Change Behavior by Changing Your Grocery List Help for parents of hard-to-raise kids

It all begins in your grocery cart

Healing broken lives

Before changing what they ate: • ADD • ADHD • Reactive attachment disorder • Mood disorder • Severe dyslexia • Oppositional defiant disorder • Bi polar disorder • Seizures • Destructive behavior All of the boys were on multiple medications

Things we eat can affect our: behavior / mood ability to focus physical health

and school performance

Feingold Program Eliminates: • Synthetic dyes • Artificial flavors • BHA, BHT, TBHQ (preservatives) • Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal), Splenda Temporarily removes: • Aspirin & medicine with aspirin • Natural salicylates (apple, oranges, etc.)

Synthetic dyes • Synthetic dyes originally were made from coal tar oil. Today they come from petroleum (crude oil) just like gasoline. • Petroleum is also used to make artificial flavorings, preservatives, plastic, medicine, pesticides and fragrances.

Food dyes have been found to trigger many problems ADHD DNA damage Nerve damage Asthma Migraines Hives, eczema Seizures Reproductive damage Cancer Aggression

Naturally colored treats

Flavoring – look for these words: • Artificial • Imitation • Vanillin

Choose the real thing!

BHA, BHT, TBHQ • • • • • • •

Cancer Tumors Cell death Enlarged liver Decreased sleep Learning deficits Increased aggression See research at www.feingold.org

Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal)

Physicians and researchers have reported many reactions to this artificial sweetener, including: • • • • •

Headaches Seizures Brain tumors Nerve damage Reduced IQ after pre-natal exposure • Muscle damage • Blindness

Feingold materials guide you through the program

Baby steps to new food favorites: beverages

Real ingredients are delicious!

Chicken pot pie – this is what it should be. But KFC has a different version…

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KFC Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Stock, Potatoes (with Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate to protect color), Carrots, Peas, Heavy Cream, Modified Food Starch, contains 2% or less of Wheat Flour, Salt, Chicken Fat, Dried Dairy Blend (Whey, Calcium Caseinate), Butter (Cream, Salt), Natural Chicken Flavor with other Natural Flavors (Salt, Natural Flavoring, Maltodextrin, Whey Powder, Nonfat Dry Milk, Chicken Fat, Ascorbic Acid [to help protect flavor], Sesame Oil, Chicken Broth Powder), Monosodium Glutamate, Liquid Margarine (Vegetable Oil Blend [Liquid Soybean, Hydrogenated Cottonseed, Hydrogenated Soybean], Water, Vegetable Mono and Diglycerides, Beta Carotene [color]), Roasted Garlic Juice Flavor (Garlic Juice, Salt, Natural Flavors), Gelatin, Roasted Onion Juice Flavor (Onion Juice, Salt, Natural Flavors), Chicken Pot Pie Flavor (Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy and Wheat Gluten Protein, Salt, Vegetable Stock [Carrot, Onion, Celery], Maltodextrin, Flavors, Dextrose, Chicken Broth), Sugar, Mono and Diglycerides, Spice, Seasoning (Soybean Oil, Oleoresin Turmeric, Spice Extractives), Parsley, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Yellow 5. Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Nonfat Milk, Maltodextrin, Salt, Dextrose, Sugar, Whey, Natural Flavor, Butter, Citric Acid, Dough Conditioner, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), colored with Yellow 5 & Red 40. Fresh Chicken marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded with: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavorings, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, with not more than 2% Calcium Silicate added as an anti-caking agent OR Fresh Chicken marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded with: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Corn Starch, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Spice Extractives, Citric Acid, and 2% Calcium Silicate added as anti-caking agent OR Fresh Chicken marinated with: Salt, Sodium Phosphate and Monosodium Glutamate. Breaded with: Wheat Flour, Sodium Chloride and anti-caking agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Colonel’s Secret Original Recipe Seasoning OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, breaded with: Wheat Flour, Sodium Chloride and anti-caking agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Colonel’s Secret Original Recipe Seasoning OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, breaded with: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Natural Flavorings, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, with not more than 2% Calcium Silicate added as an anti-caking agent OR Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Breaded with: Wheat Flour, Salt, Spices, Monosodium Glutamate, Corn Starch, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Garlic Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Spice Extractives, Citric Acid, and 2% Calcium Silicate added as anti-caking agent OR Seasoning (Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Garlic Powder, Spice Extractives, Onion Powder), Soy Protein Concentrate, Rice Starch and Sodium Phosphates. Battered with: Water, Wheat Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Spice and Onion Powder. Predusted with: Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Dried Egg Whites, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice and Onion Powder. Breaded with: Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy Flour, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Monosodium Glutamate, Spice, Nonfat Dry Milk, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Extractives of Turmeric and Extractives of Annatto. Breading set in Vegetable Oil. This information has been taken directly from the KFC web site. ¨

We call our program the Feingold Diet, but back in the old days people had a different name for it.

They called it “food.”

Crazy busy, crazy loud Geoffrey would fly into a rage over nothing Difficulty reading Head-banging when frustrated. Within 2 weeks of beginning Feingold people were commenting on how dramatically his behavior had changed. They said he was a new child. He went from not being able to hear phonetics to sounding out 4 and 5 syllable words in less than a year.

Oldest son no longer has headaches and is now doing well academically.

Switch from Fake to Food! Instead of:

Choose this:

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Kool Aid Jell-O Cheetos Sunny Delight Mellow Yellow M&Ms Hershey bar Froot Loops Hawaiian Punch

Juice, water, sugar Unflavored + fruit juice Fritos or natural Cheetos Orange juice 7-UP (not diet) Sundrops Ghirardelli bar Crispix Minute Maid Fruit Punch

Simple changes can make a huge difference!

Artificial flavor

No artificial flavor

There are many natural options!

“Food additives can affect any system of the body.” • • • • • • •

Attention and focus Behavior Headaches, migraines Tics, seizures Handwriting, dyslexia Hives, eczema Asthma, other respiratory problems • Eye muscle disorders

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Depression, mood swings Obsessive compulsions Bedwetting Sleep disorders including sleep apnea and narcolepsy • Speech dysfunction • Ear Infections • Bipolar disorders

February 25th

March 16th

Michael T. age 6, before Feingold

Michael T, age 6, on the Feingold Diet

Is it natural or synthetic?

The answer is “yes.”

Robert and Natasha Symptoms when the children arrived: * ADHD * ODD * Mental handicaps * Low spectrum autism Medicines used: Celexa, Strattera, Intuniv, Ritalin, Zoloft, Vyvanse, Blood pressure medicine All caused tics, insomnia & nightmares and did not improve symptoms.

A simple switch can make a big difference.

The burgers are okay but not the fries.

Burgers and fries are both acceptable.

Many chains have some acceptable items.

Good choices!

Problems have increased • • • • • • • • •

Obesity Diabetes ADHD, ADD, PDD, OCD Developmental delays Asthma Ear infections Depression Violent behavior Bipolar disorders

First, look for Cause(s) • • • • • • • • • • • •

Synthetic food additives Natural salicylates, aspirin Family stress Loss of a pet or loved one Vision deficits Sensory integration deficits Excess of heavy metals Deficiency of “good fats” Need for certain nutrients Food allergies Thyroid dysfunction Celiac disease

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Lack of sleep Fluoride sensitivity Environmental chemicals Side effect of medicine Excess manganese and zinc deficiency from soy infant formula • Wood burning stoves, kerosene heaters • Gas or oil heat with inadequate filters • Fragrances – plug-ins, cologne, scented candles, etc.

Read the label and look for numbers

If it glows in the dark, don’t eat it

Non-foods can cause problems too

Don’t trust any product that has a hyperactive rabbit as its mascot!

The Feingold Association of the United States (631) 369-9340

www.feingold.org www.ADHDdiet.org Copyright 2015 by the Feingold Association of the United States