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Mar 24, 1982 · Dr. Ben F. Feingold, a pediatric allergist and author who believed that many hyperactive children could benefit from a diet that excluded all artificial colors and flavors, died yesterday at...
- What Is The Feingold Diet?
- How Does The Feingold Diet Work?
- Who Is The Feingold Diet for?
- How Much Does The Feingold Diet Cost?
- What Studies Have Been Done on The Feingold Diet?
The Feingold diet is based on an early allergy diet devised by the Mayo Clinic and used by Ben Feingold, M.D., to treat asthma and allergy in the 1950s. During the 1960s and 1970s, he discovered it was also helpful for behavioral challenges like hyperactivity. The diet is described in his 1974 book, Why Your Child Is Hyperactive. The Feingold diet ...
The Feingold diet requires parents (or adults) to diligently eliminate artificial flavors, colors, and sweeteners, as well as three artificial preservatives. Some foods and other products containing salicylate (a chemical related to aspirin) are also eliminated at the start of the diet, but are tested for tolerance later. According to Feingold’s or...
The Feingold diet was originally designed for an adult patient with a severe case of hives, but Dr. Feingold noted that behavioral changes occurred as well in the patients he studied. Today, it’s mainly recommended for children with attention problems, but the Feingold Association also claims it can help treat asthma, eczema, migraines, or other be...
The cost of the Feingold diet varies, depending on which foods you stop purchasing and which ones you select to replace them. The Feingold Association claims that after an initial investment to replace the foods you already have, the cost of food should be about the same.
No well-designed studies have been conducted on the Feingold program as a whole, but many have been conducted on various aspects of the diet. A 2004 meta-analysis, for example, supports the hypothesis that artificial food dyes promote hyperactivity, and that sensitivity to these dyes may not be limited to people with clear-cut hyperactivity syndrom...
The Feingold diet is an elimination diet initially devised by Benjamin Feingold following research in the 1970s that appeared to link food additives with hyperactivity; by eliminating these additives and various foods the diet was supposed to alleviate the condition.
About Why Your Child Is Hyperactive. 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.
- Ben Feingold
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May 17, 2008 · The Feingold diet was a popular, yet controversial, treatment for hyperactive children during the 1970s which blamed food additives for the disorder. Although parents and the media were attracted to the Feingold diet, the medical community was suspicious and designed trials to test it.
Feb 12, 1985 · by M.D. Ben F. Feingold (Author) 4.6 70 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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. Report an issue with this product or seller.
- M.D. Ben F. Feingold
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In the 1960s, Ben F. Feingold MD, Chief of Allergy at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco, was the first pediatrician and allergist pioneering in the field of allergy and immunology.
