| A Specialized ADHD Nutrition Plan Could Help | | | | child, try taking any and all wheat products out of |
| Patients Focus | | | | their diet. Some kids have an undiagnosed wheat |
| Currently one of the most widely accepted | | | | allergy which can contribute to hyperactivity. |
| theories about attention deficit hyperactivity | | | | Instead of the wheat products, switch to oats |
| disorder is that it is caused by nutritional problems. | | | | and rye. Finally, and this goes for any child (not |
| This theory really only applies to childhood ADHD | | | | just those with ADHD), make sure your child gets |
| and does not even account for all of the childhood | | | | plenty of vegetables and fruits in their diet along |
| ADHD cases, but when some dietary studies | | | | with fish at least once a week. |
| were conducted on ADHD nutrition plans for | | | | An alternative to just cutting out sugars and |
| those with the disorder, there were some | | | | caffeine from an attention deficit hyperactivity |
| beneficial results. The whole nutrition and ADHD | | | | disorder patient's diet was created by Dr. |
| correlation emerged in nineteen ninety when an | | | | Benjamin Feingold. Aptly named the Feingold diet, |
| English researcher found out that certain artificial | | | | this ADHD nutrition plan focused on the research |
| food colorings found in some foods could actually | | | | which linked artificial colors and flavors to the loss |
| deplete the amounts of zinc in an ADHD patient's | | | | of zinc in certain children's bodies. This diet has |
| body. Later, scientists also found that those | | | | been the source of much debate over its |
| children suffering from ADHD also had lower | | | | effectiveness, but for those looking for a dietary |
| levels of required sulfate molecules throughout the | | | | way to combat the problems associated with |
| body. Studies which attempt to prove that ADHD | | | | ADHD, the Feingold diet may be a good method |
| and diet are not related at all, citing that only five | | | | to check out. The Feingold ADHD nutrition plan is |
| percent of all ADHD patients have something | | | | currently a two step program with the first step |
| wrong with their normal dietary intake. Whatever | | | | requiring the elimination of all artificial colors and |
| the case, putting your child on an ADHD nutrition | | | | flavors from the child's food. The second step of |
| plan may be one possible way to help alleviate the | | | | the Feingold program requires that all aspirin |
| hyperactivity associated with such a disorder. | | | | containing products and natural salicylate containing |
| There are several key aspects to an ADHD | | | | foods should also be removed from the child's |
| nutrition plan that any parent should keep in mind. | | | | diet. While this method of ADHD nutrition may |
| The first and possibly most obvious of any diet is | | | | prove to be useful, there are actually certain |
| to make sure that your hyperactive child does | | | | claims which Feingold makes that are totally |
| not receive any sugary sweets or any candy. | | | | incorrect. Most importantly, certain nutritional |
| This should also include sodas and any other | | | | experts have shown that in the Feingold diet |
| products which are high in sugar. By cutting sugars | | | | cookbook many of the recommended foods are |
| out of the ADHD nutrition plan, your child will not | | | | actually high in salicylates; a chemical which |
| exhibit the hyperactive energy associated with | | | | Feingold says can cause your child to be |
| ADHD. Also, make sure your child avoids caffeine, | | | | hyperactive. There is muched to be learned about |
| as caffeine has the same stimulating effect on | | | | ADHD nutrition and its effects, for more on |
| the body as sugar. If you find that neither of | | | | parentint and ADHD Nutrition please visit the |
| these two ADHD nutrition changes affects your | | | | authors website. |