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Regina Finan wrote in a message to Alan Rackmill:
 -=> Quoting Alan Rackmill to Regina Finan <=-
 AR> Regina Finan wrote in a message to MARK PROBERT:
 AR> ****
 RF>  
 MP> RF{ JK> I think it is long past time that other parents listen 
 MP> on the
 MP> RF{ subject JK> of remedial diets.
 RF>  
 MP> RF{ You think.
 RF>  
 RF>  No, I did not say this.  This post may suggest that.  No, I
 RF> do not believe  in diets for ADHD, my mail with my stand
 RF> will be posted shortly. 
 AR> The work on some people.
 AR> I used the Feingold diet on my son who was ADHD, and it worked very
 AR> well. 
 AR> In fact, it worked better than some of the meds I tried.
 RF>  I will not dispute the fact that you have found success for
 RF> whatever  reason.  I myself have not and which also has been
 RF> supported by  research.
And I saw research that supported it.
 AR> It is extremely difficult to follow the Feingold diet, but when I was
 AR> able to do so, his behavior as more "normal", and he was able to
 AR> concentrate on his surroundings. When he "slipped", and ate something
 AR> he wasn't supposed to, his behavior regressed to his ADHD style. 
 AR> Part of the difficulty in sticking to the diet with him was that by
 AR> the time I found it, his eating habits were almost set in stone and it
 AR> was near impossible to get him to eat some of the foods he was allowed
 AR> and not eat what he wasn't allowed. 
 RF>  I'm not disputed what you are saying, but has your child
 RF> ever been tested  for food allergies?  Just curious that is
 RF> all.  If it works for you I would  continue it.
He was tested for ALL allergies.
He had a lot of them, but none to food.
And as for continuing the diet, he is 31 years old now and it is his 
responsibility now to moniter what he eats, and he seems to be doing well.
Alan
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