The Feingold Cookbook for Hyperactive Children

by Ben F. Feingold

Explains the problems of dietary management, brings the scientific evidence up-to-date and provides a list of forbidden foods. Includes recipes and menus for additive and salicylate-free meals for the entire family.

327 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 1979

Reviews

[Samantha Penrose]

This book offered a very limited explanation of what the diet is, and why it is proposed to work; it's really just a collection of recipes from familys who use this restrictive diet.
The book was published in 1979, so as you might imagine, there are some rather "colorful" recipes... Lots of pineapple in things, plenty of recipe names that end in "surprise," lots of things formed in to an "attractive ring shape," and hard boiled eggs hiding in meat loaves and what not.
The recipes remind me if cambells soup recipes; simple, bland versions of well known dishes. I love that the addition of soy sauce to any recipe warrants throwing "Japanese" in to the name of the dish.
That said, I will try a handful of recipes, one if them is an attractive carrot ring! :D

[Rose Spencer]

Older book but worth the read when starting this diet

[Katie]

I don't think Faith is hyperactive...she is, however, adversely affected by sugar and I'm researching ways to cut it out of our diets. There is also news that many foods with high-fructose-corn-syrup contain higher than allowed levels of mercury, which is just scary.

[Jennifer]

Will be trying some of these recipes soon!