The ADHD and Autism Nutritional Supplement Handbook

The ADHD and Autism Nutritional Supplement Handbook
Author: Dana Laake
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1610586166

More than 90 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD or autism have nutritional or metabolic inefficiencies. Find out if your child is one of those suffering from this condition today, and learn how you can drastically improve your child’s symptoms and wellbeing with The ADHD and Autism Nutritional Supplement Handbook. In this groundbreaking new book, doctor-nutritionist team Pamela Compart, M.D. and Dana Laake, R.D.H., M.S., L.D.N., authors of the bestselling Kid-Friendly ADHD and Autism Cookbook, reveal how to properly and safely implement supplements and dietary changes to affect and counter the symptoms of autism. Through their proven, symptom-by-symptom treatment method, you’ll learn exactly what regimens work best in helping your child's brain and body thrive, resulting in improved behavior, attention, mood, language, cognition, and social interaction.

The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, Updated and Revised

The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, Updated and Revised
Author: Pamela Compart
Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1592334725

A guide to cooking for children with ADHD and autism features recipes for gluten-, casein-, and milk-free meals and provides information on food sensitivities versus food allergies, getting rid of junk food, and pleasing picky eaters.

The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, 3rd edition

The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, 3rd edition
Author: Pamela J. Compart
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 159233850X

The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook, 3rd Edition explains the best diets for children with food intolerances and hypersensitivities that stem from altered biochemistry and which may be causing problems in learning, behavior, development, attention, sensory responses, sleep, and digestion. The authors provide guidelines to help parents determine which diets may be helpful for their child’s specific symptoms and needs. One of the challenges that parents face is coping with children who have picky appetites and crave the very foods that negatively affect their behavior, focus, and development. Linked to this is the challenge of finding ways to get their children to eat the healthy foods that will improve their nutrition. This book provides suggestions for feeding picky eaters, including those with texture issues. The 3rd edition of The Kid-Friendly ADHD & Autism Cookbook provides a current and greatly expanded review of the most commonly used diets that are important in the treatment of ADHD and autism. There are recipes appropriate to specific diets as indicated by icons and descriptors with each recipe. The authors share details about just how and why each diet works, examine specialty ingredients in-depth, and provide extensive resources and references. The specialty diets covered include: Gluten-free, casein-free, soy-free Feingold diet: low phenol, low salicylate diet Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet (GAPS) Anti-yeast/candida diets, or Body Ecology Diet Low Oxalate Diet (LOD) FODMAP (Fermentable Oligo-, Di- and Mono-saccharides, And Polyols) Anti-inflammatory diet Rotation diet Despite the restrictions of these diets, this cookbook offers an array of tasty choices that kids and the whole family will love, including shakes, muffins, breads, rice and beans, vegetables, salads, main dishes, stews, and even sweets and treats. You’ll also find recommendations for school lunches and snacks. This comprehensive guide and cookbook is chock-full of helpful info and research, and includes more than 150 kid-friendly recipes, suitable to the variety of specialty diets.

Eating for Autism

Eating for Autism
Author: Elizabeth Strickland
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0738212431

A breakthrough guide to the nutrition-autism connection: the foods, meals, and supplements to feed your child to improve an autism spectrum condition

Dr. Bob's Guide to Stop ADHD in 18 Days

Dr. Bob's Guide to Stop ADHD in 18 Days
Author: Robert DeMaria
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2005
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780972890717

This how-to guide can rid children and families of medications and detrimental foods -- junk foods loaded with sugar, preservatives, dairy products, and trans- fatty acids -- so that children and families can enjoy optimal health.

Special-Needs Kids Eat Right

Special-Needs Kids Eat Right
Author: Judy Converse
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-03-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1101024674

Good news for parents of special- needs kids: a proven approach to everyday meals that fosters learning and development. Any parent of a child with autism, Asperger?s, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, or other developmental disabilities knows that special-needs kids often have food sensitivities and can be very fussy eaters. Plus, they?ve been told to avoid such common ingredients as gluten and casein, making it even harder to give them the balanced, healthy meals all children need. Now, Judy Converse, a registered, licensed dietitian, offers new advice and guidance on how to use food as an essential tool for development. Based on the latest research, Special-Needs Kids Eat Right includes: ? Simple substitutions that can be easily customized to suit any child?s needs ? Advice for helping the whole family?along with school staff and caregivers?adjust and take part ? Strategies and tips for staying on track at restaurants, holiday gatherings, school parties and lunches, and overcoming obstacles ? Shopping and resource guides ? A long-term program for measuring progress and making adjustments

ADHD Alternatives

ADHD Alternatives
Author: Aviva J. Romm C.P.M.
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 161212223X

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed, and misdiagnosed, disorders in children. This guide focuses on the root causes of ADHD and offers a natural and holistic approach to combat the disorder, encouraging families to find solutions that don’t rely on psychostimulant drugs like Ritalin. Discover the many benefits of treating ADHD with a mixture of nutritional supplements, herbal medicines, and parenting techniques that foster self-esteem, creativity, self-discipline, and confidence.

Nourishing Hope for Autism

Nourishing Hope for Autism
Author: Julie Matthews
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Autism in children
ISBN: 9780981655802

"Julie Matthews, globally respected autism nutritionist, provides intense research and extensive clinical nutrition experience in this comprehensive guide. Readers are given given practical steps for dietary intervention and a roadmap for getting started, evolving, and customizing the varied approaches. This book is dedicated to parents and clinicians who relentlessly strive to help children heal and gives them reason to hope and preserve" --Cover, p. 4.

Healing and Preventing Autism

Healing and Preventing Autism
Author: Jenny McCarthy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2009
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780525951032

In her bestsellers "Louder Than Words" and "Mother Warriors," McCarthy told stories about healing children with autism. Now she teams up with a preeminent autism doctor to write the first book on a remarkably effective new treatment in healing conditions associated with autism.