Seriously at a loss!!!

[~Raven~]

The book is called Fed Up by Sue Dengate. She calls the diet she created The Failsafe Diet. Sorry I wasn't very clear with my post, I was rushing There has been discussions here on BB in the past. I'll have a search and see what I can find.


I don't follow the diet religiously because I found that cutting out a lot of processed foods helped enough. There is a list of the bad additives in the back. Most are flavours but some are also preservatives and colours. One of the worst she says is 160b which is a yellow and it's also a naturally derived one. It's also called annato (ie will be listed as "natural colour annato) and is used to make cheese slices that bright yellow and it's also in the pastry of frozen pies and some biscuits.
Preservative 220 is one that affects me. It makes me jittery, my heart races and brings on asthma and sometimes hives. It's in dried fruit, tomato sauce and wine. I can understand why the kids gets really irritable if they have the same reaction that I do from it


ETA have a browse through some threads in the allergies and intolerances forum https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums/f167/

[Mak]

I just wanted to send you a hug too and let you know that you are definitely not alone. I agree with the pp about trying to watch what the kids eat. I haven't followed any book but noticed how much packaged/prepared stuff we were using and just tried to get back to basics with more fruit/vege and more homemade stuff. Interestingly we have also slowed down a bit and spent more time hanging about rather than racing doing things on our home days and it has helped a bit. My younger DD has turned things up a notch too and is way more competitive with the eldest and I also think this has contributed to the angst. She has been way more confrontational, physically challenging DD1 and this change has needed some negotiating between them. I have also been sending them to run laps around the washing line and bouncing competitons on the tramp just to burn up some excess energy.
Can you get any time out? I find it hard as I get worn out with work and then trying to make sure everyone has enough time/fun with me and all the jobs get done when we are home and often forget I need some love too!