Is your child’s ADHD affected by their diet?

Many families have suspected that food sensitivities may be a contributing factor to their child’s ADHD. There has been a strong rise in the amount of allergies seen in children today, including food sensitivities. It would be hard to overlook how food plays a role in a child diagnosed with ADHD, as this diagnosis has also been on the rise. A recent study conducted at the ADHD Research Centre in Einhoven, Netherlands has proof that the two are related.

Published in the Lancet, researchers gathered 100 children with ADHD ranging from 4-8years old. Participants were assigned a strict “hypoallergenic” elimination diet that consisted of meat, rice, vegetables, and pears in water. This diet was done over a 5-week period and compared to the group of children who continued on their normal diet. Results showed that 64 percent of children on the restricted diet had a clinical improvement of at least 40 percent on ADHD scores. No improvement was seen with the group who stayed on a regular diet.

Children who then responded to the restricted diet entered phase 2 of the research study. Based on the individual IgG blood work (tests for food sensitivities) that was done in the beginning of the study, one group was given 3 foods that tested high. The other group added 3 foods that came back as low sensitivity. After 2 weeks results revealed that IgG blood tests didn’t predict which foods might have an adverse effect on behavior. Both groups showed a 63 percent relapse of ADHD behavior, regardless of whether they were eating high or low IgG foods. Researcher suggested that the elimination diet of allergenic food is a valuable tool to assess if foods are contributing to ADHD symptoms.

Are there alternatives to restricted diets to reduce sensitivities to food?

The answer is YES! At Living with Motion Chiropractic in Milford, OH we offer another option for children with sensitivities. The fact is that more children are becoming more reactive to different environmental, chemical and food substances. This means that their nervous system is constantly in fight or flight mode and creating havoc over time. Using the BAX PTL Clinical Laser Acupuncture system we can re-train the nervous system to have a more positive response to thousands of environmental, chemical or food substances that previously were causing the body to over-react.

If you child is has ADHD and food seems to be a factor read more about how Living with Motion Chiropractic and the BAX PTL Clinical Laser Acupuncture system can reduce your child's sensitivity to foods with no drugs, needles or diets!!! Call 513-831-4433

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Why Forward Head Posture is Important to Prevent

Thanks to AZFamily.com and Erik Dalton, Ph.D. for the use of these pictures!

According to Kapandji (Physiology of the Joints, Volume III), for every inch your head moves forwards, it gains 10 pounds in weight, as far as the muscles in your upper back and neck are concerned, because they have to work that much harder to keep the head (chin) from dropping onto your chest. This also forces the suboccipital muscles (they raise the chin) to remain in constant contraction, putting pressure on the 3 Suboccipital nerves. This nerve compression may cause headaches at the base of the skull. Pressure on the suboccipital nerves can also mimic sinus (frontal) headaches.

Rene Cailliet M.D., famous medical author and former director of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Southern California states:
“Head in forward posture can add up to thirty pounds of abnormal leverage on the cervical spine. This can pull the entire spine out of alignment. Forward head posture (FHP) may result in the loss of 30% of vital lung capacity. These breath-related effects are primarily due to the loss of the cervical lordosis, which blocks the action of the hyoid muscles, especially the inferior hyoid responsible for helping lift the first rib during inhalation.”

Persistent forward head posture (a.k.a “hyperkyphotic posture”) puts compressive loads upon the upper thoracic vertebra, and is also associated with the development of Upper Thoracic Hump, which can devolve into Dowager Hump when the vertebra develop compression fractures (anterior wedging). A recent study found this hyperkyphotic posture was associated with a 1.44 greater rate of mortality.

It's not uncommon to observe 2" of anterior head placement in new patients. Would you be surprised that your neck and shoulders hurt if you had a 20-pound watermelon hanging around your neck? That's what forward head posture can do to you. Left uncorrected, FHP will continue to decline. Chiropractic can be very corrective, especially in the hands of a chiropractic rehabilitationist. Our specialty is in reversing the joint fixations (what we refer to as “subluxations”) and in re-invigorating the muscles that normally retract the head.

By Frank M. Painter, D.C.

Look at your friends and family and see if the middle of their ear falls directly over the the middle of their shoulder. If it's in front then they could greatly benefit from chiropractic care that we do at Living with Motion Chiropractic. Chances are they suffer with headaches, neck stiffness, even mid back pain. If you would like to schedule online click here - SCHEDULE NOW!