MSG is one here. Only found out after giving DD2 theatre pop corn, rather than mocrowave stuff.
Yellow is the worst colouring for my kids. Purple also sets DD2 off (the gp office gave her 2 lollipops & I paid for it for hours!)
I pretty much avoid anything sugary that might have colours. Cordial, juice (I occasionally buy apple, but I have to watch the brand )
I can't give DD2 'chemists own' iburofen coz its orange. It literally gets her bouncing off the walls!
I don't buy grapes often & rarely buy strawberries, so I have no idea how they'd go. The few times we've had them we've been ok, but then, DD2 doesn't eat them
Oh, & chocolate! Also depends how its eaten. Easter eggs seemed ok, but cocolate muffins yesterday had them going. So it may have been something else in the muffin, but other flavours are fine.
We are pretty much trial & error still.
Anney - I can't find the info! I got it here, one of the other ladies pointed out the grapes/strawberries issue, she was eating heaps of both at the time I had bad sleep issues with DD.
I think there is more about in on the Sue Dengate site. Fruit still has lotsa sugar and the way it is picked unripened has alot to do with it.
interesting. i guess i hadnt really thought about fruit being that bad, i dont give dd any added sugar...choc etc. although she is only 9 months. but she eats quite alot of fruit, although i dont give her really sugary stuff just before bed. she is pretty mad most the time ( in a good way) wonder if its anything to do with the ton of grapes and strawberries she eats! and mandarins!
when she starts eating more stuff i will know to avoid 202 and 621, msg.
i have a bad reaction to fruit dryed with sulphur, so avoid that with dd and her prunes!!
Anything that has added food colour. They can't have anything red either even if its natural. Sends them bonkers. No soft drinks, no biscuits and no lollies/chocolate. Ever since cutting those out, DD's behaviour has made a huge turn around, she's like a different child.
Grapes contain natural msg and strawberries are high in salycilates.
There are a whole list of foods that contain natural msg but the main ones we avoid for DS1 (10) are tomatoes, grapes, brocolli, sultanas, soy sauce, vegemite and tomato sauce.
We avoid all artficial colours, flavours and additives as well as all preservatives. We also avoid the natural food colouring annato 160B which is used in a lot of yoghurts and icecreams.
Tiny teddies are the devil! Ds had them once and was so uncontrollable and hyper! Never again!
We try to aviod anything artificial, its hard but we try.
Will lok up the Sue Dengate site sounds interesting! Thanks!
We avoid 211 which is a perservative in liquids (like soft drink & cordials)
It is very nasty and can alter your DNA. We now buy organic, home made cordial for our kids, and the occasional store bought one without 211.
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