ADHD Diet - Free Of Gluten And Casein

All plans designed to manage ADHD, gluten free, casein-free foods (GFCF) is one of the most studied and recommended. The theory behind the GFCF diet as wheat and dairy products contain gluten and casein, respectively - the proteins that are harmful amino acids called peptides when digested properly. These peptides act like morphine in the human body and cause hyperactivity and inattention of the children's responses when they enter the bloodstream. Parents who have tried the GFCF diet in children with ADHD have seen amazing results - increased attention span, improved social skills and fewer incidents of aggression, agitation, and tantrums. Unlike medications, the benefits from the GFCF diet last a lifetime and have no side effects!



Put your child on the GFCF diet, you need a lifestyle change of diet, and lots of love difficult. Most children like to eat food - ice cream, pizza, cake, spaghetti, crackers, etc. - that contain gluten and casein. If your child is under four years, you may find it easier to implement the plan. At this age, children have not developed their food preferences and that can help train these foods just put it on the dinner table. Even if your child is older, they can always ask follow the GFCF diet, but you may encounter some resistance at first.

There are two ways to start a training diet. The first is to go cold turkey and remove all gluten-and casein-containing foods at the same time. This method is highly recommended to physicians, because it is easier and faster to see if the child responds well to diet.

Another way is to remove food slowly and gradually. Before the implementation of the same diet, begin to introduce foods that are gluten or casein in them. For example, if your child's favorite pasta is cooking, start by placing more quinoa and rice all on the table. Include an outline is green leafy vegetables at every meal and offer fruit for dessert. Use your child's favorite food encourages experimentation with new gluten-free and casein-free. Start changing your diet one meal at a time, from snacks. When the child is accustomed to eating gluten and casein free snacks, go for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Remove one food at a time to not hit your child. Remove the seeds, then bread, pasta, and so on until all foods containing gluten are gone. Then, remove the cheese, then milk, then ice cream, and so on until all the casein-containing foods are out.

Monitor your child's behavior is very closely with all new gluten free, casein-free foods to include in the meal. Early in the diet, your child may get worse before they get better, and experience withdrawal symptoms such as gastrointestinal problems, rashes and more severe symptoms of ADHD. Like morphine, gluten and casein are addictive substances, once gone, the body "wants" them. Withdrawal symptoms can last from several days to two weeks. If there are improvements in the withdrawal symptoms have passed, continue with the strict diet for at least a month. If you choose to introduce foods slowly, it will take longer to reach the strict diet, but make sure your child is a month of strict dieting. After a month, you can gradually reintroduce gluten and casein containing foods, but if your child starts to work again, back to the GFCF diet strictly.

When you buy groceries, be sure to read food labels carefully. There are now many foods, gluten free and casein, labeling, but there are other foods that have hidden sources of these proteins. Be looking for ingredients such as whey, malt, malt flavoring, vegetable protein, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, and artificial additives.

Dr. Yannick Pauli is an expert on natural methods for ADHD and the author of the popular self-help program Unritalin-house solution. He is the director of the Center Neurofit in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has a passion for the care of children with ADHD. Click the link for more information about ADHD much more food.