Product Description

This important new book documents a major breakthrough in the treatment of the three most widespread learning disabilities--ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia ("clumsy child syndrome"). Although these conditions have reached epidemic proportions, treatment has been limited to ineffective behavioral therapies or the controversial prescription drug Ritalin. Now Dr. B. Jacqueline Stordy, a leading researcher in the field, reveals a stunning new treatment based on a simple nutritional supplement: LCP (long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids). The LCP Solution is the first book to describe this new natural treatment and to explain how children (and adults) can incorporate it into their daily lives.

As a member of a family with a long history of dyslexia, Dr. Stordy discovered in a pioneering experiment that dyslexic and dyspraxic children who began taking a dietary supplement consisting of LCP experienced dramatic transformations in the quality of their lives. At the same time, parallel studies conducted at Purdue University came up with similar results with children who had ADHD. The effect of this dietary supplement was nothing short of revolutionary: after only a few weeks, dyslexic and ADHD children became calmer, more focused, easier to teach, while dyspraxics improved significantly in dexterity and balance, showing markedly less anxiety.

In The LCP Solution, Dr. Stordy documents how this life-changing treatment came about and explains step-by-step how sufferers of each of the three major conditions can use it to change their lives at home, at school, and at work. Illuminating, vividly presented, and authoritative in its findings, this book will revolutionize our approach to learning disabilities. LCPs are natural, simple to use, and amazing in their benefits. If you or someone you love suffers from a learning disability, this book is essential reading.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #165058 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-05
• Released on: 2000-09-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"This book is must reading not only for those suffering from ADHD and related disorders, but also for everyone interested in optimal brain health at any age."
--CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, M.D.
   Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

From the Back Cover
"This book is must reading not only for those suffering from ADHD and related disorders, but also for everyone interested in optimal brain health at any age."
--CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, M.D.
Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

Customer Reviews

Must have for ADDers
This is an excellent book. The basic idea of the book is that there is link between lack of Omega-3 in the diets of people with ADD and other differences. The book offers research to help proove this theory. It also offers a suggestions on how to add omega-3 to our diets.

If you don't get this book...
Is it possible to rate a book higher than 5 stars? When I first read this book, my first reaction was anger. I was mad, because I had never heard of most of the information in this book. This stuff SHOULD be in the public domain. Why hasn't the media reported on any of these studies? Then I thought about it. If this stuff really does work, many companies stand to lose significant billions of dollars in revenue from the sale of ritalin and aderall.
My next reaction was great joy. Finally, there was hope. No drugs, and still helpful. This was too good to be true. So, I tried it. First on myself (I was diagnosed as hyperactive and put on ritalin when I was 5 - there was no ADHD yet in those days.). After a week of supplementing, I found I was able to concentrate like never before. Both the quality and quantity of my work have greatly improved. I figured if it helped me, maybe it would help my son. He has sensory integration dysfunction, ADHD, and a few other problems. I started supplementing him on Sunday. When I dropped him off to school the next Thursday, his kindergarten teacher took me aside and asked if my wife and I were doing anything differently with him, therapy wise. At first, I forgot about the LCP's and said no. I asked her why. She said that it had been my son's best week of the school year (it was April). He was concentrating much better. He was able to complete his school work. He was speaking much better and much clearer. He was able to follow directions. He was getting along with the other kids. He had far fewer fits. In her words, it was like we had transformed him into a different child. I then remembered the LCP supplement and told her about it. We came to the conclusion that since that was the only different thing, that must be responsible for the difference. Our family life is also improved. He has fewer fits. He is able to handle change much better. When he wants to, he is able to concentrate much better. He is also learning at a much more rapid pace and has caught up to and surpassed many kids his age, academically.
Thank you Dr. Stordy.

Too much hype, too little research
Dr. Stordy is a nutritionist who bases her theories on very limited research. In many cases she bases her conclusions on anecdotal evidence, or (in one case) on research that she hoped to conduct but was prevented by the parents from giving some of the children placebos (thereby nullifying her double blind study). She included the results anyway, and found (as usual) that the results were "remarkable" and "incredible". Many of the studies had very few children taking part -in one case only 5. In spite of this limited research, she applies words like "proved" and "proven" to her theories. Anyone in science knows that it is very difficult to "prove" things, and that research is subjected to rigerous peer review, verification, and years of debate before anything is accepted as correct.

This is a very slim volume, and even so Dr. Stordy doesn't seem to have enough to say about her LCP research to fill up the pages. She digresses into educational methods used to teach ADHD children. This has nothing to do with LCP dietary supplements, or Dr. Stordy's field of expertise.

Perhaps this is the incredible, remarkable, proven breakthrough treatment that will cure such a range of ills. However, this book does not convice me. It is too short on science and too heavy on breathless hype for me to stomach it.

As the parent of an apraxic child, I need more to go on.