The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution by Marcia Zimmerman C.N

Author:Marcia Zimmerman, C.N.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

CHAPTER 12

AD/HD STRATEGIES

Now it’s time to discuss the specific 30-Day Program that will help curtail AD/HD symptoms. This will involve the introduction of a certain number of servings of each food group daily as recommended by age and gender. I outline specific guidelines in the following pages that will make it simple for you to make quick and easy dietary changes.

Many find that the biggest hurdle they face in making any health-conscious dietary adjustments is substituting new foods into family menu plans. To overcome this, you should try to focus on the positive behavioral changes that are your goal. In addition, you can share with your family the excitement that comes from embarking on new taste adventures. Do remember, however, that the younger your children are, the easier your adjustment will be. Try to incorporate a wide variety of healthy foods into your children’s diet as early as you can—preferably when they are still in the high chair. We all tend to choose a few favorite foods, with the result that we miss many important nutrients and may even develop an addiction or allergy to these foods due to repeated exposure. Eating as varied a diet as possible provides us with the full range of nutrients we need. Scientists have noted that animals instinctively select as wide a range of foods as possible, and we should do the same.

Today you can purchase peaches, grapes, tomatoes, and apples all year round in most markets. Improved transportation and storage methods make most foods available year round, making it easy to cater to our selective tastes. Grapes and tomatoes are shipped in from Chile and other countries close to the Equator and we can have them spring, summer, winter, or fall, if we like.

However, any of you who grew up on or around farms remember how wonderful it was to eat fruits and vegetables in season. When the first peaches and apricots ripened, we climbed up into the trees and gorged ourselves. I can still remember the sensation of juice running down my arms. By the end of the season, we were sick of peaches, and the mere thought of peach fuzz made us itch! Then the season changed, and we eagerly went after some other seasonal fruit like grapes, pomegranates, persimmons, or apples.

Until rather recently, seasonal changes necessitated dietary changes when our fruits and vegetables came only from local farms, and the possibility of building up intolerance to specific foods was greatly reduced. Today we don’t have the seasonal limitations on our diets that we once did, and we can easily diversify our diet by choosing new and exotic foods that are unfamiliar to those of us who were raised on regional American cuisine. Most of us have gone into restaurants that serve dishes native to other countries and enjoyed what we ate. Now we can serve many of these dishes at home. In our attempt to eat a healthy variety of foods we have a much larger number of meats, fruits,

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