This is from the organization Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder:

"Could a gluten-free diet help to decrease your child’s ADHD symptoms, specifically if your child does not have celiac disease or non-celiac-gluten sensitivity? Some things to consider:

When ADHD does not co-occur with celiac, research has seen limited or no improvement in ADHD symptoms. When there has been noticeable improvement, it has been for the symptom of hyperactivity only.

Some children who displayed ADHD-like symptoms actually had celiac or non-celiac-gluten sensitivity. When celiac disease or non-celiac-gluten sensitivity was diagnosed and actively treated, those symptoms cleared up because the children did not have ADHD.

Elimination diets that focused on artificial colors or preservatives were more effective at alleviating ADHD symptoms than those that eliminated gluten.

https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/gluten-free-for-adhd-check-the-research/

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