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Before we go any further, let’s just consider what’s possible, and what isn’t. Right now, your child’s mood, behaviour and learning (or all three) are probably giving you cause for concern, or you wouldn’t be reading this book. I can guess that what you’d really like to find here are some simple, rapid and effective solutions to your child’s difficulties. Well, I obviously can’t promise that this book will solve all your particular problems. But if you choose to act on the information I’ll be giving you, the rewards could actually be greater than you might think possible. If you’re sceptical—I don’t blame you. But by feeding your child well, you can at least be confident that you’ll be taking some fundamental and necessary steps towards unlocking your child’s true potential.

What’s more, I hope you’ll also apply what you learn here to your own diet. (If you want to improve your child’s eating habits, then ‘Do as I do’ is much more effective than ‘Do as I say!’). If you do, expect benefits not only for your child, but also for yourself and any other members of your family who are willing to join in. Better health is one thing that should definitely follow from this plan—and for that reason alone you’re unlikely to regret it if you choose to take the advice I’ll be giving you. If you understand why you need to improve the dietary choices that you and your child have been making, then learning how to do it is so much easier—although I’ll be helping you with that as well.

Food and diet really are key to making the most of your child’s potential, both mentally and physically. We are what we eat, and our children are what we feed them.

I can give you the information, but putting it into practice is clearly up to you, and I’m not going to promise that this will be easy. Quite a lot of people will probably tell you that you are wasting your time. Some of them may do more than that to try to undermine your efforts. Remember that such an attitude is their problem, not yours. In Chapter 10 you’ll find plenty of tips on how to get in the right frame of mind to move ahead without making it difficult for yourself.

You’ll probably find yourself changing a good deal more than your child’s diet if you choose to follow the plan completely. Whether you’ll want to do this or not is again for you to decide, but presumably what you’ve been doing so far hasn’t been working too well, or you wouldn’t still be looking for new solutions. So isn’t it worth trying something else? Something that is completely natural, involves no drugs and no special equipment, and costs you very little? You’ve already taken an important step by picking up this book.