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My Food Sensitive Life 1975 – The Feingold Diet changed my Career  

February 29, 2024 by Joan Breakey   Blog

Dr Feingold’s ideas caused much heated controversy in the medical and wider community, but particularly in the food industry. The controversy raged with Feingold saying that artificial additives were toxic, but the medical profession, the population in general, and the food industry strongly disagreeing, and the media covering various points of view. The public were not happy as the diet was seen as depriving children of the joy of treats and food on special occasions, even though there was also … [Read more...]

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My Food Sensitive Life 1975,Diet changed my life

February 27, 2024 by Joan Breakey   Blog

My life changed when I was 29 and I trialled a new diet. The diet was developed by Dr Ben Feingold and presented in his 1974 book: Why Your Child is Hyperactive. He said that hyperactive symptoms in children were caused by artificial additives, aspirin and many foods containing salicylate.While the book wasn’t available yet in Australia, I was given a diet summary chart (only ten centimetres square) by a psychologist who found it in a medical journal. He asked me to help implement the diet in … [Read more...]

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My Food Sensitive Life 1971/2 Breastfeeding in the 1970s

April 24, 2023 by Joan Breakey   Blog

When I was breast-feeding I really loved Pep-O-mint lifesavers and other high salicylate food. I had mint packets in my hand bag, car, and pantry. I used to have one whenever I felt like it and I really enjoyed them. In hindsight I am sure I used them to give me a lift when I had mild symptoms. The effect might also have contributed to the lively animated baby that Noreen was!In the 1970s I considered myself a modern gourmet cook. That meant much more wine-flavoured dishes with Tabasco Sauce … [Read more...]

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1970/1 pregnancy: the back to nature phase

March 24, 2023 by Joan Breakey   Blog

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My Food Sensitive Life 1968 Two years lecturing

January 29, 2023 by Joan Breakey   Blog

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My Food-sensitive Life 1967  Age 21  T.T.T.C.

January 3, 2023 by Joan Breakey   Blog

After graduating as a dietitian, I returned to Melbourne to the Technical Teachers Training College in Toorak which I also loved. It wasn’t until years later that teaching was seen as an additional valuable skill for dietitians in helping patients. Teaching home economics to young girls in a low socio-economic area was rewarding. I remember one very bright likeable student, Imelda, who was unable to concentrate or sit still. She would tell me that she was less on-the-go in my class than for the … [Read more...]

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My Food-sensitive Life 1966 Cert Dietetics, RPH

November 21, 2022 by Joan Breakey   Blog

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Joan Breakey

Joan Breakey is the author of foodintolerancepro.com.  She is one of the few dietitians in the world who has a lifetime of specialisation in the area of Food Sensitivity. She is a  Dietitian, Home Economist and Teacher. In 1975 she began her first work on Diet and Hyperactivity, investigating the effects of the Feingold diet on children’s behaviour. For more than 45 years Joan has been writing books and articles, publishing and presenting the results of her ongoing research in this area.

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