Early in my clinical research on the role of diet in ADHD I was surprised at the frequency that mothers reported anaemia. My clinical research collected diet information on over 1000 families. [ See my Masters thesis on diet and behavior and development of the diet ] Often they were very motivated mothers who had attended well to diet hoping that improving nutrition would decrease learning problems in their ADHD children. And they had made an effort to eat more meat to help with their ongoing … [Read more...]