The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends (AAP) in its Policy Statement RE0049 that physicians should educate themselves about alternative and complementary therapies. We agree. The AAP recommends four "helpful websites" for doctors to use to find unbiased information about alternative treatments. However, two of Barrett's "Quackbuster" websites are included in this recommendation. We believe that unbiased information cannot be found on these two sites, and doctors depending on them are misinformed. See the sites recommended below.

• University of Texas Center for Alternative Medicine Research - (non-working link) - a site about cancer treatments, which has nothing about dietary intervention for ADHD

• The National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine - a search of this site nets one article about the Feingold Program, called Hyperactivity: A Current Assessment dated 1979. Not very current is it?

• The National Council for Reliable Health Information - a Quackwatch site by Stephen Barrett, self-styled "quackbuster"

• The Consumer Federation of America - another Quackwatch site by Stephen Barrett

  You may wonder about the credibility of the AAP itself, but at least you will understand why your doctor may not support your use of the Feingold Program.

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