Can Attention Deficit - Hyperactivity Disorder Result from Nutritional Deficiency ?

The national consensus is that the etiology of ADHD) is unknown; yet a cohesive body of evidence has accumulated in recent years suggesting that ADHD may well be a manifestation of nutritional deficiency. A growing body of evidence suggests that (ADHD) may be an unanticipated manifestation of the newAmerican diet. Major and unprecedented dietary changes have occurred over the last century in the U.S. Per-capita use of sugar has doubled. Starch consumption from grain and potatoes has risen 40 percent. Egg use has dropped significantly. Use of saturated fats such as lard, beef fat, dairy fat, and coconut oil has decreased, while consumption of fats and oils derived from vegetable seeds such as soy, safflower, and canola have grown from essentially zero to about 66 pounds per person per year. This nationwide changeover to vegetable fats has seriously unbalanced the essential fatty acid intake of the population. During the same period,ADHD, which was essentially unheard of 50 years ago, increased to the point that it is now diagnosed in 5 percent of school children and many adults.