by Rosemarie Quintal

Created on: July 14, 2009   Last Updated: October 31, 2009

ADHD is an acronym for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. As preventive medicine and new health alternatives to taking pills arise, nutrition solutions to medical conditions such as ADHD become more meaningful if Doctors use diagnostic tools to work with the patient or an entire family that develops ADHD. There is a Web URL page that lists the diagnostic tests your child or your entire family can take to find out if you have ADHD. Inside the parenthesis I have indicated what these tests might be exploring based on personal knowledge. The reason I do this is to alert the parent of an ADHD child that before a diagnosis of ADHD can be made there are an number of other medical conditions that could indicate ADHD but really they are other medical problems. The lists includes 1) an allergy skin count for histamine (plant such as grass, ragweed, etc and environmental allergens); 2) Stool samples (intestinal worms this could come from eating dirt accidentally in children); complete blood count (anemia etc); thyroid function test, liver, kidney, glucose, (diabetes low blood sugar) and lipid profile (high cholesterol or diabetes if the triglyceride test is high); 3) food and inhalant allergy testing (is your child sniffing glue and other chemicals); 4) test for neuron transmitters also called serotonin uptake); 5) Heavy metal challenge test (this test I believe has to do with mercury poisoning from fish or environmental toxicity) 6) White cell nutritional function test...See http://www.blockcenter.com/ADD_ADHD/2-Day_Program.ht mlee,

Be careful not to exacerbate the ADHD condition of your child with advice that does not include the importance of serotonin found most abundantly in some foods commonly associated with child food allergies. There is a possibility that serotonin deficiency can mask ADHD and ADD. Studies in Australia and the U.S. have shown that almost three-quarters of ADHD-diagnosed children show remarkable improvement when placed on diets which eliminate dyes, preservatives and foods commonly associated with allergic reactions (cow's milk, wheat, soy, eggs, corn, chocolate, yeast, orange and apple juice) and additive allergies, heavy metal toxicity and other environmental toxins, low-protein/high-carbohydrate diets, mineral imbalances, essential fatty acid and phospholipid deficiencies, amino acid deficiencies, thyroid disorders, and B-vitamin deficiencies. http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/add-adhd-diet .php

There is a general rule of thumb

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