| Ants in his pants and bouncing off the wall? Or is | | | | acts on the brain by interfering with our 'I have |
| s/he being silly and giddy? And then you tell me | | | | had enough' mechanism ! Result :- obese kids. |
| that minerals and vitamins for ADHD are going to | | | | Always better to look out for MSG additive on |
| work and we will all live happily ever after? | | | | food packets. |
| Let's face it, no diet, not even the Feingold one, is | | | | Anyone For Fish? |
| going to cure ADHD. But even if you give your | | | | No harm in adding fish to your kids' diet once or |
| ADHD child medication, you still have to feed him | | | | twice a week. They contain the famous EFAs |
| because his brain is not going to function without | | | | (essential fatty acids) including Omega 3 which are |
| some fuel. A properly balanced diet with the right | | | | found in flax oil pills if you are worried about the |
| minerals and vitamins for ADHD is going to be an | | | | mercury content in fish. Go for smaller fish |
| important part in coping with hyperactive children. | | | | (anchovies, crab and rainbow trout ) - they are |
| The Essentials | | | | much less likely to be from overfished and |
| Look at the ADHD forums and you will probably | | | | contaminated fishing grounds than the bigger ones |
| go a little crazy reading about food allergies and | | | | (avoid Atlantic bass, cod, grouper, red snapper, |
| allergy tests not to mention the debate about | | | | swordfish and tuna).Cut down on candy, pizza, |
| corn syrup ! This is the bottom line. Lots of ADHD | | | | French fries, ice cream, pies and desserts and |
| kids lack magnesium, zinc and some of the | | | | anything fried. Stock up on whole grains, fruit and |
| essential vitamins like Vitamin C, Niacin and and | | | | veg, nuts and lean meat too. |
| the Vitamin B and D group. So, where can I find | | | | Give Your Kid A Normal Childhood |
| the food to give him so that we do not have to | | | | So, apart from a sensible diet which I have |
| wrestle with multivitamins every morning to make | | | | outlined above which will contain all the essential |
| sure they are getting their right dose of minerals | | | | minerals and vitamins for ADHD, what about |
| and vitamins for ADHD? | | | | ADHD medication? I shudder when I read some |
| Avoid MSG | | | | of the posts on the ADHD forums :- skinny kids |
| So, you either make your own bread, sauces and | | | | who have lost their appetite, other kids plagued |
| cook everything yourself OR you make sure that | | | | by strange dreams, jittery, shaking hands ! These |
| you avoiding stocking up with all the processed | | | | are just some of the side effects of |
| packaged foods which have all those artificial | | | | psychostimulants (Vyvanse, Wellbutrin, Adderall |
| preservatives, additives and all the other stuff | | | | and Strattera) used extensively for ADHD. Click |
| which can really send a kid's brain into a spin. MSG | | | | on the link below to give your child a better |
| (mono sodium glutamate )is a killer in that it | | | | chance in life - it will explain about a natural ADHD |
| makes processed food taste great but is | | | | treatment which is safe and free from side |
| addictive and therefore causes obesity. It also | | | | effects. |