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Shopping & Diet

"Ignorance is bliss" Never has a ubiquitous phrase been so appropriate.  I suppose I wanted to start with this phrase because in a sense feel it is a good starting point for all my posts.  Pre-diagnosis of my ADHD in October 2025 on a consultation with one of my GPs before my first appointment in this current spell with community mental health services, there was further realisation I might have had the condition.  Whilst I had been carrying out my own research into ADHD, one thing had been slightly overlooked by myself, but was reiterated during that consultation: research further into diet. In fairness I had come away thinking that this was a one-size fits all comment that would come from any health professional for most (for want of a better word) ailments requiring regular medications, but also how it might apply to a lifelong neurological disorder?  It doesn't take too much delving to see how much it does play importance, and further delving you can see how big ...

Introduction

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 A little about me and my reasoning for the blog: I'm Ian, currently a 51 year old man - if this around long enough, or even myself - originally from Bootle/Liverpool, and have been living in Ireland for almost 18 years.  My main core interests are sport of many different types, but would be a great lover of Liverpool F.C. (which will have some relevancy fairly soon), music, international cinema, history, science/medical/biomedical, nature, quizzes, alcohol (althought this might be on the wane now) and looking to widen my ICT knowledge and skills.  This is my third foray in to getting a blog constantly wrote and updated, and I am really hoping this one sticks around because I feel this could have some legs including hopefully for some public interaction and activation, because all our experiences are different somehow. I have had a long history of mental health problems, more specifically with depression and anxiety; I was diagnosed with mild dyslexia whilst at the Univer...