The RPAH Elimination Diet developed as the careful approach eliminating all foods where there was evidence for the presence of the suspect food chemicals. The Diet Detective Approach is less strict. I developed it beginning in 1975 when there was little useful analysis data, and additive labelling did not exist. I found the best way to the most effective diet was to do careful clinical research recording the foods my patients reacted to. This meant the diet approach progressed over years with … [Read more...]
Eosinophilic Oesophagitis responded to low chemical diet – case study Oct 2016
Dietary treatment for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis (EO) was shown to be relevant when a fully hydrolysed formula produced improvement in around 90% of cases. With that realization of an allergy mechanism the six-food elimination diet (SFED) was used. This produced an efficacy of 70%. The shift to the SFED still implies that many foods are suspect, and also suggests that dietary treatment for EO is the same for everyone. Other research has reported that the improvement can be equally verified from … [Read more...]
Randomised experiments are not the only way to the truth
Hooray! It is great to hear an epidemiologist speak in defense of observational science. See: /theconversation.com/in-defence-of-observational-science-randomised-experiments-arent-the-only-way-to-the-truth-49807 This is particularly important where food is concerned as it is so difficult to reduce complex food issues down to a simple randomized controlled study. The effect of diet on hyperactivity is a very good example particularly as what looked simple proved to be a very complex … [Read more...]
Evidence base for Tolerating Troublesome Foods
Following are some important aspects of the developing of thinking over time:- 1975 I began work using the Feingold diet Realised that the diet itself needed investigation I collected data on what families reacted to and tolerated. 1976 Reported in letter to Medical Journal of Australia 1976, 2:248 Collated world-wide research on what others were reporting tolerated and not tolerated. 1977 Produced a Diet manual in 1977 1978 Reported findings in Australian Family Physician article … [Read more...]
Individualising diet investigation
This poster was presented at the International Congress of Dietetics in September 2012. Click here to view the poster. … [Read more...]
Publications and presentations by Joan Breakey 1977 – 2012
1977 Breakey J Study of diet and hyperactivity ICD Post Congress Paediatric Seminar Breakey J Hyperkinesis and its implications for the food industry. AIFST Annual Convention Brisbane Breakey J A manual for the additive free low salicylate diet. Brisbane 1978 Breakey J Dietary management of hyperkinesis and behavioural problems. Aust Family Physician 1978;7:720 4 Breakey J Food and behaviour. Presentation to the Nutrition Society of Australia, Brisbane From 1979 to … [Read more...]
Review article: The role of diet and behaviour in childhood
This short review has summarised the most important research, particularly that from 1985 to 1995, on the relationship between diet and behaviour. Relevant studies particularly those using double-blind placebo controlled food challenge methodology were selected, and presented within a historical context. Summary tables of the early development of concepts and later pertinent studies are provided. The research has shown that diet definitely affects some children. Rather than becoming simpler the … [Read more...]