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[quote=Anonymous]I would be really concerned and I would first approach this by talking to a professional yourself to get tips on generally how to manage the impulse control issues while still creating a healthy culture around food in your home.  For us, we just don’t keep sweets or highly-processed carbs in the house AT ALL.  The only time anything like that is bought is when there is a specific occasion in mind such as a birthday cake, treats for a class party, etc., and we buy it at the last minute and keep a close eye on it.  We found that both of our ADHD twins (age 11 now) behave like addicts with certain kinds of food (basically simple carbs and dairy to a lesser extent).  I was told by one specialist that the history of alcoholism on one side of the family could be related (“alcohol is a supercarb”).  So we just don’t have junk food.  Instead we have tons and tons of healthy food available at all times.  They can always eat (in the kitchen).  I never comment on or eyeroll or handwring about their choices (as long as it wasn’t labeled as a dinner ingredient).  But the stuff that drives the addiction is not a part of their daily lives.  For breakfast we do steel cut oats, eggs, homemade whole-grain waffles, plain yogurt with fruit, for lunch I send sandwiches of let them buy lunch (yes, this is often junky food but I think it is helpful for them to practice eating things like chocolate milk in a setting where peers are modeling normal attitudes and they have built-in portion sizing.  Dinner is typical healthy fare (chicken, fish or beans/lentils with lots of veggies and quinoa or brown rice).  Snacks on hand are tons of fresh fruit and veggies with nut butter or hummus for dip.  They also eat popcorn like every day, but we make it plain and then spritz with aerosolized oil and sprinkle with salt.  For us we haven’t had issues with hiding food or secretive binging since we changed our approach as a family.  [/quote]

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