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When you hear so many stories about how adults manage to cope despite being diagnosed with something like ADHD or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, it makes you wonder what effect the condition would have on children. If you’re a parent who thinks that your child has symptoms of the condition, how are you supposed to cope?

Your diet is about more than trimming inches from your waistline and getting your body beach ready. A healthy diet can also help you ward off diseases like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and gastrointestinal problems. Here are three healthy diets that medical experts say will not only improve your weight but also your overall health.

Research out of Norway has shown that a rise in a person’s resting heart rate may be a significant indicator of the development of heart problems. The study looked at about 30,000 people over a ten year period.  The participants in the study whose resting heart rates went up by more than 15 BPM (beats per minute) over ten years’ time were two times as likely to die from ischemic heart disease than the participants who had heart rates that remained steady. 

Researchers have found that taking niacin daily, another name for vitamin B3, can help men with high cholesterol that have erectile dysfunction (ED).  Data shows researchers discovered that men who took vitamin B3 experienced improved erectile function.

A study has found that people with higher levels of HDL cholesterol are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) than people with lower levels of HDL. HDL stands for high density lipoprotein and is considered the good form of cholesterol. HDL cholesterol helps remove bad cholesterol from the body, clearing the arteries and helping to prevent heart disease.

A recent study has found that dietary decisions may have an effect on the development of kidney stones, not just your consumption of water. The study looked at participants who were following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, also known as DASH.

The effects of stress on the body and mind can be extremely detrimental to your health. About 75% of Americans experience significant stress at least once every two weeks, and according to Web MD, over 75% of all doctor visits are conditions and complaints related to stress. 

Researchers have found that consuming blueberries regularly can help reduce a person’s chance of developing high blood pressure. In this study, medical researchers followed volunteers for 14 years and discovered that people who ate a minimum of one serving of blueberries each week were 10% less likely to develop high blood pressure than people who did not consume blueberries weekly.

A report out of the Institute of Medicine has found that most Americans and Canadians get enough vitamin D and calcium in their diets, contrary to previous findings. The report used evidence from over 1,000 published studies to come to the conclusion that in general, people receive the appropriate daily intake of these two essential nutrients.

What causes people to develop this condition?

When people have low levels of folic acid in the body, they may develop a condition known as folic acid deficiency anemia. Folic acid, categorized as a B vitamin, is very important in the creation of new corpuscles (cells).  When people develop anemia, they have low levels of red corpuscles which are responsible for transporting oxygen to parts of the body.