Diet treatment for ADHD

More and more people facing a diagnosis of ADHD in their child's behaviour are now looking to treat the condition by addressing dietary needs rather than going down the route of taking controversial medications which can potentially have some very severe effects for their children. The challenge is knowing where to start and the whole situation is a lot more complex than just cutting out the regular trips to MacDonalds!

It can be very difficult to find what foods can be causing the symptoms before you can eliminate them! It can not only be one type of food that is causing these symptoms but may even be a combination of 2 or more. Also it is not just the child concerned - it is best if the family as a group change their diet and way of life together. But... the good news is that everyone can feel better when they improve their diet no matter where they are coming from !

Be aware that anybody can have a sensitivity to certain foods - that means they have a hypersensitive reaction to something they eat. The scale can be more severe with an intolerance to a certain trigger where the symptoms worsen or even progress to a full blown allergy. The symptoms can be both physical or mental and can affect behaviour patterns. With ADHD, and let's be very clear that no-one really understands for certain what causes this, diet can often be a root cause. As mentioned earlier it can be anything to blame even a natural food like a tomato can be the problem but very often it is additives like Aspartame which is a n artificial sweetener, or sodium benzoate which is a preservative or MSG which is a flavour enhancer. There is now research available that shows that the amount of insecticides that are sprayed on fruit and vegetables is found in higher concentration in urine samples of children with diagnosed ADHD than in those children without the diagnosis. However what is interesting in this research is that the amount of organophosphates used in spraying food has decreased in the last 10 years whereas the incidence of diagnosis of ADHD has increased, So there is something more than this going on here really.

It may well be that the level of sensitivity has increased to these chemicals. It may well be that there is an increase in misdiagnosis followed by the ease and willingness to overprescribe conventional medication to treat symptoms which are not addressing the cause and which can make the problem of challenging behaviour even harder to deal with.

Additives like aspartame are known to cause genetic damage. There is a lot of credence now given to the school of thought that ADHD is a genetic condition as traits are seen to run in families. However, we do know that when DNA which is the coded information in the genes is damaged then it can be carried forward to the next generation of cells or children as misinformation within the cells. We also now know that genes are switched on - by environmental triggers - so something in the environment has to send the message to the incomplete data banks of information within the cell in order to get the wrong reaction as it were, to the stimulus. Latest understanding into the way genetics work shows us that that damage many not be irreparable and we are not all victims to the genetic fate of our parents 'that other outcomes are possible by addressing the patterns that wrong messages have created in the past with previous generations of cells. A doctor Albert Abrams found a way to do this a long time ago totally naturally. One aspect of the work he pioneered in the field of radionics is known as the amino codes. He was hounded in his time for teaching that everything was connected by a universal field of energy. Interestingly, there are top level scientists chasing quarks around a mountain in Switzerland to prove this at this time.

Daily monitoring of the dietary situation should include a simple muscle test to find out the basis of sensitivity to additives, monitoring food and mood with a food diary, eliminating the suspect foods ( which can include wheat, dairy and sugar by the way) and then reinstating them one at a time and gradually after a period of abstinence will usually confirm the situation. The Feingold diet is a good method to combine with this procedure. Vitamins can be good for children as they can make up for any deficiencies there may have been. Especially a good quality vitamin and mineral supplement, a good synergistic vegetable based protein supplement and flax seed oil as a good source of essential fatty acids and a good anti oxidant to clear up the toxic residues! Washing fruit and vegetables thoroughly and buying organic when possible is also making a big difference in treating ADHD symptoms with diet.

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