Finding the best treatment for ADHD can be tricky. It often involves trying different solutions until finding what works best for a particular child. But there is one kind of treatment that is fairly easy to implement and costs almost nothing to try at home.Some ADHD children respond very well to changes in diet. Changes can include adding certain foods and eliminating others as described in Balanced Meals, Better Behaviors: Treating ADHD with Diet:
Faye Berger Mitchell, a registered dietitian from Bethesda, Maryland, has a nine-year-old daughter who was diagnosed with ADHD five years ago. While her daughter takes stimulant medicine to control her ADHD, Mitchell concluded that a pill is not enough.Making dietary changes can be an effective way to treat ADHD symptoms. Like other alternative treatments, it may take some time and adjustments along the way to discover what works best. But trying diet changes along with treatments suggested by the child's doctor may be a simple but effective way to improve ADHD symptoms.
She finds that when her daughter eats a well-balanced ADD-friendly diet, including vegetables, carbohydrates, fruits, and plenty of protein, her behavior tends to be more consistently under control.
“The biggest challenge is to get my daughter to eat protein,” she says. Protein is key, says Mitchell, because it can prevent surges in blood sugar, which may increase hyperactivity. For Mitchell, something as simple as slipping a little chicken or lean beef into every meal (and even into snacks) has made a difference for her daughter.
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