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31: Functional Medicine with Aaron Hartman

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 3 a.m.

On this week\u2019s edition of Soaring Child, we\u2019re joined by Aaron Hartman, a functional medicine doctor and founder of the Virginia Research Center, currently serving as an assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the VC School of Medicine.\xa0

If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD and is taking one or more medications for it, you might want to take a second look at what\u2019s going on. ADHD is a syndrome, not a disease, which means that many different factors could be the cause of the condition, and if you take away the causes, the symptoms may go away.

What\u2019s called ADHD may actually be caused by nutrient deficiencies, mold, hypermobility, brain inflammation, and poor gut health. Kids are eating a lot more processed foods and sugar these days, and they may be exposed to mold at school. They\u2019re also given laptops to take home from their schools, exposing them to a lot of blue light. All these things are neuro-inflammatory and can contribute to the symptoms associated with ADHD.\xa0

For starters, changing the diet, not sitting in front of a computer for hours, and getting physical exercise can help to alleviate the symptoms. Taking a closer look at these key areas of your children\u2019s lifestyle and health is the first step, so you can harness their bodies\u2019 remarkable power to heal and help them to begin living the vibrant life they deserve.

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Key Takeaways:

[6:56] What can cause brain inflammation

[7:52] Mold issues in schools

[10:21] What you can do to counteract mold nutritionally

[11:15] Best detoxifiers for mold

[11:26] The danger of low cholesterol in kids

[12:18] What hypermobility is

[15:44] How to get the nutrients found in organ meat

[16:41] Role of gut health and brain health in ADHD

[19:30] Potential harmful effect of laptops in schools

[23:21] Difference between a syndrome and a diagnosis

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How To Connect With Aaron:

https://www.richmondfunctionalmedicine.com

https://www.facebook.com/RVAintegrative/

https://www.instagram.com/rvaintegrative/?hl=en

Aaron Hartman MD (@aaronhartmanMD) / Twitter

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-hartman \xa0

https://www.youtube.com/c/AaronHartmanMD

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Memorable Quotes:

\xa0\u201cThere are a whole host of things that can cause brain inflammation. One of the biggest ones is gut issues.\u201d\xa0

\u201cEven just being at school, forget technology, forget all the crazy stuff, just the environment of having increased particles in the air like dirty air, mold, all these things can make these kids more brain inflamed that can lead to some of these symptoms.\u201d\xa0

\u201cGut health, getting the right mix of bacteria in your GI tract, enough fiber, having regular bowel movements, having a really healthy diet can actually affect the neurotransmitter function in your brain.\u201d

\u201cIf you have leaky gut, by definition you have leaky brain. 80% of the communication between the gut and the brain comes from the gut.\u201d\xa0

\u201cParents have to realize they have options. They might find alternative educational opportunities for the kids. It might mean they put them in different schools. It might mean they homeschool. There are a whole host of opportunities now.\u201d

\u201cWhen you see a kid with ADHD, screen them for depression. Sometimes depressed kids can look like they have ADHD.\u201d

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