Chris Kresser: In some cases we have patients with salicylate intolerance, and they do benefit from reducing salicylates. But I wouldn’t say that we can make generalizations about that yet. And as you said, it can be extremely restrictive. So it’s not something that we routinely recommend to patients.
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Any thoughts about the Feingold diet, which eliminates artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and foods high in salicylates for ADHD kids? If patient is already on Paleo and not eating grains or dairy, to eliminate salicylates makes the diet very restrictive and hard for a child to follow. Do you think salicylates are a problem for ADHD kids and worth removing to find out?
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