Prescription Medications, Parenting, and ADHD with Dr. Pam Popper

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Dr. Pam Popper, known for her no-nonsense videos and blogs that busts myths and tells the science-based truth. We get into the idea of ADHD, and how so many children are medicated but more importantly IF that medication is actually working and IF the RISK outweighs the BENEFITS. Do you know that your child can be more likely to abuse drugs if they are on behavior modification drugs? Do you know that there are other lifestyle skills you can apply to get better results without the scary side effects?

This episode is really important as we give you an understanding of what questions you need to ask your doctor before starting a medical protocol to protect yourself. We also cover if mammograms are important and if she supports illness fundraisers like “Run for The Cure”. You’ll also find out if Dr. Popper had bad habits and what they were. It will knock your socks off.

This is an episode you’d want to share with anyone with school-aged kids, kids with ADHD or someone about to go get their mammogram.

Dr. Pam Popper is a naturopath, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition, medicine and health, and the Executive Director of Wellness Forum Health. The company offers educational programs for consumer and healthcare providers that facilitate evidence-based, collaborative and informed decision making for health-related matters.

Dr. Popper serves on the Physician’s Steering Committee and the President’s Board for the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington D.C. She served as part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s teaching team at eCornell, teaching part of a certification course on plant-based nutrition. She has been featured in many widely distributed documentaries, including Processed People and Making a Killing and appeared in the acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives, which played in major theaters throughout North America in 2011. She is one of the co-authors of the companion book which was on the New York Times bestseller list for 66 weeks. Her most recent book is Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Can Save Your Life. Dr. Popper is featured as one of the lead experts in the documentary Food Choices, which was released in September 2016, and is co-authoring the companion book for this film.

In this episode we discuss:

Bad habits
How to find health before you’re sick
Supporting illness fundraisers
Mammograms
Emergency medicine
Questions to ask when presented with a drug option
How statistics are misquoted
ADHD…does it exist?
Outcomes of taking meds
Incompetent parenting
FDA and Drugs
Dr. Karl Popper
Naturally modifying behaviour
Dietary patterns
Picky Eaters

Links to things we mentioned:

Our Patreon

Easy Recipes For Busy Parents

Dr. Pam Popper – Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Email

Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Could Save Your Life by Dr. Pam Popper

Treating Drug Addiction Through A Plant-Based Diet with Adam Sud – PTP151

Whole Food Plant-Based with Dr. T. Colin Campbell – PTP286

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“Joe”

Millie Pearson

Mary Lou Fusi

Carmen Fanous

Emily Iaconelli

Spanish Armada

Michele Olender

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