Medical Journal of Australia, 1978. Dec 2;2(12):570-2
To test for reactions to salicylate, 12 children who had been on the Feingold diet for about a year were challenge-tested with 40 mg of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) in a double-blind, cross-over trial with ascorbic acid as a placebo.
QUOTE: “…significance was reached in tests of general cognitive capacity, line walking and the “finger-to-nose” tests, as well as increased disturbance in sleep patterns in these children.”
NOTE: This is astonishing when you realize that 40 mg is only about a half a baby aspirin!! So far, this is the only study I have found directly testing salicylate on children.
