We met with a neurofeedback provider on Saturday about our eg/pg ADHD DS6.5. She's a brain injury and brain tumor survivor and was quite adamant about diet being an essential component of NFT and possibly reducing/eliminating some ADHD components. Since our DS was born breech with torticollis and severe plagiocephaly, I got the big picture of what she was saying - despite it being a bit of a shock.

The NFT said that any food that could convert to alcohol (ie. most items in a Western diet) is affecting the brain. Well, I'm guessing that we're all familiar with the effects of alcohol from seeing others or how it affects us. I know Dr. Linda Silverman mentions about eliminating foods for treating ADHD in her book, Upside-Down Brilliance, but I haven't seen many other references to it. I know Thom Hartmann (book - Edison Gene) has suggested that the ADHD gene is a highly adaptive gene that can be traced 40,000 years ago and relates to hunting-gathering, but he never mentions the food and how it affects the brain to the extent this NFT said. I know the Paleo Diet is becoming more well known, though I just heard of it today, but it's not extensive as what the NFT recommended.

So now maybe you're wondering what this NFT recommended. I married a Brit and studied history before I had my son so I immediately made connections to Christopher Columbus and other explorers/discovers, 17th-century English sugar/spice trade, colonization, Native Americans and other indigenous peoples, and the history of food (i.e. New World to Old World), agriculture, and industrialization.

I had a BIG dumping of the cupboards yesterday to go cold turkey today since we've got a eg/pg DS 6.5. It's been interesting to say the least. We're meeting the NFT in a 1 1/2 wks for officially starting NFT.

Here's a list of the NO food:
Dairy (i.e. yogurt, cow's milk, cheese, etc. - breaks down into sugar and is the basis for alcohol)....so anything that converts to alcohol, cane sugar, artificial sweetener, maple syrup, honey, apples (hard cider), peaches, plums, pears (mead), dry fruit, grapes (wine), corn (whisky), potatoes (vodka), rice, oats, wheat, barley, rye, flour, soy

Here's a list of the YES food:
almond milk (unsweetened), citrus fruit, melons, berries, cherries, pineapple, bananas, avocado, olive oil, coconut, nuts, quinoa, fish/seafood, meats, eggs, vegetables (nothing that converts to alcohol), yams, sweet potatoes, and dark chocolate (60% or greater).