ADD Diet/

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Here is an internet site that helped me in regard to how food affects people

with ADD and what to avoid http://incrediblehorizons.com/add-diet.htm It

also gives the foods which are high in salicylates and low. I took out all

the high salicylate foods that were in Shan's diet for a 1-2 weeks and now I

add about 10g per meal (carrots, broccoli, mushrooms...). I do allow for a

snack 15g of walnuts which are on the high side. And, lately I've been

trying to give more healthy fats and I've added olive oil which is also a

high salicylate. At the time when I excluded the high salicylate foods

from Shan's diet, for a couple days prior she had been eating a large amount

of pork, almond meal, macadamia nuts, walnuts, broccoli, and some carrots.

These are all high to extreme high. Her behavior improved tremendously when

I eliminated these foods. Looking back I believe her behavior started to

get worse when I started using almond meal. I used a lot of it every day in

pancakes or egg-noodles. I think the almond meal along with all the other

high salicylates was too much for her.

The book I want to get is A.D.D and A.D.H.D. Diet by Bell,

Peiper. I saw it listed with Amazon.

I'm thankful for this ADD thread. The conversations are giving me some

insights in helping me to understand our daughter. It has been a

frustration to know and understand what is our daughter's normal behavior,

what is behavior related to a seizure, and what is an intentional behavior

that needs to be disciplined and can be corrected. Since Shan is our oldest

we have troubles even understanding what is normal for a child of her age.

I need an all around support group that covers every aspect of Shan .

And, yes, it is nice to know that we are not alone.

Rhonda

Rhonda,

Interesting that you bring up the ADD because is ADd and

extremely impulsive and aggressive. I am going to have to look into it. We

tried

adderral and it worked well at first but made him aggressive even more. I

have a

script for ritalin and have not tried it. We are thinking about a

psychiatrist for him. I am just so emotionally drained from all of this. If

it is not

seizures, its behaviors and vice versa.

Any ways, what foods did you eliminate and notice immediate improvement

with??

I think we are in the same boat. Nice to know there are others out there and

we aren't alone.

is going to kindergarten next year (we held him back) so meals

is

not an issue yet. So far, we have sent his snacks and he does great with

that.

Thanks