Zero Carb Diet helps with ADHD

‎Sarah McKay‎ to Principia Carnivora

Yesterday at 5:32am · 

For those that have seen my posts about my family's journey with zc, here's an update...

Logan (7.5 yrs, autism, ADHD, PANS)
Had been existing on mostly full fat Greek yogurt with cinnamon, and cheese burgers with no bun since February of 2016 when we all went zc.
He is now at a point where he will only eat a few bites of yogurt to take his(legal) medicinal cannabis capsules. He no longer wants to eat bowl after bowl of yogurt. For those of you familiar with autism, I'm sure you know how much ASD kids hate trying new foods. Now all he wants is his burgers and I am more than happy to oblige him. Several people in this group(not the "regulars" though) have lectured me about the hazards of dairy and how he should eat other things. Well, I trusted the zc process and here we are. Yogurt is almost phased out completely and he is eating 4-8 burgers a day now. I'm so proud and incredibly blessed. Thank you all for your help.

Don Bibeau Not to get personal but inquiring minds want to know, any positive behavioral changes?

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 · Yesterday at 6:04am

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Don Bibeau Also, congrats on achieving what you have with a challenging situation!!

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 · Yesterday at 6:05am

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Andrew Wallace Seconding that question. I came here specifically to ask that.

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 · Yesterday at 6:15am

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Sarah McKay Oh my goodness yes! About a week into zc he came running into my bedroom at 6am telling me how he could think so clearly. "Mommy this is great, I can think so much better now!" 
He no longer looks/acts like he's in a fog.

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 · Yesterday at 6:33am · Edited

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Don Bibeau Sarah McKay awesome!!!! Thanks for sharing

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 · Yesterday at 6:29am

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Sarah McKay I was thinking about this for a minute...
I don't know that he had major behavioral changes per se, but his cognitive function improved exponentially. We had massive behavioral improvements with medicinal cannabis though.

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 · Yesterday at 6:39am

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Elizabeth Kasiewicz Thats is awesome..as a mother of a son with global apraxia, aspergers. I changed his diet 5years ago and saw awesome improvement. He has been gluten and color dye free ever sense i saw drastic changes in him in just 7days. Anytime he does extremely bad at school and communicates to me with no understanding i realize i havent done very well with his diet. Or someone gave him something. Color dyes have obnoxious behaviors and no understandings of bad actions effect for three days.

Two of my boys are gluten free...my daughter is on a normal diet outside the home..but she suffers form candida that she helps calm down with oregano oil.

They dont eat anything high in sugar or grains. I do bake them glutenfree bread everynow and then but no sugar is added. 

Basicly my kids eat 80percent keto in the house cause of their parents now lol

I am a form believer that mental behavior is hugely fixed by the gut healing. So im always in a process of learning.
Just by going keto and i have tried many versions of healthy diets..i have completely calmed down my anxiety and depression...completed life goals that was crippling to me before.

If it wasnt for my youngest son and my other son opening my eyes to the effects of diets..i wouldnt be where i am today with my health. Im thankful for that. 

Also thank you for giving me an idea that he might have issues like i do..ill make smaller adjustments to bring in more meat. Thankfully school is out and i wont have issues from them lol

Esmée La Fleur I lived on nothing but goats milk yogurt and raspberries for 3 full years. All it did was save my life.

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