Squash drinks and hyperactivity?

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I have a little boy

who is 2 years 6 months and has autism and ADHD. I wanted to

cut aspartame out of his diet and asked the dietician about an

alternative squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She recommended I

try a shop's own hi-juice. So I tried Tesco's strawberry and apple

hi-juice. He went extremely hyper over the weekend after having a few

cups of the hi-juice squash despite it being very diluted. After we

switched back to the orange squash that contains aspartame, he calmed

down a lot. Can any of you recommend a make of squash that is less

likely than the Tesco hi-juice to cause my son to become hyperactive,

yet doesn't contain aspartame.

Thanks,

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Hi ,

I'm not familiar with squash drinks. Can you tell us what the

ingredients are in the one that made your ds so hyper?

I gave my ASD ds drinks with aspartame when he was that young too,

which is when I knew nothing about ASD or nutrition, really. I so

regret that now.

I NEVER thought I could get him off sweet drinks, but I was finally

able to switch him over to 100% juice and then slowly diluted it

with water. It was probably a six month process, but we finally got

him drinking just water, and he's been doing that for at least 5

years now. He would never think to drink anything else at this

point :-).

I know it sounds like a daunting task, but it really is possible.

This was a kid who wouldn't touch water and only drank diet sprite

for a long time (yikes!).

HTH and good luck,

Sally

>

> I have a little boy who is 2 years 6 months and has autism

and

> ADHD. I wanted to cut aspartame out of his diet and asked the

dietician

> about an alternative squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She

> recommended I try a shop's own hi-juice. So I tried Tesco's

strawberry

> and apple hi-juice. He went extremely hyper over the weekend after

> having a few cups of the hi-juice squash despite it being very

diluted.

> After we switched back to the orange squash that contains

aspartame, he

> calmed down a lot. Can any of you recommend a make of squash that

is

> less likely than the Tesco hi-juice to cause my son to become

> hyperactive, yet doesn't contain aspartame.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

> 's Blog (updated

> regularly):http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/

> <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/>

>

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My kids have never been able to have sugar substitutes bc they were both diagnosed with severe life threatening GERD at 5 and 7 days old respectively. They also don't get caffeine and I give them tea for the antioxidant properties but make it caffeine free.

I work with Green tea for my research so I give it to my kids bc it is not only an antioxidant but it aids in keeping the glutathione levels at normal.

Alena Re: Squash drinks and hyperactivity?To: AutismBehaviorProblems > Hi ,> > I'm not familiar with squash drinks. Can you tell us what the > ingredients are in the one that made your ds so hyper?> > I gave my ASD ds drinks with aspartame when he was that young > too, > which is when I knew nothing about ASD or nutrition, really. I > so > regret that now.> > I NEVER thought I could get him off sweet drinks, but I was > finally > able to switch him over to 100% juice and then slowly diluted it > with water. It was probably a six month process, but we finally > got > him drinking just water, and he's been doing that for at least 5 > years now. He would never think to drink anything else at this > point :-).> > I know it sounds like a daunting task, but it really is > possible. > This was a kid who wouldn't touch water and only drank diet > sprite > for a long time (yikes!).> > HTH and good luck,> > Sally> > > > >> > I have a little boy who is 2 years 6 months and has > autism > and> > ADHD. I wanted to cut aspartame out of his diet and asked the > dietician> > about an alternative squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She> > recommended I try a shop's own hi-juice. So I tried Tesco's > strawberry> > and apple hi-juice. He went extremely hyper over the weekend after> > having a few cups of the hi-juice squash despite it being very > diluted.> > After we switched back to the orange squash that contains > aspartame, he> > calmed down a lot. Can any of you recommend a make of squash > that > is> > less likely than the Tesco hi-juice to cause my son to become> > hyperactive, yet doesn't contain aspartame.> > > > Thanks,> > > > > > 's Blog (updated> > regularly):http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/> > > >> > >

[Guest guest]

Hi Sally

Thanks for your reply. I will try juices and gradually diluting them.

That's a really good idea.

Regards,

> >

> > I have a little boy who is 2 years 6 months and has autism

> and

> > ADHD. I wanted to cut aspartame out of his diet and asked the

> dietician

> > about an alternative squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She

> > recommended I try a shop's own hi-juice. So I tried Tesco's

> strawberry

> > and apple hi-juice. He went extremely hyper over the weekend after

> > having a few cups of the hi-juice squash despite it being very

> diluted.

> > After we switched back to the orange squash that contains

> aspartame, he

> > calmed down a lot. Can any of you recommend a make of squash that

> is

> > less likely than the Tesco hi-juice to cause my son to become

> > hyperactive, yet doesn't contain aspartame.

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> > 's Blog (updated

> > regularly):http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/

> > <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/>

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Alena. I will look for green tea and give that a try. Thanks!

Regards,

's Blog (updated regularly):

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/

> > >

> > > I have a little boy who is 2 years 6 months and has

> > autism

> > and

> > > ADHD. I wanted to cut aspartame out of his diet and asked the

> > dietician

> > > about an alternative squash that doesn't contain aspartame. She

> > > recommended I try a shop's own hi-juice. So I tried Tesco's

> > strawberry

> > > and apple hi-juice. He went extremely hyper over the weekend after

> > > having a few cups of the hi-juice squash despite it being very

> > diluted.

> > > After we switched back to the orange squash that contains

> > aspartame, he

> > > calmed down a lot. Can any of you recommend a make of squash

> > that

> > is

> > > less likely than the Tesco hi-juice to cause my son to become

> > > hyperactive, yet doesn't contain aspartame.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > >

> > > 's Blog (updated

> > > regularly):http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pernod/blog/

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

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What is Squash and why does he need it? Karac drinks water. Pat K************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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Hi Pat. squash is something we have in England. It's a bottle of

diluted orange drink or other flavours and you have to add one part

squash to 5 parts water to make it up as a drink. used to

drink water but now he refuses it.

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Thanks, , that is interesting. I think I would try to wean him off of the Squash drink, particularly since it causes him to have hyperactivty. I think in time he would learn to drink water again, but I know they don't change easily. Pat K************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour