title: Effect of Feingold's K-P diet on a residential mentally handicapped population.
abstract: Independent investigations of Feingold's K-P diet have not produced consistent results. Even the most carefully designed experiments by Connors et al. resulted in an internal inconsistency; namely, the results differed, depending on the order in which the control and K-P diets were used. This study involved a double-blind, crossover design with random assignment to treatment and control groups. Subjects were drawn from a residential mentally handicapped population. There was no significant difference between Feingold's K-P diet and the control diet regarding the specific dependent variables of general activity, attention span, and excitability.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000178:diet therapy*; D012459:Salicylates / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D005503:Food Additives; D012459:Salicylates