Which feingold fruits to restrict?

[Guest guest]

Anyone know what the feingold fruits are to restrict? We seem to bump into

problems

with fruit. Thanks. Alison F. Peace.

4a. Re: feignhold method?

Posted by: " lanellici " lanellici@... lanellici

Date: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:47 pm (PDT)

>

> Is there any way to learn how to apply this more accurately with out

$70 for a book,

There are kind of two parts to the Feingold Diet -- taking away the

natural salicylates (a sub-group of phenols, these are mostly fruits

and a few vegetables) and taking away the artificial stuff such as

food dye and preservatives. The list of salicylates you can google for

-- maybe the Feingod website even has them listed. You keep *all* of

them out of the diet for at least 6 weeks, and then add them back in

one at a time and look for reactions.

The artificial stuff is trickier. The cheapest and easiest way to

handle it is not to eat any processed food. One big problem with

processed food is that there are loopholes in the labeling laws so

that manufacturers can put crap in there but not say so. For example,

BHT is often sprayed on the inside wrapping of cereal boxes, as a

preservative, but since it wasn't directly added to the food it

doesn;t have to be on the label -- even though it leaches right into

the food and can cause a whopper of a reaction in those who are

sensitive to it (we've found BHT to be particularly evil).

So just reading labels is unfortunately not enough, and if you try it

that way you'll improve overall health but still end up with a bunch

of reactions from stuff you don't know is there, which makes it

impossible to sort out what's a problem for your kid and what isn't.

But again, you can sidestep the whole thing if you cook from scratch.

Nell