Comments on: ADD / ADHD Diet and Nutrition http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a ADHD, Dyslexia and Autism Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-152942 Matthew Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:31:39 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-152942 A lack of vitamins in a childs diet is a common problem, I never thought to link it to hyper activity though. Thanks for the insight. A lack of vitamins in a childs diet is a common problem, I never thought to link it to hyper activity though. Thanks for the insight.

]]> By: maureen http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-149 maureen Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:56:57 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-149 Comment on food coloring and foods that children are being fed do definitely have an impact on childrens' behavior. Also..this diagnosis is made by the parents not the doctors. The parents are being handed a form to fill out questioning childrens' behaviors. The answers are being used by physicians to determine if the child has adhd. Being a parent of one that was diagnosed and drugging my own child for a short time I realized that in fact after reading what was in some of the foods he was eating I promptly removed everything w/ artificial color and the results after 2 weeks were astounding. Also I ponder about the fact that parents are receiving ssdi payments for the children diagnosed w/ this problem. Hearing lots of parents complain and looking at their childrens' behavior being "normal" childs behavoir in all occassions that I've seen. In other words my childs' behavoir w/ out drugs and while ingesting food colorings was something that i've never seen again in another child. He was talking to himself banging his head like a drum w/ his own hand etc. totally out of control. Interesting topic Comment on food coloring and foods that children are being fed do definitely have an impact on childrens’ behavior. Also..this diagnosis is made by the parents not the doctors. The parents are being handed a form to fill out questioning childrens’ behaviors. The answers are being used by physicians to determine if the child has adhd. Being a parent of one that was diagnosed and drugging my own child for a short time I realized that in fact after reading what was in some of the foods he was eating I promptly removed everything w/ artificial color and the results after 2 weeks were astounding. Also I ponder about the fact that parents are receiving ssdi payments for the children diagnosed w/ this problem. Hearing lots of parents complain and looking at their childrens’ behavior being “normal” childs behavoir in all occassions that I’ve seen. In other words my childs’ behavoir w/ out drugs and while ingesting food colorings was something that i’ve never seen again in another child. He was talking to himself banging his head like a drum w/ his own hand etc. totally out of control. Interesting topic

]]> By: Marcia http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-148 Marcia Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:13:43 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-148 Chris Tregenza, I hope you will look into the Feingold Program and correct the information you have regarding the Feingold Program. Jane Hersey's information (post above) is correct. There are plenty of studies showing the huge relationship between diet, behavior and learning AND the Feingold diet does not eliminate sugar. People will find that when they go on the diet, less sugar is eaten. Behavior improves due to the elimination of the additives, not because of the sugar that is eliminated at the same time. Chris Tregenza,
I hope you will look into the Feingold Program and correct the information you have regarding the Feingold Program.

Jane Hersey’s information (post above) is correct. There are plenty of studies showing the huge relationship between diet, behavior and learning AND the Feingold diet does not eliminate sugar. People will find that when they go on the diet, less sugar is eaten. Behavior improves due to the elimination of the additives, not because of the sugar that is eliminated at the same time.

]]> By: Jane Hersey http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-147 Jane Hersey Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:11:03 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-147 There is a great deal of evidence linking food additives to hyperactivity, and there aren't any studies that show a mere 2% success rate for the Feingold diet (as described above). In December of 2004 researchers from Harvard and Columbia published a meta-analysis of the studies on food dyes and hyperactivity. It was published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. They found that the behavior of hyperactive children improved significantly when artificial food colors were eliminated. Similar results were found in studies by Anthony et al (1999), Bateman (2001), Pessler (2002). Earlier studies by Kaplan, Carter, Egger, Boris, and Rowe also support the food additive/behavior link. In 2006 Lau et al published their work showing the neurotoxic effects of food dyes and other additives. Dr. Feingold never said that food additives "cause" hyperactivity, but that in susceptible individuals they can trigger the symptoms. Accurate information is available at Wikipedia and a great deal of information can be found at www.feingold.org. This site also provides abstracts of the major studies on this. One more thing...the Feingold diet has no relation to a sugar-free diet. While it does not encourage overconsumption, the Feingold Program has never restricted sugar. There is a great deal of evidence linking food additives to hyperactivity, and there aren’t any studies that show a mere 2% success rate for the Feingold diet (as described above).
In December of 2004 researchers from Harvard and Columbia published a meta-analysis of the studies on food dyes and hyperactivity. It was published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. They found that the behavior of hyperactive children improved significantly when artificial food colors were eliminated.
Similar results were found in studies by Anthony et al (1999), Bateman (2001), Pessler (2002). Earlier studies by Kaplan, Carter, Egger, Boris, and Rowe also support the food additive/behavior link. In 2006 Lau et al published their work showing the neurotoxic effects of food dyes and other additives.
Dr. Feingold never said that food additives “cause” hyperactivity, but that in susceptible individuals they can trigger the symptoms.
Accurate information is available at Wikipedia and a great deal of information can be found at http://www.feingold.org. This site also provides abstracts of the major studies on this.
One more thing…the Feingold diet has no relation to a sugar-free diet. While it does not encourage overconsumption, the Feingold Program has never restricted sugar.

]]> By: Chris Tregenza http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-146 Chris Tregenza Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:54:10 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-146 ML - No I haven't covered additives and behaviour in any detail yet. From the research I did for the article above, there seems to be little evidence that addatives effect ADHD. Chris ML – No I haven’t covered additives and behaviour in any detail yet. From the research I did for the article above, there seems to be little evidence that addatives effect ADHD.

Chris

]]> By: ML Mountjoy http://www.myomancy.com/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_a/comment-page-1#comment-145 ML Mountjoy Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:10:47 +0000 http://owl.vm.bytemark.co.uk/2006/07/add_adhd_diet_ahtml/#comment-145 have links between food additives and behaviour been covered on myomancy? have links between food additives and behaviour been covered on myomancy?

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