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The Feingold diet was a popular, yet controversial, treatment for hyperactive children during the 1970s which blamed food additives for the disorder. Although parents and the media were attracted to the Feingold diet, the medical community was suspicious and designed trials to test it. The trials yielded mixed results and were often ...
In 1974, a self-help book written by Ben F. Feingold (1899–1982) entitled Why Your Child Is Hyperactive arrived on the shelves of bookstores across North America.¹ On the surface, the Random House publication was not particularly exceptional. By the mid-1970s, hyperactivity, a disorder characterized by hyperactive, impulsive, inattentive ...
The author, San Francisco allergist Ben F. Feingold, claimed that hyperactivity was caused by food additives and was best prevented and treated with a diet, subsequently dubbed the ‘Feingold diet’, free of such substances. Reaction to the idea was swift. The media and parents found Feingold’s environmentally-based theory intriguing, as it
Jun 29, 2011 · In 1973, San Francisco allergist Ben Feingold created an uproar by claiming that synthetic food additives triggered hyperactivity, then the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder in the United States. He contended that the epidemic should not be treated with drugs such as Ritalin but, instead, with a food additive-free diet. Parents and the media considered his treatment, the Feingold diet ...
Feingold diet. The Feingold diet is an elimination diet initially devised by Benjamin Feingold following research in the 1970s that appeared to link food additives with hyperactivity; by eliminating these additives and various foods the diet was supposed to alleviate the condition. Popular in its day, the diet has since been referred to as an ...
Jul 1, 2011 · Matthew Smith asserts that those scientific conclusions were, in fact, flawed. An Alternative History of Hyperactivity explores the origins of the Feingold diet, revealing why it became so popular, and the ways in which physicians, parents, and the public made decisions about whether it was a valid treatment for hyperactivity.
2400 (July 2024) Peak rating. 2563 (January 2006) Benjamin Philip Finegold (born September 6, 1969) is an American chess grandmaster and YouTuber / Twitch streamer. He had previously been nicknamed the "strongest International Master in the United States" until receiving his Grandmaster (GM) title in 2009. [1]
