Did you know that by eating so many processed foods which are full of strange additives, colorings and other doubtful toxins, that our children are absorbing these and they do find their way to their brains. This is turn will affect their behavior in that they will become restless, hyperactive and be subject to outbursts.
Looking at a healthier diet which avoids these processed foods and which favors vitamins and essential minerals can avoid all these behavioural problems. Let us look and see if a vitamin D ADHD diet exits and if it could be effective.
Vitamin Children
There are in fact a lot of studies which show conclusively that a deficiency in vitamin D does exist in many kids with ADHD. As Vitamin D is essential to brain function, you can imagine that a lack of it could lead to more problems with concentration, inattention, and of course impulsiveness. One famous study at the Children's Hospital in Oakland CA revealed this very clearly.
So, a possible Vitamin D ADHD diet would be one which favors food like eggs, soy, milk, fish and liver. If we get enough sunlight our cholesterol can convert the Vitamin D we have in our bodies. But many people live in rather sunless climes. So, the question of having a vitamin D ADHD diet is even more important.
Yet another source of Vitamin D is contained in fish oils and the best way to get these is to favour a diet rich in fish oils from tuna, salmon and walnuts. My recommendation is to use a good Omega3 supplement which also contains Vitamin D. This, in my opinion, is the easiest way to manage an ADHD kid's diet, if you find that he or she cannot get enough of the foods I have listed above. Giving a supplement like that is probably the easiest way to implement a vitamin D ADHD diet.
But diet will not be enough. While it certainly can reduce some of the more annoying symptoms of ADHD, we need to consider other ways of complementing the treatment. One of these of course is ADHD behavior therapy and that is simply implementing basic parenting skills where the limits of bad behavior are well established together with the consequences for non-compliance.
The ADHD psychostimulant drugs prescribed are now controversial because their side effects may include heart and liver problems, stomach upsets and mood swings. I have discovered an alternative which is an ADHD homeopathic remedy which has no side effects and no health risks at all.
Why not discover more about this type of treatment which can combine perfectly with a vitamin D diet and child behavior modification.