Feingold Program Affords Simple Remedy for Mental Symptoms

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Article: Feingold Program Affords Simple Remedy for Mental Symptoms

" Trouble may begin in the grocery cart, " says the homepage of www.feingold.org,

the website of the Feingold® Association of the United States. Continuing the

work of health pioneer Ben F. Feingold, MD, this non-profit public charity

promotes a diet to eliminate ADHD symptoms that is neither expensive nor

difficult to follow. Acceptable products and their suppliers are listed on the

website, along with a free downloadable chapter of the book Why Can't My Child

Behave? - featuring many encouraging success stories like this one:

" Mark was such a cheerful little baby until he was about six months old and I

introduced solid food. We moved at this time, and I assumed his radical change

in behavior was the result of the move. I never suspected it was triggered by

the foods and baby vitamins he ingested.

" His record for sleep was 3 hours. A day with my son alternated between

loudness, constant motion, and short periods of sleep -- generally one or two

hours. By age one he slept through the night, but woke screaming. This was his

only form of communication except for one word: 'see.' When we got a puppy, Mark

learned to imitate it. Looking back, it's funny to recall that my son spoke two

words, one of which was 'woof.' But at the time, my husband and I didn't laugh

at that, or at much of anything else, for that matter. I was with this miserably

unhappy baby for 24 hours each day. Who would want to baby-sit? There were times

when I thought I was cracking up, and I even daydreamed of being

institutionalized -- somewhere restful and quiet!

" The few other adults I encountered weren't much help. 'You're spoiling him.'

'He certainly knows how to get his way.' Why was I made to feel so guilty? I

turned to my doctor for help and received a sarcastic, 'If he's this bad at two,

we'll refer you to a psychiatrist.'

" When Mark was one and a half he got a terrible case of diarrhea. (I didn't

realize at the time that it was caused by cow's milk.) This went on for three

months, and all the medications my doctor tried were of no help. Another doctor

in the group told me to put Mark on a very restricted diet, with only three

foods. Gradually the diarrhea stopped, but most astonishing was the dramatic

change in Mark's behavior. Gone was the child who behaved as though he was

possessed, and my sweet little boy was back. ('See, he outgrew it,' explained a

relative.)

" On the Feingold diet, my two-year-old's vocabulary of one word and a bark

suddenly became a torrent of words and even some short sentences. Within a week

he was naming all of the letters of the alphabet. "

Disclaimer from www.feingold.org: " Neither a diagnosis nor a prescription is

required in order to implement the Feingold Program as a healthy diet choice.

This information is not intended, however, to replace competent medical

diagnosis. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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