If you could imagine yourself getting colon cancer or breast cancer and the pain and hassle it would put you through, imagine what it would have been worth to be able to turn back time and decide not to eat those foods that put you at risk.

It all comes down to whether you believe you will be lucky and not suffer the diseases that so many people get from consuming so many animal foods. It also hinges on whether your pleasure in eating these foods that cause so much suffering to the animals that are forced to provide them is a fair trade.

I know for a fact that eating animals, milk products, and fish is not necessary to keep me healthy, so it would just be for my selfish pleasure.

The thing is, you won't learn if you will avoid some type of disease associated with animal foods until later in life. By then, you are "in for it".

There are plenty of delicious plant-based foods to enjoy and you'll be healthier for it if you do. And the animals will thank you, too.

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