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?

This.

I find it interesting that so many people agree that some foods are beneficial for your health, but won't consider that the opposite is also true.

He’s thick, I think we can just ignore him.

So much pseudoscience crap in ‘wellness’

I think you are the one that 'jumped the shark'! None of Joe Wicks' quotes within the DM article are actually saying this.

I'm a psychiatrist.

He's not entirely wrong (although he's right for the wrong reasons)

Junk food, video games, screen time, and any other high reward/instant gratification type activity causes a huge dump of dopamine into the brain.

Over time the brain will start to down regulate and remove its dopamine receptors so it's not constantly over stimulated.

A lack of dopamine or the ability to detect it is essentially the root cause of ADHD. Except ADHD itself is probably neuro developmental rather than acquired.

It is perfectly possible to give yourself an ADHD type syndrome by doing these things for long periods, but we wouldn't necessarily think of it as ADHD as such.

It would very likely be reversible if you stopped doing all the high stimulus things, but extreme exposure during childhood may well mean the brain is irreversibly changed from what it would otherwise have looked like.

And as someone else said, these things would definitely make pre-existing ADHD worse

(Yes, I realise this is an incredibly over simplified version!)

Have you read the article? He didn't actually say that it causes it

@ProncessDiana nope.
ADHD exists

Are you going to be a nuisance on this thread just to get attention?

He actually talks a lot of sense. He makes very valid points in the article so I don't think you can call him thick!

You can choose to ignore him. I think that he has opened up an important discussion. He is by no means "thick".

Absolutely. Some people love to put the blame on others when they can't be bothered to try to help the situation themselves

I'm not above giving my kids treats but have always tried to give them balanced meals. Many of my dds friends would only eat Nutella or jam sandwiches for lunch and wouldn't eat any meals that had any colour to it or didn't resemble a chicken nugget. It's all to easy to open a jar of something or get something processed out of the freezer

Blimey. He's done so much good. Nobody was forced to do his workouts but DD and I looked forward to them each morning. We certainly weren't bored! 🤣

I felt that his lockdown PE sessions came from a good place and lockdown was only going to be for 12 weeks initially too ., (it wasn't, but we were told that at first. )
At least he tried to do something worthwhile and not every child did them or even had to do them
I know of some teens who didn't even do the online lessons from school for many weeks (going by what their parents said anyway !)
It was a tough time and he was only trying to help.
Always the same , if you do anything people like to knock it or say it's only for self promotion.

It's all to easy to open a jar of something or get something processed out of the freezer

I agree@Funkyslippers . And sooner, or later, the effects of eating this way, will show itself in the health of the population, in fact it has been showing itself for years. People would just prefer to ignore it, because it requires too much effort to change. The reasons given for not even making mashed potatoes recently was eyebrow raising.

Can’t stand Jo Wickes. The way he called himself the nation’s PE teacher over lockdown like he was a bloody saint. He’s a brand and makes a fortune. Who cares what he thinks about anything.

Ok I read the article and as usual, the headline has no bearing to what he actually says. My bad. I agree with the broad thrust of what he says.

Just because you don't agree with someone dosn't mean you should shut them down with insults. Dosn't scream intelligent discussion.

My sister used to go hyper when consuming that old fashioned squash back in the 80s. She hasn't been diagnosed with adhd but sgkws that food can affect behaviour.

Well he didn't call himself that. It was called PE with Joe. And so what if he makes a fortune? He's built himself up from nothing. He works incredibly hard. So good for him

What a twat 🙄

Shows*

Who are you talking about?

Why?