Anti-Stress Nutrition Programme to Improve Mood,
Health, Behaviour and Learning
By Brenda Sampson
107 SYMPTOMS IMPROVE WITH DIET CONTROL
In a questionnaire, Dr. Patricia Holborow PhD. found that 200 of our members were using the Feingold programme, either fully or in part, for their families. Some were also avoiding sugar, milk, and/or wheat. They were using diet control because it helped the following symptoms:
Aches and Pains in: stomach, intestine, back, joints, chest, head (migraine), pain over and behind left eye.
Respiratory symptoms: feelings of breathlessness, poor lung expansion, asthma (wheezy), catarrh, phlegm, sore throat, tonsillitis, severely damaged throat membranes, bronchitis, chest pains, burning chest, nasal discharge, post-nasal drip, rhinitis, 'sudden outpouring of fluid from nose, eyes, back of throat', hay fever, sneezing, sinusitis, colds and congestion, night cough.
Gastro-intestinal symptoms: nausea, vomiting, feeling ill most of the time, bloated feeling, colic, constipation, diarrhoea, passage of mucous, passage of blood, evil smelling wind, pain in stomach, intestinal cramps.
Mental symptoms: agoraphobia and other phobias, panic, general unease and anxiety, mental confusion, fatigue and lethargy, depression, inability to concentrate, learning difficulty, poor coordination, dyslexia, shaking, mood swings, illogical, dizziness, memory loss, insomnia, light headedness.
Behavioural symptoms: temper outbursts, obstreperous, disobedient, hyperactive, aggressive, cannot stop talking, difficulty making friends, being dishonest.
Skin symptoms: dermatitis, hives, eczema, burning lips, dry skin patches, itching, swelling and blisters, red weals, sores on face, ulcers, perspiration, dandruff, tinea.
Cardiovascular symptoms: pain around heart, racing heart, palpitations and irregularities, flushes, erratic pulse.
General symptoms: cancer with metastases, arthritis, swollen glands, constant infections, ear infections, flu type symptoms, M.E/Chronic Fatigue type symptoms, swollen body and eyes, weight gain, hypoglycaemia, bedwetting, fluid retention, thrush, eyestrain, ulcerated mouth, 'stroke' effect down left hand side, dry vagina, inflamed knees, 'incurable' kidney disease, red face and flushes, weight loss, muscle problems.
The following were added to the list of improvements with dietary changes: brighter and happier, more energy, better school reports, better reasoning, calmer, clearer head, better teeth and gums, chronic ear noises stopped, child grew better, child breathed through nose not mouth, better eyesight.
To sum up, one person, having recovered from previous poor health, continual tiredness and depression, said "I became myself and began to find strength in me."
