| In 1973, around 30 years ago, Benjamin Feingold M.D. | | | | and Hyperactive Children". |
| went to the American Medical Association and | | | | Rippere and Schauss are those who criticized |
| presented to them his extensive research about the | | | | Connors by making some studies upon the link |
| fact that food additives are at the origin of some | | | | between Hyperactivity in Children and Food Additives. |
| behavior and learning disorders. | | | | Connors used to use non-appropriate control |
| His research included more than 3,000 different food | | | | substances as the placebo in his studies on reactions |
| additives and was based on more than 1,200 cases. | | | | to food in hyperkinetics such as chocolate chip |
| He was completely ridiculed and studies where done | | | | cookies. In further studies on chocolate they've noticed |
| just to disprove his statements. Nowadays it has been | | | | that sometimes it produced 59% of reaction and other |
| proven that about 50% of those who use the Feingold | | | | times 33%. |
| diet have a significant decrease in symptoms of | | | | The FDA data was way over the doses mentioned in |
| hyperactivity. | | | | an average daily basis in Connors studies. A daily dose |
| The term "Food Additives" in the United States of | | | | of 150mg of mixed food dyes is the average of most |
| America covers more than 5,000 added chemicals to | | | | children between 5 and 12. Connors didn't even use the |
| food products such as for thickening, preserving, | | | | real amount of intake by children as he used a dose of |
| emulsifying, flavoring, coloring, bleaching, anti-caking,... | | | | 26mg a day in his studies. |
| Amazingly the researchers who ridiculed his | | | | Now the main reason why Feingold`s Hypothesis was |
| statements only focused on 10 food dyes while | | | | rejected is that if Feingold`s Hypothesis comes worldly |
| Feingold considered more than 3,000. | | | | known and accepted, their will exist a real pressure |
| Even if they attempted to disprove Feingold`s | | | | upon the food industry as they will have to make |
| hypothesis, it has been clearly proven that food | | | | costly changes in food processing. |
| additives play a major role in the hyperactivity of | | | | General Foods, Nabisco, Coca Cola and many others |
| children. | | | | are those who support the Nutrition Foundation so |
| Since it has been known that most of the studies | | | | from where do you think the pressure comes to keep |
| against Feingold`s Hypothesis are invalid as cause of | | | | silent Feingold`s statements? |
| the inadequate guidelines they used, the United States | | | | All those giant manufacturers will do anything to keep |
| Institutes of Health Consensus Conference on Defined | | | | researchers as Feingold mouths shut even if it has a |
| Diets and Childhood Hyperactivity reopened the doors | | | | costly price! |
| of reconsideration for the veracity of Feingold`s Diet. | | | | After all... We and our children are suffering of these |
| An example is C. Keith Connors, the most hard refuter | | | | harmful Artificial Food Additives! |
| of Feingold`s Hypothesis and author of "Food Additives | | | | |