re food related seizures in article apr spdcc com dyer spdcc com steve dyer writes newsgroups sci med path news larc nasa gov saimiri primate wisc edu zaphod mps ohio state edu uwm edu cs utexas edu uunet think com hsdndev spdcc dyer from dyer spdcc com steve dyer organization s p dyer computer consulting cambridge ma references uupcb factory com cup portal com date sat apr gmt lines in article cup portal com mmm cup portal com mark robert thorson writes i remember hearing a few years back about a new therapy for hyperactivity which involved aggressively eliminating artificial coloring and flavoring from the diet the theory which was backed up by interesting anecdotal results is that certain people are just way more sensitive to these chemicals than other people i don t remember any connection being made with seizures but it certainly couldn t hurt to try an all natural diet yeah the feingold diet is a load of crap children diagnosed with add who are placed on this diet show no improvement in their intellectual and social skills which in fact continue to decline of course the parents who are enthusiastic about this approach lap it up at the expense of their children s development so much for the value of interesting anecdotal results people will believe anything if they want to steve dyer dyer ursa major spdcc com aka ima harvard rayssd linus m c spdcc dyer thanks for all the interest in this problem of mine i don t think it is a reaction to sugar or junk food per se since kathryn has never shown any signs of hyperactivity or changes in behavior in response to food she has always been very calm and dare i say a neat smart kid the fact that this happened while eating two sugar coated cereals made by kellog s makes me think she might be having an allergic reaction to something in the coating or the cereals of the four of us in our immediate family kathryn shows the least signs of the hay fever running nose itchy eyes etc but we have a lot of allergies in our family history including some weird food allergies nuts mushrooms anyway our next trip is to an endocrinologist to check out the body chemistry but so far no more sugar coated cereals and no more seizures either every day that goes by without one makes me heave a sigh of relief thanks again sharon paulson s s paulson larc nasa gov nasa langley research center bldg d mailstop work hampton virginia home
