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Essential fatty acids

The majority of kids with ADHD show low levels of Omega 3 fatty acids (DHA and GLA too) and virtually all kids with ADHD show a high ratio of omega 6 fatty acids to Omega 3. This is a very wide spread deficiency. This also manifests as low prefrontal activation in most see the adhddoc.com

Growing EFA plants and fruit and using an almost work free steam juicer, you can incorporate this essential nutrient with little time or expense. http://www.ezjuicers.com/steamers.htm The juice can be turned into jelly easily by boiling it with sugar for about 30-40 minutes.

Perennial blue flax:

Richest source of ALA a precursor to DHA , the seeds can be eaten or ground an sprinkled on cereals, fed to laying hens(whose eggs will be high in Omega 3's) or in breads. I would assume bees who forage on these will have the essential nutrients in their honey as well. Can get these native seeds in bulk from Ernst Conservation, they are a family owned business and very customer oriented. http://www.ernstseed.com/Catalog/Herbaceous4.htm#PERENNIAL%20BLUE%20FLAX

Borage:

Grows as an annual here, it is easy to collect seeds and bees love it so much.(GLA gamma linolenic acid) Honey from EFA forage is so fragrant and delicious. Black Currant: St. Lawrence has great stock plants.

Black Currant:

is now considered a superfood!(GLA) http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us/currants.html#Black_Currant

Check out the black current page.

Evening primrose: (GLA) several kinds get the ones that are hardy.

Echium vulgare Blue Bedder: (Thompson and Morgan seed source ) (GLA) A British plant that is pretty and grows here too.

Other brain essentials: Our brains like purple and blue fruit in general. See Research summaries regarding these special nutrients http://www.ajcn.org/misc/release.shtml

Brain Gardening: It's Personal

Eighty five percent of every one of our brain's dopamine producing cells is composed of an omega 3 fatty acid which is very rare in our modern diets. (DHA docosahexaenoic acid) These cells manage attention, memory, learning, and behavior.

Extremely fluid omega 3 fatty acids such as DHA and GLA allow the brain to fire with lightning speed.

When not available during brain development, a thicker omega 9 fatty acid is substituted and all brain operations based on these omega 9 cells proceed at slower speeds.