A stunning diet test every parent should read: This family put Joe Wicks's theory that ultra-processed food causes bad behaviour to the test. The effect on eight-year-old Isobel's tantrums was remarkable By Louise Atkinson Published: 02:34 BST, 25 June 2024 | Updated: 02:40 BST, 25 June 2024 e-mail View comments For the past three years, peace has been in short supply for Kate and Mike Rawlings as the behaviour of their older child has spiralled out of control. Isobel, now eight, would routinely turn meal times at their Northampton home into a battlefield, repeatedly getting up and down from the table and shouting at Kate, 42, a dietitian, and Mike, 43, a sales manager.
Simple requests to come to the table could result in unprompted bursts of rage that often descended into screaming meltdowns, where Isobel would storm out of the room, slamming doors and on occasion lashing out at her sister, Sophie, four. ‘Isobel’s behaviour had become progressively worse over the past two or three years and life was becoming exhausting and very frustrating,’ says Kate. Kate Rawlings with her daughters Isobel, eight, and Sophie, four.
The table has a collection of the foods that make up Isobel's new diet, including goat's milk and gluten-free products ‘At first we thought she might have been copying naughty children at her school, and then we wondered if she was acting out of jealousy for her sister.’ But then, in April, Kate read something on social media which stopped her in her t.