After a traumatic start in life young Aaron Froom has found help in the form of a brand new dietary supplement called Efalex

LIFE has already been a struggle for 10-year-old Aaron Froom, from Locks Heath. Suffering from dyslexia Aaron was an easy target for school bullies who teased him mercilessly about his special blue glasses and his poor grades.

One day after school Aaron tried to run away from his tormenters, but

not looking, he ran into the path of a car.

He switched to Kings Primary School in West End, Southampton, and recovered from his injuries, but his conditions remain - dyslexia and suspected Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Dyslexia causes words to appear like they jump all over the page, making concentration difficult, and also affects co-ordination.

But mum Debbie said a dietary supplement, Efalex, had changed Aaron's life, outlook and grades.

She said she first tried it when Aaron was five.

"It was just before Christmas that year and it must have worked because the teacher, did remark that Aaron did come down from the ceiling.

"All the other kids were really hyper because of Christmas and Aaron had settled down, which was quite remarkable.

"At the time he couldn't ride a bike and then all of a sudden he was riding."

She said that since then it had been a godsend.

"He's more controllable, more able to take direction.

"He's able to go to the park and you can say be back by four and he will. When you say '15 minutes and it's bedtime', he says 'okay' and doesn't throw a half-hour temper tantrum.

"Or with homework he doesn't throw himself on the floor and scream, 'I can't do it, it's not fair, why don't you do it, I can't do it', he just goes away and does it."

Mrs Froom, from Lock's Wood in Locks Heath, said that the advantage of Efalex was that it was not a drug, like the ADHD drug Ritalin.

"The last thing I want to do is put my son on it, he has enough to worry about without being drugged up to the eyeballs," she said.

Efalex inventor Dr Jacqui Stody said Efalex was made up of natural fatty acids and worked on research that showed sufferers of ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia had lower than average amounts of fatty acids, essential for brain and eye function.