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COOK UPAN ADHD-
FRI
ENDLY DI
ET
Med
ic
at
iona
ndb
ehav
io
ra
lt
her
ap
yar
eth
emost
ee
cti
vea
ppr
oa
che
si
nma
nag
in
g
AD
HDsympt
oms
,bu
tth
eri
gh
tdi
et
mayhe
lpa
swel
l
.

1
.Beefuppr otei
nlevel
satbreak
fas
t,l
unc
h, a
nddinnert
oincr
eas
ealer
tne
s si
nADHDchil
dre
na nd
a
dult
s.Aprot
e i
n-r
ic
hbreakf
astmayal
soreducei
rr
it
abil
i
tyandre
stl
ess
nesscaus
edbyADDme dic
a-
t
iont
hroughouttheday
.
ToDo:I
ncor
por
atei
ntoyourdi
etcommonpr
ote
ins
our
cesi
ncl
udi
ngbe
ef,
por
k,poul
tr
y,s
h,e
ggs
,
bea
ns,
nuts,
anddai
rypr
oduc t
s.

2.Limi
tfoodshighinchemi
cal
s.Rec
entre
sea
rchsugges
tstha
tadietl
owinart
ic
ialdy
es,pr
eser
va-
ti
ves
,andsweete
nerswhi
chma yc
ausei
ncr
ease
dhy per
acti
vi
tya
nddist
rac
tedness-canbene
t
somechil
dre
nwithADD.
ToDo:Substi
tut
e100pe r
centfr
uitj
uic
eforsof
tdri
nksandfr
uitpunchescol
ore
dwithdyes
;ins
tea
d
ofcol
orf
ul,
swe e
tcere
als,
optfordye-andpres
erv
ati
ve-f
reeCheeri
os.Bak
emuns ,c
ake
s,and
cooki
esf
rom scr
atc
hrathert
hanfrom cakemix
es,manyofwhichcontai
nfooddye
s.

3.Takeomega- 3fat
t yaci
ds.Foundincol
d-water
,fa
ttys
hsuchassar
dines
,tuna,
andsal
mon,
ome ga
-3scanincr
e as
ethele
v el
ofdopamineinthebrai
n,i
mprovi
ngme nt
alfoc
us.T
herearetwo
ma i
ntypesofome ga-3f
att
ya ci
dsi
nshoil:
eic
osapenta
enoicac
id(E
PA)anddocosahe
xaeoicac
id
(
DHA) .
T
oDo:Toge
tthemostbe
net,
somee
xpe
rtsr
ecomme
ndt
aki
ngas
uppl
eme
ntt
hatha
satl
eas
t
t
hre
eti
mest
heamountofEP
AtoDHA.

4.Avoi
dtr
iggerfoods.
Somest
udiess
ugges
ttha
tsens
it
ivi
ti
est
oce
rtai
nfoodsmayworse
n
sy
mptomsinchil
drenwi
thADHD.Anel
imi
nati
ondie
tcanhel
pyout
argett
hesetr
oubl
efoods
.
T
oDo: Sta
rtbye a
ti
ngf oodsunl i
kelytoc ausere
acti
ons:l
amb,chi
cke
npotatoes ,
ri
ce,bananas,
a
pples,
cucumbe r
s,cel
e ry
, c
arrots
,broccoli,
cabbage,a
ndc a
uli
ower.
Thenre s
toreotherfoods,
one
a
tatime,t
os eewhe t
he rtheyc a
useinc r
e as
eddgeti
nessorsl
eeptr
ouble
s.Ifyourchil
disfondof
a
nye l
i
minatedfoods,r
e i
ntroducethe ma ga i
nayearl
ater
.Chi
ldre
nofte
nout growfoods ensi
ti
vi
ti
es,
i
fnotre
peatedlyexpos
e dt othetri
gge rfood.

5.Watchthesugar.Manypa r
entsofchi
ldrenwit
hADHDbe li
evethats
ugarhasanegativ
ee e
cton
behav
ior
de spi
teseverals
tudi
esthatconcl
udeotherwi
se.
Inanycase,
sugarca
rri
esloadsof
ca
lor
iesandhasnor e
a l
nutri
ti
onalval
ue.Peopl
ewhoe atl
otsofswee
tsma ybemiss
ingouton
es
senti
alnut
ri
entsthatcankeepthemc al
ma ndfocus
ed.

ToDo:S
inceADDmedic
ati
onstendtobluntt
hea
ppe
tit
e,i
t
si
mpor
tantt
oma
kee
ver
yca
lor
iec
ount
byr
educi
ngyourc
hil
d
sdai
lysugari
nta
ke .

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