Pure Facts April 2018 Can corn trigger behavior and learning problems? We have long heard that some people on the Feingold Diet need to avoid corn syrup, and once high fructose corn syrup came into use, there were more reports. But now, we are hearing from a growing number of families that find corn itself is a culprit. Why? Some recent messages posted on our Facebook: Liz—This week has been HORRIBLE. One thing I no%ced is that he has been ea%ng a lot of corn-based snacks. Jana—In our house the worst aggression/rage is caused by ar%ficials and by corn. Corn isn’t a FG elimina%on but I would never have figured it out had it not been for FG and this group. Tiffany—Same here. I did a search for ODD (Opposi%onal Defiant Disorder) in this group and saw that corn seemed to be a common trigger so I went back in his food journal and highlighted everything he ate with corn (we were already HFCS and corn syrup free) and found I had to eliminate the rest! Kim—We had huge ODD symptoms before we cut out all corn. Never would have figured that out without Feingold. We eliminated corn syrup years ago, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Just removing corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup is no longer enough for some people. What has happened to corn in recent years? A likely explana%on is that most of the corn grown today is gene%cally modified. In its “Roundup Ready” GMO corn, Monsanto has inserted a pes%cide (Bt toxin) right into the seed. If an insect eats any part of the plant, the insect will die. And when a human eats the corn and consumes the Bt toxin, what happens? But that’s not the only problem. The reason Monsanto developed this GMO corn was so the plant could tolerate being sprayed with the company’s herbicide Roundup, which contains a chemical called “glyphosate.” For many years, it was believed that human exposure to glyphosates was too small to be of concern, but new studies suggest that it can cause many problems, including damage to the gut. [Ackermann 2015] A damaged gut means sensi%ve people like Feingold children will have a hard %me absorbing nutrients, and are likely to experience “leaky gut,” where proteins can escape into the bloodstream and create allergies. Continued www.feingold.org Vol. 42, No. 4 The 2018 Conference will be held Wednesday, May 23 at the Wes%n Hotel in Lombard, IL, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, in collabora%on with the Au%sm One Conference. Tickets are just $29. To register go to www.mothersdetermined.com See page 8 for addi%onal details on the conference. 2018 ADHD Conference to be held in Illinois
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Pure Facts April 2018
Can corn trigger behavior and learning problems?
We have long heard that some people on the Feingold Diet need to avoid corn syrup, and once high fructose corn syrup came into use, there were more reports. But now, we are hearing from a growing number of families that find corn itself is a culprit. Why?
Some recent messages posted on our Facebook:
Liz—This week has been HORRIBLE. One thing I no%ced is that he
has been ea%ng a lot of corn-based snacks.
Jana—In our house the worst aggression/rage is caused by
ar%ficials and by corn. Corn isn’t a FG elimina%on but I would
never have figured it out had it not been for FG and this group.
Tiffany—Same here. I did a search for ODD (Opposi%onal
Defiant Disorder) in this group and saw that corn seemed to be a
common trigger so I went back in his food journal and highlighted
everything he ate with corn (we were already HFCS and corn
syrup free) and found I had to eliminate the rest!
Kim—We had huge ODD symptoms before we cut out all corn.
Never would have figured that out without Feingold. We
eliminated corn syrup years ago, but it wasn’t nearly enough.
Just removing corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup is no longer enough for some people. What has happened to corn in recent years?
A likely explana%on is that most of the corn grown
today is gene%cally modified. In its “Roundup Ready”
GMO corn, Monsanto has inserted a pes%cide (Bt toxin)
right into the seed. If an insect eats any part of the
plant, the insect will die. And when a human eats the
corn and consumes the Bt toxin, what happens? But
that’s not the only problem.
The reason Monsanto developed this GMO corn
was so the plant could tolerate being sprayed with
the company’s herbicide Roundup, which contains a
chemical called “glyphosate.” For many years, it
was believed that human exposure to glyphosates
was too small to be of concern, but new studies
suggest that it can cause many problems, including
damage to the gut. [Ackermann 2015]
A damaged gut means sensi%ve people like Feingold
children will have a hard %me absorbing nutrients,
and are likely to experience “leaky gut,” where
proteins can escape into the bloodstream and
create allergies. Continued
www.feingold.org Vol. 42, No. 4
The 2018 Conference will be held
Wednesday, May 23 at the Wes%n
Hotel in Lombard, IL, from 8:30
am to 5:00 pm, in collabora%on
with the Au%sm One Conference.
Tickets are just $29. To register go
to www.mothersdetermined.com
See page 8 for addi%onal details on the conference.
2018 ADHD Conference to be held in Illinois
2 Pure Facts / April 2018
Is the problem corn, or is it Monsanto?
A nyone who has tried to eliminate corn from their diet knows how
hard it can be to find all the places where it is used. But if you are
game to test it out and see if the cause really is a corn sensi%vity, or if it’s
a reac%on to the way corn is grown, the best op%on would be to start with
something like plain, frozen organic corn.
Fortunately, it is geKng easier to find organic corn in supermarkets as well
as at Trader Joe’s and Costco. If you can eat organic corn, you might want
to test out mul%ple-ingredient products like organic corn chips, which are
fairly easy to find.
Specialty items, like organic cornstarch, are harder to find in stores, but
they can be ordered online.
Even if conventionally grown corn is non-GMO, it is still likely to
be loaded with pesticides and herbicides, so it won’t be a good test.
Chemicals like these are designed to kill various life forms (weeds,
bugs), but something that poisons them can only harm us.
Broken Promises
An advantage GMO foods were
supposed to offer was a reduc-
%on in the use of the pes%cides
applied to the plants. But
weeds have mutated to become
resistant to the herbicide, and
farmers are now trying to deal
with huge “super weeds,” using
more and stronger herbicides in
an effort to control them.
What does the research show?
Although there are many papers that defend the use of glyphosate, a growing number of studies are uncovering serious problems.
“Glyphosate has become the most commonly
used herbicide worldwide and is reputedly environ-
mentally benign, nontoxic, and safe for use near
wildlife and humans. However, studies indicate its
toxicity is underes%mated and its persistence in the
environment is greater than once thought...These
studies clearly demonstrate a link between chronic
exposure and neurotoxicity, endocrine disrup�on,
cell damage, and immune suppression.”
[Kissane 2017]
Glyphosate at high concentra%ons may induce DNA damage. [Kwiatkowska 2017]
“Roundup induced an�-oxidant system inhibi�on, mitochondria damage, DNA damage…” [Luo 2017]
“In 2015, the World Health Organiza%on reclassified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans.”
[Van Bruggen 2018]
“In 2005 the Food and Agriculture Organisa%on reported that glyphosate and its major metabolite...are of
poten�al toxicological concern… Research has now established that glyphosate can persist in the environ-
ment…” [Bai 2016]
Stephanie Seneff of M.I.T. found that glyphosate
inhibits enzymes our bodies use to protect us from
harmful chemicals such as food addi%ves and
environmental toxins, and the damage builds up over
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