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Tortuga
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27 Feb 2008, 11:24 am

DW_a_mom wrote:
My son (10) and I have decided to try eliminating preservatives, food coloring, and other chemicals from his diet. I've heard some parents of AHDD kids say that it really helped, and even though my son is not AHDD it seems intuitive to me that getting rid of the artificial stuff our kids eat would be a good thing.



We have had some success with this. Your post reminded me that we've cut out certain foods. I haven't cut out all preservatives and food coloring because I've noticed that my son only has a problem with some of them. Any food that is heavily pigmented with blue dye, will set him off. It is so predictable. Give him a package of Spider Man gummies and you are in for one bumpy ride. He is so ramped and hyper for the next several hours. But, he can eat other things with the dye...as long as it isn't too concentrated.



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27 Feb 2008, 11:25 am

schleppenheimer wrote:
I am certainly with you, Tortuga, about the fact that the "good" episode with the Metadate could have been just a fluke time when my son was just doing well on his own WHILE he was taking Metadate. We sure feel that way with the Adderall -- except with the Metadate we "thought" we noticed improvements in social ability, paying attention at home, etc.


I was hoping I didn't offend you :D . The medication discusssion is such a touchy subject.