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. 2023 Sep 29;13(10):1448. doi: 10.3390/jpm13101448

Table 5.

Summary of Top 5 Diets for Each Symptom (% of dietary users that reported that the diet improved that symptom).

Symptom Improvement Top Diets
Aggression

  1. Feingold (34%)

  2. Low Sugar (23%)

  3. Food Avoidance, observation (21%)

  4. Ketogenic (19%)

  5. GFCF (17%)
Anxiety

  1. Ketogenic (33%)

  2. Feingold (28%)

  3. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (19%)

  4. Low Sugar (18%)

  5. Food Avoidance, observation (16%)
Attention

  1. Ketogenic Diet (43%)

  2. Feingold (37%)

  3. GFCF (31%)

  4. Low Sugar (25%)

  5. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (24%)
Cognition

  1. Ketogenic (38%)

  2. GFCF (29%)

  3. Feingold (28%)

  4. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (22%)

  5. Low Sugar (18%)
Constipation

  1. Ketogenic (24%)

  2. Corn-free (22%)

  3. GFCF (19%)

  4. Paleo (19%)

  5. Healthy (17%)
Depression

  1. Ketogenic (14%)

  2. Food Avoidance, observation (11%)

  3. Paleo (10%)

  4. Healthy (8%)

  5. Low Sugar (6%)
Diarrhea

  1. Corn-free (26%)

  2. GFCF (22%)

  3. Food Avoidance, observation (21%)

  4. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (19%)

  5. Gluten-free (18%)
Eczema/skin problems

  1. Food Avoidance, IgG/IgE (22%)

  2. Food Avoidance, observation (22%)

  3. GFCF (20%)

  4. Ketogenic (14%)

  5. Casein-free (13%)
Health

  1. Healthy (24%)

  2. Food Avoidance, observation (24%)

  3. Low Sugar (20%)

  4. GFCF (20%)

  5. Feingold (19%)
Hyperactivity

  1. Feingold (45%)

  2. Low Sugar (43%)

  3. GFCF (22%)

  4. Food Avoidance, observation (18%)

  5. Ketogenic (14%)
Irritability

  1. Feingold (38%)

  2. Ketogenic (29%)

  3. Low Sugar (23%)

  4. Food Avoidance, observation (23%)

  5. GFCF (20%)
Language/Communication

  1. Ketogenic (29%)

  2. GFCF (25%)

  3. Gluten-free (15%)

  4. Feingold (14%)

  5. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (14%)
Lethargy

  1. Ketogenic (19%)

  2. Food Avoidance, observation (10%)

  3. Paleo (10%)

  4. Healthy (5%)

  5. Low Sugar (5%)
OCD

  1. Paleo (10%)

  2. Ketogenic (10%)

  3. Feingold (7%)

  4. Food Avoidance, IgG/IgE (6%)

  5. Low Sugar (6%)
Reflux/Vomiting

  1. Food Avoidance, observation (16%)

  2. Food Avoidance, IgG/IgE (13%)

  3. Paleo (10%)

  4. Ketogenic (10%)

  5. GFCF (9%)
Seizures

  1. Ketogenic (19%)

  2. Paleo (5%)

  3. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (3%)

  4. GFCF (2%)

  5. Soy-free (2%)
Self-injury

  1. Paleo (10%)

  2. Ketogenic (10%)

  3. Feingold (8%)

  4. GFCF (7%)

  5. Low Sugar (5%)
Sensory sensitivity

  1. Feingold (22%)

  2. GFCF (19%)

  3. Food Avoidance, observation (17%)

  4. Paleo (14%)

  5. Food Avoidance, IgG/IgE (13%)
Sleep (falling)

  1. Feingold (19%)

  2. Ketogenic (19%)

  3. Low Sugar (11%)

  4. GFCF (11%)

  5. Food Avoidance, observation (11%)
Sleep (staying)

  1. Feingold (15%)

  2. Ketogenic (14%)

  3. Food Avoidance, observation (11%)

  4. Low Sugar (10%)

  5. GFCF (10%)
Social Interaction and Understanding

  1. Ketogenic (29%)

  2. GFCF (22%)

  3. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (14%)

  4. Feingold (12%)

  5. Food Avoidance, observation (11%)
Stimming/Perseveration/Desire for Sameness

  1. GFCF (19%)

  2. Ketogenic (19%)

  3. Specific Carbohydrate Diet (14%)

  4. Food Avoidance, observation (13%)

  5. Feingold (11%)
Tics

  1. Paleo (10%)

  2. GFCF (6%)

  3. Food Avoidance, IgG/IgE (4%)

  4. Casein-free (4%)

  5. Feingold (3%)