Cindy, First let me say that I'm just a mom who has read about dietary interventions, etc. to help my own children. I am not a health professional or a nutritionist.

Your son has ADHD and dyslexia. What sort of diet are you thinking of trying? Do you know of foods that you suspect are causing a problem for your son?

If you want to do some investigating on your own, you could start with the Feingold diet. (Notice I said "start." I think Feingold can help but it may not be the total answer.) The Feingold diet isn't that hard to follow and would be good for anybody, including your 6 year old. Basically, all you're eliminating is artificial dyes, flavorings, and preservatives. They also recommend a trial period in which you also eliminate certain fruits that naturally contain salicylates. You can find more information about this at http://www.feingold.org/.

If you suspect other food sensitivities, you could keep a food diary and consider rotating what he eats. That will help you to see patterns which will help you identify which foods to eliminate. You can learn more about rotation diets by going to http://pep-albny.org/gfcfrotationdiet.html.

If you really want to see a health professional, I recommend going to a doctor of "environmental medicine." Try going here to find more info: http://www.aaem.com/index.html.

Finally, given your son's diagnoses, I hope that you visited our page on sensory therapies. http://pep-albny.org/sensorytherapies.html I believe that there is a sensory connection between ADHD and dyslexia. In fact, I believe that kids who really have a sensory processing disorder are often (not always but often) misdiagnosed as having either ADHD or dyslexia.
--Joyce