Joe Wicks says junk food causes ADHD

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13292511/amp/Joe-Wicks-blames-ultra-processed-junk-explosion-children-ADHD-reveals-ran-sugar-kid-thinks-love-Sunny-Delight-Wagon-Wheels-jam-sandwiches-caused-behavioural-issues.html

I politely disagree with Joe. I have a very health conscious friend who cooks from scratch, plenty of vegetables and a Mediterranean diet as recommended by all healthcare professionals and has two children. One has ADHD and one doesn’t.

Has Joe jumped the shark on this one?

he is a dip stick

Joe wicks is a fucking gobshite who needs to fuck off.

What qualifications has he got to comment on this?

Never heard the expression jump the shark 🦈 that's a new one on me. Yes of course he's being ridiculous but there is some sense in what he's saying - it's obviously way more healthy in general to cook from scratch and too much sugar and crap can effect mental health as your body is constantly either hyper or low based on excess sugar etc. But overall no eating shit doesn't cause ADHD.

😂

Heaven forbid the medical profession may know better than him!

It will be a cold day in hell before I take health advice from influencers. I know plenty of people with super healthy diets and ADHD.

Wow, I didn’t realise he was a research scientist too! What a talented guy.

Joe Wicks is a prick and needs to keep his mouth shut!!!!

Oh dear

I’m with you tbh I don’t think it causes ADHD. That said I do think that it can exacerbate the symptoms. Which isn’t quite the same thing as causation but isn’t great either. We should all be avoiding processed junk if we can.

I thought this was debunked in the 80’s.

cba to read it, is this based on peer reviewed research or just something he pulled out his arse?

o/p hate to point out your study of two siblings hardly counts as an epidemiological study either, so doesn’t disprove Joe’s claims 😂

I politely disagree with Joe

I impolitely, rudely and fucking disrespectfully disagree with Joe and would like to tell him that he is an absolute tosser to suggest such shite.

I can’t even be bothered to read it as I already know anything out of that twats mouth will be bullshit.

When did Joe Wicks become Dr Joe Wicks?

I think he might be on to something.

If anyone is interested check out Georgia Ede and Chris Palmer.

If you believe that drugs (chemical compounds that we ingest) can affect the brain, then surely the food we eat (chemical compounds we ingest) can affect the brain. Not every drug effects everyone the same, not every food effects everyone the same.

Tedious

It’s bullshit. The ‘explosion’ is because there is now much better criteria for diagnosis, especially for girls and women.

His stupid reasoning doesn’t track for those of us who are adults and have recently been diagnosed

I hate articles like this; it gives airtime to bullshit theories that then make it even harder for diagnosis to be taken seriously

I have ADHD and my mum brought me up on homemade dinners cooked from scratch naturally gluten free and no processed food or sugar.
Still very much got ADHD.

Daily Mail clickbait shite

Joe Wicks is just trying to stay in the limelight.

Ignore both of them

How sad that he gets airtime.

He's stupid to draw a causal link. but he's right to say that junk food/UPFs are affecting everyone's mental and physical health. No one can deny that.

He's not the brightest. If I am being charitable I think he may be confusing the (good) research that shows a poor diet, especially one heavy in sugar, can impede concentration and ability to learn. However that is obviously not the same as ADHD.

I think that diet may play a part. Obviously ADHD isn’t caused by UPF and a healthy diet won’t prevent it but it could contribute to why many kids with ADHD are struggling. People with ADHD who cope well don’t typically get diagnosed. Some additives in drinks and sweets are well known to cause attention difficulties. They warn you on the packets. It’s not a leap to suggest there are probably other dietary effects we don’t fully understand.

If you go back twenty or thirty years ADHD was largely ‘naughty boy syndrome’ and ADHD or not a generally chaotic background didn’t help.

We’ve all obviously moved on as a society now and it isn’t a syndrome that causes ‘naughtiness’ and it isn’t just boys.

I don't think there is a question that you "are what you eat"

Tonnes of processed sugary foods and crap are shown in studies to contribute to higher rates of ADHD

I think it would be basic common sense that if you have a child with ADHD that you feed them non-processed whole foods

My daughters symptoms are immediately a thousand times worse if she eats additives such as artificial sweeteners, colourings such as e150 and e120, preservatives such as potassium sorbate, flavourings such as vanillin (cheap vanilla extract in Nutella etc), MSG and several more. Check those labels religiously - it doesn't cause ADHD but UPF definitely triggers dangerously out of control behaviour in my experience.