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As you may remember, we follow a modified version of the FEINGOLD DIET because our son reacts to food additives. I can’t tell you how many people don’t believe the link!
Here’s the article:
Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity
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Kids with “ADD” are often just kids with different learning styles or those who are reacting to their environment and/or diet. Please explore my “ADD or…” page before having your child medicated.
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Many gifted and talented children (and adults) are being mis-diagnosed by psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and other health care professionals. The most common mis-diagnoses are: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (OD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Mood Disorders such as Cyclothymic Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, Depression, and Bi-Polar Disorder. These common mis-diagnoses stem from an ignorance among professionals about specific social and emotional characteristics of gifted children which are then mistakenly assumed by these professionals to be signs of pathology.
Read more of this excellent article…
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with color; it brings pleasure in countless ways. |
Unfortunately, this approach, which has served humanity well for thousands of years, has recently been upset by the wonders of modern food technology.
The problem began when a chemist first discovered how to change coal tar oil into brightly colored liquids which then found their way into virtually everything we use, including food. Chemists have managed to unlock some of the secrets of nature’s flavorings, and can now come very close to mimicking the real thing.
All this is great news for food manufacturers. Synthetic colors and flavorings are cheap and remain stable in food. Today most food colors are made from petroleum, and flavorings can be made from thousands of natural and artificial chemicals. So what’s wrong with a bit of petrol in your popsicle? Does it matter that cherry gelatin doesn’t contain any cherries, and grape drink mix has never been near a grape? And if fluorescent cereal will get breakfast into little Johnny, do we really need to be concerned? Unfortunately, we do.
Humans have a remarkable ability to tolerate exposure to harmful substances, but we’re not identical, and some of us can handle more than others. In a world where neither our water nor our air is pure, where food is laced with pesticides, antibiotics and growth hormones, where excessive processing has removed essential nutrients and fiber, many of us are already having a tough time coping. Then add three of the more troublesome chemicals: synthetic food dye, artificial flavoring, and antioxidant preservatives, and feed them to a small child. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Johnny might have a physical reaction to such a chemical stew, for example: stomach ache, bed wetting, hives, poor muscle control, or ear aches. He could have a behavioral reaction: becoming easily frustrated, overactive, aggressive, excessively talkative. Or he may have a hard time paying attention in school, reading a story, remembering a spelling word, doing a math problem, or writing.
Johnny may be a normal child who is merely sensitive to some of the abnormal substances in the food or environment. The first place to begin is to rule out chemical sensitivity and, fortunately, this is not as difficult as it sounds if you start with the Feingold Program.
For more information, call The Feingold Association at (631) 369-9340 Monday-Friday between 10-3 Eastern Time or send us an e-mail
This article was originally published in Pure Facts,
the newsletter of the Feingold® Association of the United States.
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I just wanted to share a brief article I wrote about my family’s experience with food additives. We do “The Feingold Diet” with great results. This may not seem like something of interest to homeschoolers, but actually, learning about how food additives impact some children can be life-changing in some cases, especially when a child is really struggling with behavioral issues. My article is by no means comprehensive so check out the following for additional info:
Food Intolerance Network (Fed Up with Food Additives)
Also, this is an awesome book:
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Brace yourself. What I say next may shock you. I no longer believe in the existence of Attention Deficit Disorder. I was once a teacher who was asked to fill out ADD checklists and even wrote articles about teaching children with ADD. I have read just about every book on the topic, and I’ve worked with dozens of students who’ve been labeled with ADHD or ADD. I’ve learned so much over the last few years and now feel that these children are mislabeled and misunderstood. I feel the system is what’s broken–not the child.
I know it’s controversial and it’s hard to look at other viewpoints if you have a child who is already on medication and has been for years. I feel it is important to share some alternative views on “ADHD” with my readers, so I’m sharing the following links:
The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes “Patients” out of Normal Children
Death from Ritalin: True Story of a 14 Year Old Boy (and what his family is doing now)
Parents for Label and Drug-Free Education
ADD Myth Busters (regarding its existence)
Childhood Behavior Redefined as a Mental Disorder
Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses
Born to Explore (great source of alternative info regarding nutrition, etc)
Do you have a helpful link to share that questions the existence of ADHD? Please include it in your comments.
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