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ADHD-diet related what a surprise. A new study from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a “Western-Style” diet in adolescents. The research findings have been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders.

Western Diet

Research isn’t needed for this association. For many years western trained medical professionals claimed diet doesn’t influenced behavior or physical conditions. Now, we started to spend research dollars to see what was obvious, you are what you eat.

To assume that food doesn’t make a difference, when that is the fuel that runs the body, is preposterous. Your brain needs vitamins, minerals, and good omega 3 fatty acids. The high sugar content displaces and depletes the vitamin and minerals. 

Nutritional studies

What was found was a diet high in western type foods; the typical junk food diet doubled the risk of having an ADHD diagnosis. The appropriate title should be flying high, which is what happens on a high sugar diet.

An adolescent’s diet usually consists of fast food, and high sugar snacks. Plus the fact that they consume more calories than they can work off. They not only jeopardize their brains functions, but put their health on the line.

At this time of life emotional upheavals are also diet related. For an adolescent this is the time to develop balance and strength coordinating yesterday’s best with tomorrow’s promise. It is a time to pursuit passions and maturity.

ADHD

What ADHD is in plain terms is multiple dysfunctions and out of sync responses. It denotes scattered out of order responses from a person ill equipped to find the right mix of emotions, and control to express them with.

They miss everything and anything because of their scattered attention. What this says is that a possibly friendly and outgoing child resonates with a scattered presence. What can cause this is a diet high in processed foods, sugar, and high fructose corn syrup.  

Help

Knowing where to look for help means you must experiment with the diet to experience a difference. Health-conscious consumption will take the bite out of ADHD and enhance focus.

The food of today is the actions of tomorrow. It is as simple as that.