I can't speak to science, only my own experience with nutrition, vitamin deficiency, and health conditions (the ones negativity affecting me the most being hypothyroidism and ADHD).
My hypothyroidism definitely affects my ADHD negativity when not properly managed. (Makes sense because out of whack hormones would create out of whack brain chemicals).
Vitamin D deficiency gave me chronic brain fog and negatively affected my ADHD until found and supplemented.
Processed foods (especially food dyes) negatively affect my ADHD....too much creates massive brain fog and kills my ability to function...
My take on it is that vitamin deficiencies would affect anybody negatively whether neurodivergent or not. I think that maybe ADHD or autistic people may be more sensitive to nutrition factors but you would really need to ask a dietician (or multiple) and see if they've noticed a correlation.
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Reply to What makes it difficult to determine whether nutrient deficiencies are implicated in mental-health issues like ADHD? by LinguisticsTurtle
I can't speak to science, only my own experience with nutrition, vitamin deficiency, and health conditions (the ones negativity affecting me the most being hypothyroidism and ADHD).
My hypothyroidism definitely affects my ADHD negativity when not properly managed. (Makes sense because out of whack hormones would create out of whack brain chemicals).
Vitamin D deficiency gave me chronic brain fog and negatively affected my ADHD until found and supplemented.
Processed foods (especially food dyes) negatively affect my ADHD....too much creates massive brain fog and kills my ability to function...
My take on it is that vitamin deficiencies would affect anybody negatively whether neurodivergent or not. I think that maybe ADHD or autistic people may be more sensitive to nutrition factors but you would really need to ask a dietician (or multiple) and see if they've noticed a correlation.