Tradiditonal eating and adhd

[miss_thenorth]

Can some of you perhaps provide some links if you have some, of how a traditional diet can help ADHD, and issues like that? I have a firend who is at her wits end, and wants to try to alter their diet. As I don't know much, I can only help her so much, but if I could give her links of stuff for her to read, it would be most helpful, -if some of you have some handy.

(I will be looking also)

Thanks!

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Can some of you perhaps provide some links if you have some, of how a traditional diet can help ADHD, and issues like that? I have a firend who is at her wits end, and wants to try to alter their diet. As I don't know much, I can only help her so much, but if I could give her links of stuff for her to read, it would be most helpful, -if some of you have some handy.

(I will be looking also)

Thanks!

I will get back with you in a bit, after I get my shivering goat warmed up.
But, the first thing she could/should do, is get her child on raw milk.

 

[miss_thenorth]

I will suggest it, but I'll tell ya, it's illegal in Ontario. Next to impossible to get, and she lives in a small northern town. Not alot of options. but I will suggest it. Thanks

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

I will suggest it, but I'll tell ya, it's illegal in Ontario. Next to impossible to get, and she lives in a small northern town. Not alot of options. but I will suggest it. Thanks

Then if it cannot be obtained, dairy free for starters.
WAPF has a great deal fo proof, and I have witnessed it first hand, that many behavior disorders disapear overnight when processed dairy is removed.

Be back with more in a bit.

 

[Henrietta23]

First thing our Naturopath said was Gluten Free/ Dairy Free. Our son is not diagnosed with ADHD but I can see that he may be mildly ADD. Getting him GF/DF had a very immediate effect, like in a week.
I borrowed books from the library on ADHD Autism diets that eliminated those foods and started from there.

 

[Bettacreek]

To be honest, I'm not sure I believe that there is a such thing as ADD/ADHD anymore. I've seen so many people (myself included) diagnosed with one of the two, only later to find out that it was something else completely. I was mis-diagnosed with ADD since second grade, and it wasn't until 12th that they finally figured out that I had bi-polar, NOT ADD. My boyfriend's youngest daughter was "ADHD" until they found out that she had bi-polar. So, first, I'd say to take the kiddo back to the doctor and tell them to give the poor kid a REAL diagnosis and try to figure it out from there.
But, of course, real foods and all that jazz are always good for you.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

To be honest, I'm not sure I believe that there is a such thing as ADD/ADHD anymore. I've seen so many people (myself included) diagnosed with one of the two, only later to find out that it was something else completely. I was mis-diagnosed with ADD since second grade, and it wasn't until 12th that they finally figured out that I had bi-polar, NOT ADD. My boyfriend's youngest daughter was "ADHD" until they found out that she had bi-polar. So, first, I'd say to take the kiddo back to the doctor and tell them to give the poor kid a REAL diagnosis and try to figure it out from there.
But, of course, real foods and all that jazz are always good for you.

It does not hurt to make a two week experiment with dairy and gluten free first

We had a young woman that we helped for a time. She was diagnosed with bi-polar. If she ate our food she was perectly normal, but as soon as she ate processed foods, everything fell apart.

Her 3 children were supposedly ADD and ADHA, and again, real food, normal children. Processed foods? Little devils within minutes.

 

[freemotion]

Teach her about the 11 principle of traditional diets from Dr. Price's research. My first instinct is good saturated fats for brain function, missing in most American diets now, and OFF packaged breakfast cereal and any other common foods that are toxic to the brain, like any commercial milk that is not whole milk...it will have powdered milk in it, which is also neurotoxic.

Off ALL hydrogenated fats in any amount, all soy, and yes, eliminate dairy unless live cultured with no additives....although they can add powdered milk and not label it and it is common to get the texture that people are used to. So culturing her own, even using commercial whole milk, is much better than purchased versions in many cases. Eliminate veg oils except a small amount of EVOO for now.

Off HFCS and any artificial ingredients like dies and flavorings.

Google MSG and learn all the ways it shows up in foods....VERY neurotoxic!!! And it is in almost every processed food.

That is a good start. Tell her that she will be very overwhelmed at first but it will become easy if she sticks with it, I promise. Don't quit because you can't incorporate everything. Even one "clean" meal a day can make a huge difference, if it is nutrient dense and has good fats in it.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Nina Plancks books can be a very nice intro to real foods for the person that would freak out at extreme changes.

SHe should also make a list of foods that her child is seemingly addicted to, as those will show very quickly what is casuing the issues.
True addiction to a food, is most often an allergy to it.

 

[Wifezilla]

My first instinct is good saturated fats for brain function, missing in most American diets now, and OFF packaged breakfast cereal and any other common foods that are toxic to the brain, like any commercial milk that is not whole milk...it will have powdered milk in it, which is also neurotoxic.

Exactly!!! With a BIG emphasis on saturated fats. Your brain is made out of saturated fats and cholesterol. Your brain NEEDS these things and no, they will not clog your arteries, but breakfast cereal sure will Another thing that has a big effect on the brain is vitamin B12. You get B12 from MEAT. BEEF EGGS PORK and MORE BEEF!!!

As for a potential misdiagnosis, yes that is something you have to watch out for. Especially if any one else in the family (particularly mom or dad) is either autistic spectrum, schitzo, borderline, or has some sort of seizure disorder. These "brain cooties" AND ADD are all related. They are easy to misdiagnose, especially in children.

The good news is that a dietary approach will help regardless of which brain cootie flavor you are dealing with.