Newsletter of the Feingold Association of the United States
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How can parents help their ADHD child?
In the controversy over whether or not to use medication, some important issues are often ignored.
Immune reactivity to food coloring –
What actually happens once these petrochemicals get into our bodies?
Sunshine, health and behavior –
The importance of Vitamin D3 in a child’s development and behavior is being studied around the globe.
Noah’s story.
It wasn’t ADHD and it wasn’t bi-polar disorder. This little boy suffered from multiple physical problems, and his behavior was a reflection of how miserable he felt.
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Jake’s story: A little boy with no words.
Jake was three years old, pushing four that summer, his mom recalls. He was perfect in every way … except that he had almost no vocabulary.
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Sensitive to the world
Most children are comfortable with the everyday things in their life – the people and sounds around them, the clothes they wear and the food they ingest are all a part of their daily experience. But for a child with extreme sensory dysfunction, they are constant sources of pain Read more …
A child heading in the wrong direction.
Ritalin was the first medication my son was placed on at 4 years old. It had VERY little effect other than making him not hungry. Over the next 8 years, he was on so many different ADHD medications I can’t remember them all.
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Antipsychotics – risky drugs for little children.
Despite the wealth of research on the benefits of treating ADHD with nutrition, drugs continue to be prescribed, and many children receive a cocktail of powerful chemicals …
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