Comments on: More on ADHD and Diet http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/more_on_adhd_an ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: xlicea http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/more_on_adhd_an/comment-page-1#comment-56871 xlicea Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:44:29 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/more_on_adhd_anhtml/#comment-56871 Most people don't get the right amount of enzymes they need to digest their food [most enzymes are cooked away and they don't exist in extremely processed foods] so everyone can benefit from enzyme supplements. going on the gluten-free/casein-free diet is similar to the supplements in that it cuts out a lot of what you may have trouble digesting. it's really the same concept just in reverse, or something. Most people don’t get the right amount of enzymes they need to digest their food [most enzymes are cooked away and they don't exist in extremely processed foods] so everyone can benefit from enzyme supplements.

going on the gluten-free/casein-free diet is similar to the supplements in that it cuts out a lot of what you may have trouble digesting. it’s really the same concept just in reverse, or something.

]]> By: ML http://www.myomancy.com/2006/08/more_on_adhd_an/comment-page-1#comment-94 ML Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:11:44 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/08/more_on_adhd_anhtml/#comment-94 I think the enzyme and diet advice is more relevant to those people who have ADHD along with food sensitivities and/or digestive troubles. I would certainly not go so far as to say that nutritional or GI troubles cause ADHD, but I think they can certainly contribute to behaviour associated with ADHD. A person without ADHD may experience restlessness and irritability as a result of diet-related symptoms, but not have it affect their behaviour, whereas in a person with ADHD who has the same symptoms, the expression of that restlessness and irritability may be heightened due to poorer impulse control. We must not be hasty in trying to jump at possible causes, but recognize that, for a person with ADHD, other factors can interact with and aggravate the already-present symptoms of poor impulse and attentional controls. I think the enzyme and diet advice is more relevant to those people who have ADHD along with food sensitivities and/or digestive troubles. I would certainly not go so far as to say that nutritional or GI troubles cause ADHD, but I think they can certainly contribute to behaviour associated with ADHD. A person without ADHD may experience restlessness and irritability as a result of diet-related symptoms, but not have it affect their behaviour, whereas in a person with ADHD who has the same symptoms, the expression of that restlessness and irritability may be heightened due to poorer impulse control.
We must not be hasty in trying to jump at possible causes, but recognize that, for a person with ADHD, other factors can interact with and aggravate the already-present symptoms of poor impulse and attentional controls.

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