Jane Kelley wrote in a message to MARK PROBERT:
 MP> JK> ...the side effects of Ritalin include: depression, nervousness,
 MP> JK> insomnia &  headaches
 MP> In very few cases, and most of these are ameliorated by dosage
 MP> modifications.
 JK> Exactly what does that mean?  MOre or less of the stuff?
 MP> JK> ...there is a natural alternative to managing ADD-ADHD
 MP> None has ever been proven to work.
 JK> Ever hear of the Feingold Diet?  A couple of mothers around
 JK> here swear by it.  Gave a copy to the daughter with the
 JK> child who has a seizure disorder and got told that she
 JK> doesn't have time to fix special meals for one member of the
 JK> family, that the school will not honor a request for a
 JK> special diet, etc., etc., etc.
 JK> The mothers who swear by it were able to stay at home when
 JK> their children were younger.  They also took away all sugars
 JK> which my daughter refuses to do in her home.
 JK> The Feingold regieme is based on getting rid of salycilates.
That is over simplistic Jane.  Even for you.
The Feingold diet is based on more than just getting rid of salycilates.
It is also based on removing ALL artificial additives and colorings from the 
diet, along with the salycilates and sugar.
And that is extremely difficult to do, because there are artificial coloring 
and additives im most foods.
For example, when I tried it for my son, he would only drink chocolate milk, 
so I had to make it from scratch, because there was artificial crap in the 
pre-prepared stuff.
I had to use BAKER's Chocolate.  The dark, unsweetened kind because the light 
had sucrose in it.
I had to use extract of vanilla, not vanillin, because vanillin is 
rtificial.
And so on.
Please, if you are going to discuss something, at least get the basics 
correct.
It doesn't help your credibility when you leave out over half of the basic 
theory.
Especially when it is a theory you espouse.
 MP> All good ideas in general, but totally useless for treating ADHD.
 JK> But possibly very useful in treating conditions that
 JK> sometimes resemble ADHD and are not.
Bur first you have to determine whether it is ADHD, or a condition that 
resembles it.
Alan
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