Posted on 05/04/2022 2:57:11 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Children with ADHD and emotional dysregulation who were given a micronutrient-dense formula made of all known vitamins and essential minerals were three times more likely to have better concentration and improved moods, research found.
In the study, 54% of the children who were given supplemental vitamins and minerals showed improvement in their symptoms, versus 18% in the placebo group.
"These findings, replicating results of a previous randomized trial of micronutrients in children with ADHD conducted in New Zealand, confirm that supplementation with a broad range of nutrients may benefit some children," said Jeanette Johnstone, Ph.D. "ADHD is a common diagnosis, affecting upward of 7% of children, and common pharmacologic treatments can cause adverse side effects. Supplementing micronutrients may be an exciting integrative treatment for many families."
The study included 135 children with ADHD and emotional dysregulation. The children, ages 6 to 12, were not taking any medications. Participants were assigned to two groups: One was provided micronutrient capsules that contained all known vitamins and essential minerals at doses between the recommended daily allowance and upper tolerable limit; and, the other received placebo capsules that did not contain the extra micronutrients.
After eight weeks, more than half of the micronutrient group showed improvement in their concentration and mood. Children taking the micronutrients also grew 6 millimeters more than those taking a placebo.
Additionally, the micronutrient group did not experience more adverse side effects than the placebo group; there were no significant differences between the two groups in their blood and urine safety labs.
"The growth finding, also a replication from the previous child micronutrient study, is encouraging," Johnstone said. "Evidence of ADHD medication causing height suppression has been a concern. These findings suggest that vitamin and mineral supplementation at sufficient doses may avoid the growth suppression associated with other treatment options."
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Diet is very important. I remember a program for low-income pregnant women in a black neighborhood in SF where they had a nurse and a dietician to help the girls...all of them unmarried and on welfare...to be good parents.
They did a meal survey. These girls literally lived on potato chips and Coke, with an occasional KFC thrown in. They had this stuff for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
So naturally, their babies were going to be low birthweight and probably have all sorts of malnutrition-caused syndromes. The sad thing is that I really think the girls wanted their babies to be healthy, but the whole concept of diet seemed to be beyond them.
Nobody in their families cooked, they never ate together with family members, and even though they got all sorts of supplemental income directed at nutrition, they had no idea. It was very depressing.
Two of my kids are taking part in a vitamin study right now.
...and make sure they have healthy and regular bathroom habits and not holding it in all day. I’m convinced that’s an overlooked and frequently unknown problem that parents and doctors are missing.
This is interesting. So much bad stuff in our food. I’m wondering what the formula was. Doing a little looking I found Hardy Nutritionals.
I always wanted to do something to help kids with ADHD and ADD but I got distracted and lost interest.
Maybe some sort of mitochondria disorder.
Amazing... food matters
Any details on the “micronutrients and vitamins” they are studying?
Interventions
The active intervention (micronutrients) consisted of capsules containing a blend of ingredients comprising all vitamins and known essential minerals, plus amino acids and antioxidants. A total of 9 to 12 capsules per day accumulated to doses above the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) but below the Upper Tolerable Intake Level (UL). The formula, Daily Essential Nutrients, was developed and provided without cost by Hardy Nutritionals (Raymond, AB, Canada; www.hardynutritionals.com). Hardy Nutritionals also provided visually identical capsules for placebo containing cellulose filler and 0.1 mg of riboflavin per capsule to mimic the color of urine as when supplemented with B-vitamins (see Tables S2 and S3, available online, for complete ingredient list).
Correct.
Bookmarking for later
It boggles the mind that people are wound so tight about organic pet foodfor their cats and dogs, and they won’t use hummingbird food with red food color init, but when it comes to feeding their kids……..
I cringe whenever I see some kid sucking on a bottle of blue raspberry gatorade, or some such drink. Those poor babies don’t stand a chance.
Many years ago, I found a link to an FDA article about red and yellow food dyes that would make you swear the stuff off forever. I cannot find it now although I will look when I get home.
In the meantime, I found this……
Is there a link between red dye 40 and ADHD?
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/red-dye-40-adhd#symptoms
Perhaps instead of jacking up the vitamin levels, the parents could just cut out all the artificial ingredients.
My son is/was very sensitive to Vanillin. He would literally bounce off the walls from the stuff. I had to use only real vanilla extract when baking.
A friend’s son was very sensitive to Red 40. He would become mean and vicious when he ate it. She could always tell when he got some.
And yet, try telling people that artificial food additives could be affecting their kid’s behavior and you might as well not waste your breath. People simply do not want to hear it.
Stop feeding anything with sugar as well.
I grew up with cereal that was 110% sugar and drank too much Coke.
There was an article somewhere…a Dr was treating kids for ADHD for years and then figured out 80 percent had lack of sleep…
Many years ago, a friend who was an allergist told us to read the ingredients in foods, to watch out for red and yellow dye. This was about 40 years ago. I’m sure it’s only gotten worse.
That’s interesting about vanillin.
Even “natural” red is a problem. My daughter turned out to be allergic to carmine, which is a natural dye, and it’s made from insect shells.
It took us some months to track it down but I was watching what she was eating and able to make the connection.
There was a pediatrician in Fulton who wrote an article about how kids just needed to get out and get some exercise instead of being medicated.
He said that would solve the behavior problems.
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