Food sensitivity in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/HA): a procedure for differential diagnosis.

A diagnostic procedure developed for adults and children which includes a week-long fast nutritionally supported with a chemically defined diet was applied to a pilot group of children having ADD/HA syndrome. A probable etiology of food hypersensitivity was shown for a majority of the panel with several standard subjective tests. Three neurological tests, one of which was of the corpus callosum, were evaluated as objective measurements of ADD/HA. Management procedures are not discussed. A follow-up at one year showed substantial continuing control for many of the subjects. It is suggested that this type of general diagnostic procedure be employed to indicate for treatment those having food sensitivity as the primary etiology.