Main description:

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.

Contents:

Preface
Introduction

Part I Get Ready! Get Set!
Chapter 1: Food Reactions: What They Are and How to Test for Them
Chapter 2: Contemplating the Right Elimination Diet and Support Strategies
Chapter 3: Beginning Your Journey: What to Leave Behind and What to Take with You
Chapter 4: The Main Culprits: Glutens, Casein, Soy, and Others
Chapter 5: Feingold and FAILSAFE Diets; Low Salicylate and Low Phenol Diets
Chapter 6: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and Gut and Psychology Syndrome Diet (GAPS)
Chapter 7: The Anti-Yeast (Anti-Candida) Diet
Chapter 8: The Low Oxalate Diet (LOD)
Chapter 9: Other Helpful Diets: Anti-Inflammatory Diet, FODMAP Diet, and Rotation Diet
Chapter 10: Getting Started and Bumps Along the Way
Chapter 11: Dealing with the Diet and Common Concerns

Part II Go! Menus and Recipes
Chapter 12: From Yucky to Yummy: Finding the Right Kid-Friendly Foods
Chapter 13: A Complete Guide to Making Breakfast and Packing Lunches
Chapter 14: Beverages and Healthy Shakes
Chapter 15: Condiments, Dressings, and Sauces
Chapter 16: Breads, Muffins, Waffles, and Pancakes
Chapter 17: Main Dishes and One-Dish Meals
Chapter 18: Rice and Beans
Chapter 19: Vegetables and Side Dishes
Chapter 20: Salads
Chapter 21: Soups and Stews
Chapter 22: Fruits, Sweets, and Treats

Appendix: Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index