{"product_id":"an-alternative-history-of-hyperactivity-food-additives-and-the-feingold-diet-hardback-9780813550169","title":"An Alternative History of Hyperactivity; Food Additives and the Feingold Diet (Hardback) 9780813550169","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Alternative History of Hyperactivity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFood Additives and the Feingold Diet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813550169\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e262 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This exciting book makes a significant contribution to the history of hyperactivity by investigating the Feingold diet from many different vantage points and examining the historical context in which this treatment was situated.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Cynthia Connolly (author of Saving Sickly Children: The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAn Alternative History of Hyperactivity\u003c\/i\u003e provides a novel dissection of a controversial medical treatment, illuminating many of the issues that characterised American medicine in the late twentieth century while simultaneously giving much-needed attention to the experience of patients and their families.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Social History of Medicine)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1973, San Francisco allergist Ben Feingold created an uproar by claiming that synthetic food additives triggered hyperactivity, then the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder in the United States. He contended that the epidemic should not be treated with drugs such as Ritalin but, instead, with a food additive-free diet. Parents and the media considered his treatment, the Feingold diet, a compelling alternative. Physicians, however, were skeptical and designed dozens of trials to challenge the idea. The resulting medical opinion was that the diet did not work and it was rejected. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Smith asserts that those scientific conclusions were, in fact, flawed. \u003ci\u003eAn Alternative History of Hyperactivity \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the origins of the Feingold diet, revealing why it became so popular, and the ways in which physicians, parents, and the public made decisions about whether it was a valid treatment for hyperactivity. Arguing that the fate of Feingold's therapy depended more on cultural, economic, and political factors than on the scientific protocols designed to test it, Smith suggests the lessons learned can help resolve medical controversies more effectively.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Food for Thought\u003cbr\u003e2. Why Your Child Is Hyperactive\u003cbr\u003e3. Feingold Goes Public\u003cbr\u003e4. The Problem with Hyperactivity\u003cbr\u003e5. “Food Just Isn’t What It Used to Be”\u003cbr\u003e6. The Feingold Diet in the Media\u003cbr\u003e7. Testing the Feingold Diet\u003cbr\u003e8. Feingold Families\u003cbr\u003e9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559299707160,"sku":"9780813550169","price":48.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-alternative-history-of-hyperactivity-food-additives-and-the-feingold-diet-hardback-9780813550169","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}