| Due to the overwhelming controversy about ADHD | | | | conditions, illnesses, and "things" that can look like |
| medications, so many people are now turning to | | | | ADHD. |
| alternative treatments that people just might believe | | | | Allergies can mimic symptoms of ADHD, as well as |
| anything. And this is too bad because there is just so | | | | some food ingredients and additives (like sugar). But |
| much information, or misinformation as I like to call it, | | | | they don't cause ADHD. And removing these |
| that the wrong advice is being circulated and handed | | | | ingredients won't cure it either. All they do is make the |
| down to parents who need it the most. | | | | symptoms or behaviors appear worse or appear to |
| One of the latest and greatest fads circulating right | | | | be present when it is not. |
| now about ADHD is the concept of food allergies, | | | | So what do you do? |
| food additives, and ingredients that contribute to ADHD. | | | | How do you know for sure? |
| Now, this is of course not a new trend, but one that is | | | | Clearly the right diagnosis is everything. So first thing |
| increasing or gaining in popularity. | | | | first is to make sure that what we are dealing with |
| There is this idea that if we can just monitor or control | | | | really is ADHD. |
| our child's diet, then the ADHD symptoms will just go | | | | The next thing, watch what your child is eating. Sugars |
| away. | | | | and some food dyes are known to exacerbate |
| Let me set this straight... | | | | symptoms of ADHD, as well as making someone like |
| If changing or altering your child's diet "gets rid" of | | | | they are struggling with ADHD. |
| ADHD, then it wasn't ADHD to begin with. Most people | | | | Finally, you really need to speak with a competent |
| don't realize that ADHD is a diagnosis of exclusion. In | | | | nutritionist, psychiatrist, and or other specialist whose |
| other words, there are just so many different | | | | practice specializes in ADHD. |