ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2011
Dietary and nutritional treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: current research support and recommendations for practitioners.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Do White Noise or Pink Noise Help With Task Performance in Youth With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or With Elevated Attention Problems?Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of kefir on symptoms, sleep, and gut microbiota in children with ADHD: a randomised controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
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- Randomised controlled trial of the effects of kefir on behaviour, sleep and the microbiome in children with ADHD: a study protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Skipping Breakfast and Eating Breakfast Away From Home Were Prospectively Associated With Emotional and Behavioral Problems in 115,217 Chinese Adolescents.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Oxidative stress and immune aberrancies in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a case-control comparison.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Article
- No Tryptophan, Tyrosine and Phenylalanine Abnormalities in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.PloS one · 2016Article
- Restriction and elimination diets in ADHD treatment.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2014Review
- Nutritional supplements for the treatment of ADHD.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2014Review
- Attention deficits and hyperactivity-impulsivity: what have we learned, what next?Development and psychopathology · 2013Review
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Abstract
Evidence for dietary/nutritional treatments of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) varies widely, from double-blind, placebo-controlled trials to anecdotal. In guiding patients, clinicians can apply the SECS versus RUDE rule: treatments that are Safe, Easy, Cheap, and Sensible (SECS) require less evidence than those that are Risky, Unrealistic, Difficult, or Expensive (RUDE). Two nutritional treatments appear worth general consideration: Recommended Daily Allowance/Reference Daily Intake multivitamin/mineral supplements as a pediatric health intervention not specific to ADHD and essential fatty acids, especially a mix of eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, and γ-linolenic acid as an ADHD-specific intervention. Controlled studies support the elimination of artificial food dyes to reduce ADHD symptoms, but this treatment may be more applicable to the general pediatric population than to children with diagnosed ADHD. Mineral supplementation is indicated for those with documented deficiencies but is not supported for others with ADHD. Carnitine may have a role for inattention, but the evidence is limited. Dimethylaminoethanol probably has a small effect. Herbs, although "natural," are actually crude drugs, which along with homeopathic treatments have little evidence of efficacy. Consequences of delayed proven treatments need consideration in the risk-benefit assessment of dietary/nutritional treatments.
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