Feingold Diet
The Feingold diet has been used for decades to improve behaviors, allergies and cognitive function without relying on pharmaceutical medications. It removes certain foods or food additives such as artificial colors, artificial flavors and preservatives from the diet.
Feingold Diet Articles
Feingold Diet Main Info Page
What Is the Feingold Diet? The Feingold diet can improve physical reactions and behavioral changes that happen after your child eats certain foods or food additives. Your child’s behavior and learning ability may be impaired by certain chemicals such as ... Read More
Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms Main Info Page
Children are increasingly being prescribed pharmaceutical medication to help them deal with emotional and behavioral problems as well as mood symptoms. What Types of Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms Are Commonly Seen in Our Kids? Depression: May be exhibited as ... Read More
How to Support the Immune System
When a child's immune system is struggling, the conventional response is usually medication to suppress symptoms, but that approach treats the surface, not the source. Real, lasting improvement comes from addressing the underlying causes of immune dysfunction: what your child ... Read More
Healthy Halloween Alternatives
"Healthy Halloween alternatives" seems like an oxymoron given that Halloween is the greatest yearly candy night for children of all ages. No child wants to be different than any other child. So, the question is “how do we make Halloween ... Read More
Which Diet Is Best for a Child with Autism?
Parents have been implementing special diets for years to help improve the health of and reduce symptoms in their children with autism. Given the number of cookbooks and blogs dedicated to this subject, it appears the gluten-free/casein-free (GFCF) diet was ... Read More
How Phenols and Salicylates May Be Contributing to Your Child’s Mood, Behavior and Hyperactivity
Phenols are the chemical compounds that give color to foods such as the red in a raspberry and the blue in a blueberry; phenolic compounds created by plants are called salicylates. Phenols are also found in artificial colors, artificial flavors ... Read More
Elimination Diet
Why Implement an Elimination Diet? An elimination diet is one of the cornerstones of improving your child's health, mood and behavior. Children with chronic health conditions typically have undetected food sensitivities and intolerances, known as IgA and IgG reactions. These ... Read More
School Lunch Programs: Feeding Mind, Body and Soul
Alyce Ortuzar fills us in on what's in a school lunch, how it relates to your child's health, how to improve it and how to get your kids involved in the process. What's For Lunch? It’s lunchtime at school. What ... Read More
Feingold Diet Stories
Marilee and Douglas: Overcoming Kidney Failure and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
This story is used with permission from Marilee Nelson, the founder of Branch Basics. Perspective and Awareness: What I Wish I Had Known Years Ago Perspective on any topic is based on an understanding of the available information that pertains ... Read More
Kyle: Sensory Processing Disorder and ADHD
Where do I begin? Should I start with my being pregnant and working at a stressful job in New York City? Maybe I should first write about my family history of celiac and not knowing that having undiagnosed gluten intolerance ... Read More
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