Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I don't know of any test for this sensitivity. Most parents notice serious behavioral changes in their kids after high sals, if they have a problem with them. Hyperactivity, aggressiveness, crankiness. Some kids get dark eye circles too. Sam's reactions immediately follow eating the food and last for a half and hour or so. Those are the easy ones to point out! Unfortunately, some kids have build up reactions which are more puzzling because they seem to come out of nowhere! Keeping a food diary is the best thing to chart this. It's great in the beginning with SCD too, even without sal. issues. I just used a small notebook next to our phone/pencil cup and wrote down what Sam ate. If I didn't remember if anything big happened then it was probably a good day. Chances are if some big behavioral change occured (or something just plain annoying ! LOL) logging it in the diary was probably the first thing I did before I called hubby to complain....... LOL If you suspect sal issues, check out this website. http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm You can do you're own testing by cutting out all high/med sal foods for a week or so. If your child's diet has been very high sal, you may need more than a week to detxo. Feingold has a 6 week period of detox but that includes artificials, etc. Then start adding back the higher sals one at a time with a week in between each trial. You should be able to see right away which foods are a problem. Good luck! Chrystee Sam SCD 7 months > How does one know if a child is sensitive to salicylates? Is there a test, > or is it " trial and error " ? > > > > Thanks, > > Alice > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Thanks, Chrystee. We are keeping a food diary, but I was reading something about salicylates and it occurred to me that I have never paid attention to them, and now that we are on SCD (2 weeks) tomatoes from my garden (juiced and cooked with other cooked veggies and meats thrown in for soup) have been a mainstay. So far on SCD there are only a couple of other high sal foods he's been eating, so I think I may eliminate those and see what happens. Alice Mama to , Aspie, SCD 2 weeks. I'm thinking of putting a cot in the kitchen so I never have to leave. I could keep the pressure cooker and the food processor going 24 hours then . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Sara, these are the sites I refer to all the time to avoid salicylates in my son's diet. The reason is because people who are sensitive to these chemicals can react in different and unpleasant ways. Adults learn to avoid aspirin, etc, but some of our children react behaviorally. Common behaviors might be hyperactivity, irritability, trouble sleeping, etc. My son will be very hyperactive (first day, happily so, but not for long). He will be irritable, argumentative, aggressive, easily frustrated and I swear his IQ drops 30 points (a bright kid, he once yelled at us for going too fast AND too slow while riding bikes!), and he is very unfocused. And then he doesn't sleep! (This is also used to help ADHD and ADD children.) For my son, the reaction lasts almost a week. For us, it is the difference between night and day. When he is healthy, he is happy. We all are happy! The only way to find out if your child is sensitive is to elliminate all high salicylate foods for about a week. Then try one food, keep notes and wait two days. I say two because some children get that " high " that lasts for a while. Then the crash happens the next day. http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergydietitian/fi/sal.html http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergydietitian/fi/salicylates-list.html Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04) > what are salicylytes? Where are they found? > sarah > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Thank you. I'm so new to this, it seems like such an overwhelming amount to be aware of! I suppose you get used to it after a while... sarah --- odiniella wrote: > Sara, these are the sites I refer to all the time to > avoid > salicylates in my son's diet. The reason is because > people who are > sensitive to these chemicals can react in different > and unpleasant > ways. Adults learn to avoid aspirin, etc, but some > of our children > react behaviorally. Common behaviors might be > hyperactivity, > irritability, trouble sleeping, etc. My son will be > very hyperactive > (first day, happily so, but not for long). He will > be irritable, > argumentative, aggressive, easily frustrated and I > swear his IQ drops > 30 points (a bright kid, he once yelled at us for > going too fast AND > too slow while riding bikes!), and he is very > unfocused. And then he > doesn't sleep! (This is also used to help ADHD and > ADD children.) > > For my son, the reaction lasts almost a week. For > us, it is the > difference between night and day. When he is > healthy, he is happy. > We all are happy! The only way to find out if your > child is > sensitive is to elliminate all high salicylate foods > for about a > week. Then try one food, keep notes and wait two > days. I say two > because some children get that " high " that lasts for > a while. Then > the crash happens the next day. > > > http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergydietitian/fi/sal.html > http://users.bigpond.net.au/allergydietitian/fi/salicylates-list.html > > Helen, mom to (9, ASD, SCD 4/04) > > > > what are salicylytes? Where are they found? > > sarah > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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