ADD - Why Can't My Child Behave? by Jane Hersey

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> [sSRI-Research] " ADD " - Why Can't My Child

> Behave? by Jane Hersey

>

> Why Can't My Child Behave? by Jane Hersey

>

> http://www.feingold.org/book.html

>

> Today . . . the typical child growing up in the

> United States is exposed to these powerful chemicals

> all day, every day.

>

> The child growing up in the U.S. in the 1940's

got:

> White toothpaste

> Oatmeal

> Corn flakes

Toast & butter,

Cocoa made with natural ingredients

Whipped cream

No vitamins (or perhaps cod liver oil)

White powder or bad-tasting liquid medicine

Sample school lunch:

> Meat loaf, freshly made mashed potatoes,

> vegetable. Milk, cupcake made from scratch.

Sample school beverage:

> Water from the drinking fountain

Candy in the classroom a few times a year at

> class parties.

 

The child growing up in the U.S. today gets:

>

> Multi-colored toothpaste,

> perhaps with sparkles

> Sea Treasures Instant Oatmeal (turns

> milk blue)

> Fruity Pebbles

> jam Pop Tarts

> Cocoa made with artificial flavoring, & some

 

with dyes.

> Cool Whip

> Flintstone vitamins

Bright pink, bubble-gum flavored chewable or

 

> liquid medicine

> Sample school lunch:

> Highly processed foods loaded with synthetic

> additives, no vegetable. Chocolate milk with

> artificial flavor.

> Sample school beverage:

> Soft drink with artificial color, flavor,

> caffeine, aspartame, etc.

> Candy (with synthetic additives)

> given frequently.

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>

> About the Book & Author

>

> PART ONE -- Introduction to diet, learning, &

> behavior

> PART TWO -- Additives: those funny things in food

> PART THREE -- Coping Skills

> PART FOUR -- The Cost to Society

> ORDER FORM

> HOME PAGE

>

> The Feingold Association of the United States

> 540 E. Main Street, Suite N, Riverhead, NY 11901

> (631) 369-9340 or e-mail

>

>

> Why Can't My Child Behave? is written by Jane

> Hersey, editor of the Pure Facts Newsletter; in its

> 400 pages, the book comprises 25 years of experience

> in the Feingold Association -- experience helping

> thousands of new members help their children, and

> experience being a member and watching her own

> children grow.

>

> In 1974, Dr. Ben Feingold's book, Why Your Child is

> Hyperactive, burst onto the scene, shaking up the

> medical and industrial establishments in the United

> States, as well as abroad. The effects continue to

> this day. What looked like a modest little book

> about a doctor and the children he helped has had a

> positive effect on the lives of many thousands of

> people. It has triggered far-reaching changes in

> what we eat and how health, learning and behavior is

> perceived.

>

> But while the affected industries are well aware of

> the enormous potential of Dr. Feingold's work, most

> of the public is not. This is why you may have had

> to search long and hard to find our association, and

> it is why you may be having trouble gaining the

> cooperation of those around you. This book can help.

>

>

>

> The contents at a glance:

>

>

>

> PART ONE -- an introduction to diet, learning, and

> behavior

>

Read Part One Here

> Tell Me About Your Child

> The Ages and Stages of ADD/ADHD

> Questions Parents Ask

> Four Days of Feingold: a Trial Diet

> Can a Diet Help Improve Your Child's Behavior?

> Our Kids -- on the Program for More than a Decade

> How Can I Gain My Child's Cooperation?

> How Do I Actually Begin?

> Stage One

>

>

> PART TWO -- Additives: What are all those funny

> things in food?

>

> Food Colorings

> Flavorings

> The Troublesome Antioxidants

> Five " Little " Food Additives

> Other Additives

> Salicylates: What's Wrong with Apple Juice?

> Foods: from Bread to Wine

>

>

> PART THREE -- Coping Skills

>

> If You Hate Cooking

> Saving Money on Food

> Low Cholesterol Diets and Feingold

> How do you Deal with Cheating?

> When Dad Won't Cooperate

> Grandparents

> Parenting the Feingold Teen

> Health and Illness

> Seasons and Holidays

> Your Child in School

> Social Skills Deficits

> How Food Additives Affect the Brain

> Medication for ADD

> On the Program Away from Home

> ......Church

> ......Camp

> ......Restaurants

> Travel Abroad

> Babies and Adults

> Non-foods can Trigger Reactions

> ......Carpet, Cosmetics, Paint, Perfume

> Other Problems

> ......Arthritis

> ......Asthma

> ......Autism

> ......Bedwetting

> ......Depression

> ......Ear Infections

> ......Eye Muscle Disorders

> ......Hives

> ......Seizure Disorders

> ......Sleep Disorders

> ......Tourette Syndrome

> Food Allergies

>

>

> PART FOUR -- The Cost to Society

>

> Violence

> Substance Abuse

> If You Want to Help

> Newest Scientific Studies

> Review of the Old Studies

> List of Food Additives

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