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What's your chosen diet as someone with ADHD/Autism
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Shift from "diet" to healthier nutrition. Meaning slowly build a habit of eating better without overwhelming oneself.
If you eat out, inquire about more diverse menu options. Less processed food, more protein and fiber.
It's a journey, it takes years, don't rush it and you'll be surprised of the results
from what I understand, protein in the average American diet is overloaded. https://www.health.harvard.edu/nutrition/when-it-comes-to-protein-how-much-is-too-much
It's almost impossible to consume unhealthy amounts of protein - you have to be supplementing protein pretty excessively or eating exclusively meat to get to the point that it's damaging to you. Most Americans do not follow dietary recommendations or even hit the .8g/kg per day. From an ethical perspective, it can be good to reduce animal-based proteins, but the idea that Americans are eating too much protein is absurd and not based in fact. 1 2
Your links don't say that excess protein in take doesn't have an effect on people. Just that most people don't get enough and getting enough is important. Also I literally linked my proof Which is baked my Harvard. This isn't my opinion it's fact that I've cited. If you want to call it absurd, email Harvard.
If you are curious on a proper source examining ideal protein intake, this link should give you plenty of reading.
Unfortunately there are a lot of incentives for various organizations and companies to put out literature in support of what makes them profit, not to mention many researchers who enter the field with a significant bias, conducting poorly controlled studies to provide evidence towards their biased opinion. Any summary articles on the internet, including ones from prestigious universities, should not be taken at face value when they do not cite their sources. Even when they do cite their sources, there's endless conflicting evidence out there because there are so many biased studies conducted by companies attempting to push their product (dairy industry is a good example of this), endless poorly controlled studies, endless studies based in science twenty years old and not accounting for more a more modern view of human health/biology and endless studies with other problems. A thorough review of the cited literature is often necessary to parse whether the source is tainted.
That’s a good idea. I’ll look into that. Any more info?
I originally started with protein diet and casual gym goings. Gym forces you to eat more protein and use up a lot of excess calories. Also, you feel energised and mentally uplifted.
Once you're few months into gym routine, you'll read up more how to hit your macros, how to restructure constituents, how to manage appetite. For now, this all Will overwhelm you and you'll have trouble sticking to any of it. I know I did.
Since you're at the start I suggest simply start noticing healthier options. Do it intentionally for few weeks before even doing anything. When you put more effort into this, you'll discover your own ways how to eat better without the need for fixed "diet".