Hold on a minute, there. I've heard many, many parents say that an elimination diet didn't work for their little Johnny because they tried it and there was no real improvement. When I ask how long they tried it, the longest I've ever heard was one month and that was with only eliminating one item. My son's pediatric GI said that it normally takes six long months before the kid's body and brain can begin to recover from "food poisoning". What parent tries a complete elimination diet for six months? How can you say that diet alone can't help some children when it is NEVER tried in the most effective manner?
Can you imagine how much work it is to go for six months feeding your kid only meat, potatoes, rice and veggies without knowing that what you're doing is working? Who would go through that? But my kid's GI said that over the last 30 years of his medical practice, he's "cured" EVERY SINGLE BEHAVIOR ISSUE FACED BY HIS PATIENTS WITH DIET ALONE. Without exception.
We strictly followed the feingold diet for over 6 months, to no avail. I was very very opposed to going a chemical route. 2 years we tried alternatives to meds. It may have worked had we tried to stay on it for years, but our family would have disintegrated.
You know if you did brain scans of those in the holocost camps their brains would look diferent. If you had a ham and chesse omelet every am your brain would look different.