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description: When our children struggle, it pulls at our heart and brings tears to our eyes. Years ago, we watched our son struggle with his energy level, focus and attention, while something in our gut told us that it was not simply ADHD but that we needed to help and support him.This guidebook will help you identify if your child is struggling with hidden food sensitivities. In addition to our own story through this adventure, everything you need is included:* Simple directions to make a food challenge for your child easy for everyone* Recommended three-week meal plan specifically for children – breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner are planned for you!* 20+ kid-friendly and tested recipes for all of the meals included in this plan (favorites like macaroni and cheese are in there too!)* Lots of recommendations your kids will love for alternatives to the foods you won’t be having during the food challenge* Tips, tricks and secrets for a successful food challenge* Fun, easy ideas for school lunches.We noticed him squirm in his chair all day, jump instead of standing still, rock in his seat while watching TV or eating, and never appear to feel comfortable in his own body. With a wide range of symptoms, children often get labeled with ADHD when there might be something else going on. Sometimes, underlining issues like hidden food sensitivities, are present and can be resolved without medication.Our pursuit of answers with a phenomenal local pediatric naturopath led us to a food challenge to determine whether food intolerances or sensitivities could be triggering behaviors that looked like ADHD. A food challenge is sometimes called an elimination diet because you eliminate certain foods and ingredients for three weeks, then slowly reintroduce them to determine any potential culprits.Initially we felt overwhelmed with the idea because there were no plans, resources or recipes to follow. We were out on our own. After hours of research and adjusting recipes, we found meal ideas to make it through a few weeks. It was an experience that I knew could be better.Since we’ve been able to successfully help our child, he’s now thriving in school, sports and life, and many parents asked us to share the same guidance and program with them so they can determine if their child has hidden food sensitivities. This led us to pull all of our research, resources and best advice together in this guidebook so that every family has an opportunity to help their child.If we had the opportunity years ago to buy a guidebook like this to help our child, instead of spending the hours of researching and money with multiple doctors and tests that offered few answers, we would have jumped at this. Now we want to help other families too!Wondering what kind of food you’ll eat? Some of the recipes include Macaroni and Cheese, Silly Dogs, Dinosaur Chips, Crazy Cake and Berry-Licious Yogurt Pops.What other parents are saying about their experiences with food issues and their child:“I too have a child who has reactions to dyes and HFCS. Probably numerous other things as well but we make all of our food and use minimal processed foods. The way we found out was after a sickness where we had given her cherry Tylenol and some cough medicine..terrible, crazy state she ended up in. Process of elimination and here we are! Kudos to you for fighting the fight for your family! It is tough but definitely getting easier as more and more companies are realizing it’s not what we want!” – Judy“We see such a change in our son’s behaviour when we see him ingest anything with dyes, particularly red ones. He exhibits a lot of tourettes / ADHD type symptoms then he seems to crash afterwards. It is horrible to witness and since we’ve watched our labels, we’ve seen a huge change.” – Cathy“We’ve been dye and preservative free for about three weeks and my son is like a different person!” – Amanda
language: English
title: ADHD and Food: Simple Diet Changes to Naturally Impact ADHD Symptoms
publisher: Feed Our Families