Discover The Truth About ADHD And Food Sweeteners
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In this article you will discover:
What food sweeteners to avoidWhat are food sweeteners
*This article only concentrates on food sweeteners, other food additives will be discussed in other articles.
In my ‘Discover The Truth About ADHD And Food Preservatives’ article, we discovered that foods containing certain food preservatives are best avoided if your child suffers from ADHD.
Food sweeteners in some cases can also affect your child’s ADHD symptoms.
To further help your child, it would be wise for food sweeteners to be eliminated or reduced in your child’s diet.
You will need to eliminate or reduce the following terrible ten ingredients from your child’s diet:
Food ColouringsFood FlavouringsBHABHTTBHQCorn Syrup and SweetenersMSGSodium BenzoateNitritesCalcium Propionate
What Are Food Sweeteners?
Today, food sweeteners are commonly added to processed foods.
Food manufacturers add food sweeteners to their food products, as a ‘healthy’ alternative to sugar, to sweeten the taste of their product.
The main sweeteners added to food are:
Corn Syrup (Glucose)Fructose Sucrose
Corn syrup, also known as glucose, comes from treated corn starch. It is a common problem for children suffering from ADHD.
Fructose is another sweetener which can cause problems in sensitive children.
Fructose is fruit sugar which is found in all fruits and it sounds totally natural.
But, the fructose used in processed foods is extracted from sugar not fruit.
Table sugar or granulated sugar is sucrose which is extracted from sugar cane or sugar beet.
Other sweeteners which you may cause ADHD symptoms are:
AspartameCorn sweetenerCyclamateDextroseHigh Fructose Corn SyrupPolydextroseSaccharin*Source, Why Can’t My Child Behave, Jane Hersey
So, to sum up…
As well as foods containing:
SalicylateFood colouringsFood flavouringsFood preservatives
It may also be wise to eliminate or restrict foods containing the food sweeteners mentioned in this article to help your child’s ADHD symptoms.
Stewart Hare C.H.Ed Dip NutTh
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