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THE CAUSES OF HYPERKINETIC SYNDROME AND FOOD: RECENT STUDIES
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It would appear, from more recent studies, that food additives are important in a great many children with hyperkinetic syndrome, but that it is unusual to find a child for whom additives are the sole problem. Most also show sensitivity to various commonly eaten foods, pollen, dust, other common allergens and chemicals. The role of natural salicylates seems to be a minor one. When food and other allergens are considered, as well as additives, 50-80 per cent of children respond, although not all of them are completely cured. Sensitivity to unavoidable synthetic chemicals, such as solvents and the contaminants of natural gas, may account for the partial success with some patients.
Although Feingold’s theory was not entirely right, he was correct to single out food additives for blame – they do seem to play a disproportionate role in hyperactivity, compared to other types of illness such as asthma or eczema. This suggests that enzyme deficiencies may contribute to hyperkinetic syndrome, because such additives need to be detoxified by the body’s enzymes. They may also prevent some enzymes from working properly. The involvement of additives may explain why the incidence of hyperkinetic syndrome seems to have increased dramatically in the last 20 years – a period that has seen the meteoric rise of junk food’, take-aways and instant-everything. All these convenience foods tend t6 be rich in colourings, flavourings, preservatives and other additives.
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