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.
