One reason that diet and eczema is not well understood it that there are three parts to what I call “Diet detective work”. Often families with eczema consider the second part and much of the third part. The first part is the exclusion of the suspect additives and natural chemicals, which include salicylates, amines and […]
Diet and IBS – what can you do?
There is no one diet that is just what you do for IBS. It is a whole process of investigation to find the diet that is just the right one for you. Diet Detective Work is not just a gimmick. It is a scientific and practical way to find what symptoms change and how much, […]
Abstract: a report on the use of a low additive and amine, low salicylate diet in the treatment of behaviour, hyperactivity and learning problems in children
ABSTRACT A review of the literature on diet and hyperactivity [more correctly termed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD] showed that dietary factors do not cause hyperactivity, so additives do not need to be banned. But they do effect some children. The suspect diet substances being investigated have broadened, as have the problems diet affects. […]
What’s become of the Feingold diet?
Transcript from Ockham’s Razor broadcast Sunday 11 November 2001 with Robyn Williams Summary: Dietitian Joan Breakey talks about developments since Dr. Ben Feingold, in 1973, first linked diet and hyperactivity. Transcript: Robyn Williams: One of the biggest controversies of the 1970s was about hyperactivity in children, their diet and the advice of American scientist Dr […]
What’s smell got to do with it?
Transcript from Ockham’s Razor, 16 May 2004. Presented by Robyn Williams. If bitterness is a warning via taste, is flavour a warning via smell? Brisbane dietitian Joan Breakey investigated the role of flavour as a warning via smell and discovered that strong flavoured foods remained high risk for some, but others were able to […]
Pain as a symptom of food intolerance
We have often seen symptoms such as infant eczema, chronic daily headaches, related to diet, or heard that diet can be one of the migraine treatments, or natural remedies for ADHD and some other food intolerance symptoms. Now it is time to think of pain itself as another important symptom that changes with diet. In […]
Abstract: Food tolerance in infants who responded to dietary investigation of suspected food sensitivity
J Breakey, K Fergusson 2001 Outline of problem investigated The aim of the study was to provide detail on food tolerance in young children investigated for suspected food sensitivity. Rather than conducting a single case study it was thought that information on all young children seen in a 12 month period would provide a more […]