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ADHD and Diet Reviewed

Those concerned about diet and adhd hypothesize a toxic or allergic effect by some foods. The most commonly targeted foods are milk, wheat, dyes, preservatives, sugars, and caffeine. These diet elements are believed to cause or at least contribute to ADHD and ADD symptoms.

The typical approach is to put the child on an ADHD diet, which at first includes none of these foods. Then the foods are slowly reintroduced into the diet over a number of weeks, one at a time. The theory is that the ADHD symptoms will go away on the very bland diet and will return when you finally reintroduce the toxic food. When the symptoms returns in response to a specific food then, the theory is that, you will know what the problem food is. In theory, this will allow the child to return to a regular nutritional pattern, minus this offending food, without the symptoms also returning. The problem is that the symptoms very seldom go away when the child is on even the most restricted nutritional plan. This, of course, invalidates the rest of the procedure.

I have not seen positive results from dietary changes. I would agree with National Institute of Mental Health’s summary that the data on diet and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

“did indicate a limited positive association between defined [Feingold-type] diets and a decrease in hyperactivity.”

That is, there is evidence that, for a small group of children, elimination of some food colorings and preservatives may be helpful, though seldom curative.

Modifying a child's eating pattern is extremely difficult once they begin school, and thus are out of direct parental supervision. The media and social pressures for standard eating patterns is tremendous and children often rebel against food restrictions. Since most attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children are not diagnosed until school age, this presents a major problem for taking advantage of the limited benefits that may accrue from restriction.

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