Restrictive diet can significantly help to ADHD

A study published in The Lancet has shown that a restrictive diet can serve to reduce the symptoms of the disorder of hyperactivity in young children (ADHD) attention deficit.

100 children between the ages of 4 and 8 were placed on a diet containing foods not processed for five weeks.The restrictive diet began with a diet called the "few diet food" which includes only rice, meat, vegetables, pears and water. The researchers then supplement this diet with certain foods such as potatoes, fruit and wheat. The ADHD symptoms declined by 78 per cent of them. When she was reintroduced alleged problems of food in the diet, two-thirds of the children suffered a relapse into symptoms.

The authors of the study had to say about the results;

A strictly supervised restricted elimination diet is a valuable tool to assess if the ADHD is induced by food... We think that it should be considered intervention dietary in all children with ADHD, provided that the parents are willing to follow a diet restricted elimination of diagnosis for a period of five weeks, and expert supervision is always available.

Children with ADHD have problems focusing, paying attention and may be hyperactive.

Food sugary for a long time were considered the main culprit when it ADHD, but the evidence in this Department is low. Food additives, however, appear to be gaining ground as the main trigger for dietary for this disorder.

This research is promising, as the results were very significant. (Sin_embargo,_la_cuestión_principal,_es_si_habrá_sufrido_un) diet results and b) parents and children may continue with this type of restrictive eating.

It would make common sense to try to reduce the amount of food processed in a child's diet - regardless of whether symptoms of ADHD. It would be interesting to have a third arm of treatment with a reduction in moderate in processed foods.

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