| Foods to avoid ADHD symptoms are most dairy, | | | | My nephew age six is autistic and has been on a |
| corn, wheat, juices because of high sugar content; | | | | strict diet for several years. He follows a diet |
| especially if it contains high fructose corn syrup, | | | | much like foods to avoid with ADHD along with |
| chocolate, bacon and lunch meats like bologna and | | | | interaction therapies. He has shown remarkable |
| any processed type of meat that contains | | | | advancement. His mother wanted to see if he |
| nitrates. | | | | would react to one of the offending foods (corn) |
| Many people not knowing what is causing their | | | | and see if anyone noticed. Everyone noticed when |
| symptoms have allergies because the commercial | | | | she let him eat corn flakes one morning. |
| food industry puts them in most everything we | | | | Throughout the day his behavior worsened until |
| eat. How many people do you know that when | | | | the next day when it was out of his system. If |
| placed on a restricted diet says "but, what am I | | | | you are just starting out and you have eliminated |
| suppose to eat, it's in everything?" Allergies are | | | | all foods to avoid ADHD for a couple of weeks or |
| mainly caused from an over exposure to any | | | | months, you can slowly introduce some foods |
| substance, whether food, plants or indoor | | | | back into the diet one at a time every several |
| contaminants. | | | | days and if there is no reaction go ahead and |
| So if these are the foods to avoid, if you have an | | | | keep it in the diet. |
| ADHD child, what should you eat? The best diet | | | | Studies have shown that zinc and Omega-3 are |
| and this includes anyone, is the back to basics or | | | | deficient in the diets of ADD and ADHD. So along |
| Mediterranean diet. A plant based fruit and | | | | with foods to avoid if you have an ADHD child, |
| vegetable diet with good quality protein such as | | | | foods you should include are plentiful fresh |
| fish, beans, cheese and preferably organic as the | | | | veggies that are rich in zinc and fish which is rich |
| base. The main idea is to stay away from artificial | | | | in Omega-3's; both are required for brain |
| sweeteners, food colorings and highly aggravating | | | | development. Other homeopathic remedies are |
| foods like dairy, wheat, corn and gluten. | | | | also available specifically for ADHD. |