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The Feingold Diet

A Current Reappraisal

Jeffrey A. Mattes, MD

Jeffrey A. Mattes is a staff psychiatrist at the Carrier Foundation. He was formerly the medical direcior of ihe Child Developmeni Clinic at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center. He received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College.

The Feingold diet, eliminating artificial colorings, artificial flavorings, and salicylates, has been claimed, based on anecdotal evidence, to improve the learning and behavior of hyperactive children. A review of all published, completed controlled studies, however, indicates that the Feingold diet is probably not effective, except perhaps in a very small percentage of children. The positive results in a few studies have been inconsistent between studies and greatly outnumbered by negative results. Even among children whose parents feel the diet has helped them greatly, the improvement seems more often a placebo effect, e.g., due to the increased attention the child is receiving, than a true effect of artificial colorings or flavorings.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 16, No. 6, 319-323 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948301600602
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