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Can Diet Cure ADHD: Spoiler: A balanced diet is important for everyone, including ADHD. There is no magic diet that can cure you. About 8% of children with ADHD experience worsening symptoms after eating food dyes, but even then, you shouldn't eliminate everything, you need to find out what exactly is causing it and eliminate only that. Sugar itself is probably not the enemy, but sugar on an empty stomach causes hypoglycemia later, and this worsens symptoms. Eating sweets with protein foods does not worsen symptoms. Gluten is not the enemy. In general, eat three times a day, plus two or three snacks, and be happy! Some links the video is based on: 1. The Diet Factor in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. J. Gordon Millichap and Michelle M. Yee. Pediatrics, 2012 2. NICE guidelines for the treatment of ADHD in children, adolescents and adults https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87... 1.6 Dietary recommendations 1.6.1. Healthcare professionals should emphasise the importance of a balanced diet and regular exercise for children, young people and adults with ADHD. [2008] 1.6.2. The elimination of artificial colours and additives from the diet is not recommended as a general treatment for children and young people with ADHD. [2016] 1.6.3. Ask about foods or drinks thought to influence hyperactive behaviour as part of the clinical assessment of ADHD in children and young people and: if there is a clear association, encourage parents or carers to keep a food and drink diary with ADHD features if the diary supports relationships between specific foods and drinks and behaviour, offer referral to a dietitian ensure that the dietitian, mental health professional or paediatrician and the parent or carer and child/young person jointly support further changes (e.g. avoiding specific foods). [2016] 1.6.4 Do not advise or suggest fatty acid supplements for the treatment of ADHD in children and young people. [2016] 1.6.5 Advise family members or carers of children with ADHD that there is no evidence of long-term effectiveness or potential harm of food restriction diets for children with ADHD, and only limited evidence of short-term benefit. [2016] 3. Meta-analysis of ADHD and dietary restriction of synthetic food dyes https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-... 4. Dietary patterns and ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3... My Instagram: @dashkofa My Facebook: / dashkofa For communication, write to [email protected]