Day one on the elimination diet has been a HUGE success. No artificial colors or flavors consumed today, minimal dairy, minimal wheat and eggs (despite a preschool slip-up, but we're pretty happy with just the artificial stuff being eliminated at this point), and only one little meltdown upon being told it was time to come in from bike riding for dinner, which Piper pulled herself out of (by clinging to my leg, but what the hey, she pulled out). In fact, none of the girls ate much artificial (Chloe had a hotdog, and Phoebe had an otterpop earlier in the day), and Phil says putting them to bed was positively DREAMY.
Oh, and I had to hold off on giving Piper benadryl tonight, because the chewables are chock full of artifical colors! So she got Zyrtec instead.
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Day 1
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Re: Day 1
by
Michael
on Fri 08 Aug 2008 09:55 AM PDT | Permanent Link
Amanda, we are on the same page on this. After reading about the British study that links artificial colors and preservatives with hyperactivity, I went ahead and started eliminating artificial colors and preservatives whenever we can. Here is a link to information about the study:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1659835,00.html?imw=Y and if you google artifical colors sodium benzoate, you can find a huge list of information. And as far as the feingold diet is concerned, my boss swears by it. Her son she said was on in throughout his life and no that he is in his 30s, says he can feel the his body reacting to the artificial colors and preservatives when he injests them. Finally, apparently, the UK is starting to eliminate artificial colors and preservatives from their food. They talk about the fact that a stawberry sunday from McDs in the UK is made of strawberries. In the US it is made from red 40 and yellow something. Anyway, talk to you soon. |
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