Treating ADHD In Children
Simple Diet Advice That Will Drastically Help In Your Fight Again/ADD
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Treating ADD/ADHD With Nutrition
Nutrition and diet are thought to play an important role in the treatment of ADD and ADHD in your child. There are several well-known theories that support the following statements.
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Diets should be low in sugar and refined carbohydrates. They should also be high in quality protein.
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Diets should have as much allergens and food additives removed as possible.
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Diets should treat nutritional deficiencies with nutritional supplementation.
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Patients should check if the source of their problem is heavy metal toxicity and diets should reflect reducing the toxic burden.
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Diets should treat intestinal dysbiosis including pathogenic bacteria, candidiasis and parasites.
Is Your Child’s ADD/ADHD Allergy Related?
ADD/ADHD is a condition that is often misdiagnosed in both kids and adults. How can something affect so many lives yet be so hard to diagnose? The reality is that there are no conclusive tests to determine its existence – no blood tests, CAT scans, x-rays or EKGs to demonstrate that the condition exists in the body. ADD/ADHD is a psychiatric diagnosis; not a physical one.
Since ADD/ADHD can easily be misdiagnosed, you might consider checking your child’s diet first to see if their symptoms are occurring because their bodies are reacting to the foods they are eating. One of the ways to test if your child’s symptoms are due to food reactions is to eliminate potential problem ingredients from his or her diet for about two weeks; then slowly add them back in one by one.
How to Change Your or Your Child’s Diet for Two Weeks:
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No dairy products – milk, cheese, ice cream. As an alternative, try almond mild or rice milk
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No yellow colored foods such as corn or squash
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No junk foods
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No fruit juices because the sugar content is too high. When reintroducing fruit juice into the diet, dilute it 50/50
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Reduce the amount of sugar your child consumes by 90%. If you can eliminate it completely, even better.
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Reduce the amount of chocolate by 90%
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No sugar substitutes
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No processed meats such as spam, hash, turkey, etc.
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No MSG (monosodium glutamate)
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Reduce the amount of fried foods by 90%
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Reduce the amount of consumed food coloring when possible
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Reduce the amount of fish due to the concern about mercury content
The idea is to detoxify your child’s body (or your own) for two weeks. Eat all natural foods. Absolutely no processed foods are to be consumed during this time. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.
Once your body has gone through the detox period, put the above mentioned foods back into your or your child’s diet. Add a new food every three to four days. When the food is added, consume a lot of it and watch to see if an allergic reaction takes place.
Here are some of the things you might find if an allergy is the cause:
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Red, blotches on the skin
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Explosive temper outbursts
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Lack of clarity in thought
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Extreme hyper-activity
Once you’ve found the foods you are potential allergic to, eliminate them from your diet. Most of the foods originally eliminated aren’t healthy anyway. These diet tips area great way to start treat ADHD in children. It is important that you use varios natural methods to combat ADHD. This will help you find what alternative remedy or remedies work best for you and your child/children.
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