ProudGrandma Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 for it to work?? If I were to "test" it out for a month can I...before buying all of the stuff....and see desired results? Or not?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jplain Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'm only familiar with the basic idea of Feingold, but I'm the freakin' queen of implementing special diets. :D What stuff needs to be bought? Can't Feingold be done with regular food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) do you cook from scratch now? if so, it will be easier to switch. if not, then maybe just work on natural, home cooked feingold breakfast ideas. even just start this week with saturday morning breakfast, and then sunday morning breakfast, and once you get those ritualized, move on to monday morning breakfasts from scratch, etc. what stuff would you need to buy? if money is an issue, can you just buy new natural stuff when the old stuff runs out? it would be a gradual shift, but at the end of a few months, you'd be done? or you could try feingold breakfasts for a while, and get that going, and then add in feingold beverages, dinners, lunches, etc? or do it by food group? if you do a "little house on the prairie" study, a lot of this can happen just as a way of cooking some of the things laura would have eaten..... oatmeal from scratch, etc. good luck! ann ps. i guess what i'm saying is that you could use a gradual approach, and just not do the full elimination start, and reap many of the benefits. for some kids, it turns out to just be a couple of things that are huge triggers, but for others it is a package deal. and in the end, you all end up way healthier. we are a few years into it now, and one of the only drawbacks is that now most "food" doesn't taste real when we are out.... because it isn't. Edited February 6, 2012 by elfgivas@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyz Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Yes, from everything that I have read you need to do it 100% to see results. If your child is one with sensitivities, one drop of dye can bring it all back full force. Also if you don't do it 100% you will have no idea if the diet would have worked. I think replacing as you run out and easing into it is fine as long as you give it 100% for at least 6 weeks to see if there have been changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyz Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've also read that the first few weeks some people see a worsening of behavior from withdrawal and irritability so you have to prepare for that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The Feingold diet IS eating real food. You just buy certain brands. You might see a difference trying it for a month if you know how. Watch the video at www.feingold.org Joining the Yahoo group might be a way to start http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feingold-Program4us/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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