Unlikely Cause of ADHD: Sugar

While sugar, artificial substances in food, sugars, milk, and eggs have been implicated as causing AD/HD, the National Institute of Health, in 1982, found that restricting these items only helped only about 5% of the children with AD/HD and that most of these children were either younger or had food allergies. Sugar can create energy, but only for about an hour. The pancreas excretes insulin to counteract the sugar “high”, which makes people tired about an hour after ingesting the sugar.

However, a small number of children, especially younger children, may benefit from a change in diet. Parents may want to consult their physicians about this.

Also, some parents report that have helped a child become less hyperactive by reducing the child's sugar intake. Even if this only the parents' perception, it seemed to work for them, reducing the symptoms, which was the goal. I would gather that the child and parents were less stressed and happier, and who can argue about that?