by Dr. Benjamin Feingold, M.D.
Contains detailed information by the doctor who first reported that hyperactivity in children is often caused by artificial food coloring and food flavoring. Includes the Feingold diet and how it should be applied. Customer Comments Craigstell@aol.com from
Tyler, Texas, USA, March 15, 1999
I am a child neurodevelopment specialist and am seeing this book from the 1970's fulfill itself in the 1990's. I recommend this book even if you don't suspect ADD/ADHD. I even make copies available at all my seminars on child development. Unsuspecting parents and prospective parents also need this information to be properly armed with defense in our neurotoxic society that is driven to delights for the palete while being sold toxic foods at less cost than healthy foods. littlefox77@hotmail.com
from Indiana, USA , September 29, 1998
My son was diagnosed with ADD/Autism at age nine and put on ritalin. The drug helped, but my son's pediatrician was planning to put him on stronger medication which had serious side effects. I wanted to try something different and happened to see Dr. Feingold on a television program. I decided we had nothing to lose and bought the book. The results were stunning! Not only was my son extremely cooperative about this diet because he felt better, but I watched as my son was transformed in a matter of weeks from an uncommunitive child into a child where the world was full of wonder. I cried the day he noticed trees in our yard -- he could not see them through the window from inside, he told me. And then there was the day he came inside in wonder because of the individual snowflakes he could see on his coat sleeve. When I asked him what snow looked like to him before that, he told me falling snow looked like sheets whipping on the line in the wind. I cried that day as well. My son discovered television - he had not been able to concentrate on any programs before - he began to have friends and to play and to get into mischief. Further, the doctor was amazed at the improvements when Jon was retested. When I told the doctor it wasn't the medication he prescribed for the change, but the Feingold diet, the pediatrician went out and bought a copy. I continue to tell people about this book and my son. It is easily understood and well written. Further, Dr. Feingold explains his research and findings. It was one of the best finds I ever read and highly recommend it to anyone who is searching for answers and solutions for their child's behavior and learning problems. By the way, today, my son nearly has a degree in science, has served in the Air Force with distinction, graduated the second in his class and is not only working full time with recognition for his work, but has begun a business. And yes, he continues to be careful about what he eats because he notices he just doesn't feel good unless he follows the Feingold diet introduced when he was nine years old. * * * People and children DO have various problems with life. Instead of naming and redefining these problems as various "mental diseases", and labeling people with them, as is currently in vogue within the psychiatric community, these problems with life and living are best understood and addressed outside of the traditional psychiatric paradigm. Dr. Benjamin Feingold adds greatly to the understanding of just how true this is for the child saddled with a label of A.D.D. or A.D.H.D.
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