Talk given to psychiatrists group We are all familiar with people feeling like picking a fight, dancing on the table, or crying into a drink, as being due to alcohol. What I propose is that there is an equally wide range of mood changes which result from a different group of substances in food - in a particular, that is, susceptible, subgroup of the population. Furthermore, just as it is possible for alcohol use to interact with depression or any other psychiatric disorder, it is also … [Read more...]
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Mood: the role of diet
We are all familiar with people feeling like picking a fight, dancing on the table, or crying into a drink, as being due to alcohol. What I propose is that there is an equally wide range of mood changes which result from a different group of substances in food - in a particular, that is, susceptible, subgroup of the population. Furthermore, just as it is possible for alcohol use to interact with depression or any other psychiatric disorder, it is also possible for food sensitivity to interact … [Read more...]
Is review of low chemical diet evidence useful?
Review of a report by Skypala et al on Sensitivity to food chemicals (view the report here) Sensitivity to food additives, vaso-active amines and salicylates: a review of the evidence. Skypala IJ, Williams M, Reeves L, Meyer R, Venter C. Clin Transl Allergy; 2015;5:34. The team of reviewers comment on the additives: benzoates, sulphite, MSG, as well as the natural food chemicals: amines and salicylate. They did not investigate additive colour and flavour which are the additives usually … [Read more...]
Gaps in the research on diet and ADHD – how dietitians can fill the current research needs
A 2012 State-of-the-Art Review article on diet and behaviour recommends just a healthy diet for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However there is sufficient research available to say a diet free of additive colours, flavours and some preservatives has a role in some of children with ADHD. The best summary is to say that diet factors “aggravate the underlying disorder in susceptible people”. My aim has been to contribute to diet and ADHD thinking. The reactions are … [Read more...]
Important review of research on diet and ADHD by Stevens and team 2011
Laura Stevens and her team carefully evaluated all the research on diet and ADHD until 2011. They provide clinical suggestions recommending that doctors can let families know that some children may react adversely to artificial food colours [AFCs], flavours and whole foods, but that diet is not the main cause of ADHD. They report that the evidence from the scientific literature is that those more likely to respond to diet are younger children, those with allergies, and those who also have … [Read more...]
Dietary management of hyperkinesis and behavioural problems
Dietary management of hyperkinesis and behavioural problems was published in the journal Australian Family Physician in 1978. It was presented at the Post Congress Paediatric Seminar of the International Congress of Dietetics in May, 1977 to report on Joan's clinical experiences with the Australian version of the Feingold diet. … [Read more...]
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. There is individual variation in presenting problem profiles, in symptoms that change, in amount of change, and in suspect chemicals … [Read more...]