While there are gaps in the research on diet and ADHD there is much that we do know. Click the link below to see my presentation delivered at the Symposium on Dietetic Research in Adverse Food Reactions at the International Congress of Dietetics in Sydney in 2012 Gaps diet & ADHD B&W forFIP2013 … [Read more...]
Gaps in diet and ADHD
Please download Joan's talk on the current research gaps in the diet component of diet and ADHD in pdf format Gaps diet & ADHD B&W. … [Read more...]
Chronic ear infections – diet can have a role
What are the steps in thinking about diet and chronic ear infections? The first is that chronic ear infections are known to have an adverse effect on hearing. Then this has an adverse effect on language development, and because hearing is decreased behaviour problems can arise. Preventing these problems is important. The second idea is to think about what is known about causes or reasons for chronic ear infections? Chronic ear infections are more likely to occur:- where infections … [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...]
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...]
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – diet can help
When researching the role of diet and behaviour some of the problems that parents report as improving include being easily distracted, acts without thinking, excitable, restless, fidgety, can’t sit still, tantrums, difficult to control, “irritable, touchy and cranky”, “off with the fairies or on another planet” demanding and argumentative, problems settling to sleep, and sleep problems. Many of these problems occur in ASD children as well as in ADHD children, and many children had features of … [Read more...]