Whats Become Of The Feingold Diet?
Ockham’s Razor broadcast Sunday 11 November 2001 with Robyn Williams Summary: Dietitian Joan Breakey talks about developments since Dr. Ben Feingold, in 1973, first linked diet and hyperactivity. Transcript: Robyn Williams: One of the biggest controversies of the 1970s was about hyperactivity in children, their diet and the advice of American scientist Dr Ben Feingold. So whatever happened to the Feingold diet? In Brisbane, Joan Breakey tells the tale. Joan Breakey: In 1973 Dr Ben Feingold first linked diet and hyperactivity. The Feingold diet excluded artificial colours and flavours and some preservatives, as well as aspirin and natural salicylates. In 1974, Dr Joan Woodhill, an Australian dietician, trailblazed work and produced the Australian Feingold diet. She incorporated information from dermatologists who used low salicylate diets, and excluded more fruit, all herbs and spices, essential oils, capsicum and coloured stock cubes, thereby accidentally excluding MSG. In 1975 Feingol
