Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Good luck with your first visit > > I've noticed that (2 1/2, apraxic, in ST) does not seem > to 'process' food colorings very well. What I mean is, when he has a > blue or green anything (mostly a lollipop at the SLP) he will literally > poop dark blue or dark green and it stains his skin. I noticed this > and made the connection a few weeks ago and asked the SLP and others > around him NOT to give him things artificially colored with blue or > green. > > This has now got me thinking.......... does this mean that he cannot > process/metabolize/break down these colors? And if so, if he can't > break these down, what else is not get processed correctly in his > system? Am I onto something here? > > We've got our first DAN appt this coming Friday and I'm so > excited......this is facinating to me. > > Tina in NJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 > I've noticed that (2 1/2, apraxic, in ST) does not seem > to 'process' food colorings very well. Consider phenol issues, food colorings are very high phenol http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi Tina, Sorry it's taking me so long to get back to this but yes, you are quite likely onto something here. Many of our kids cannot process the artificial colors (and from the study recently in the mainstream medical journal Lancet, neither can many " normal " kids either!). We saw physical evidence our daughter could not process the blues several years ago (purple Pedialyte came through as blue in the diaper; good thing it was the blue and not the red she couldn't metabolize or I really would have paniced!) and now greatly restrict all colors, as we've seen behavioral effects from them. You might want to investigate www.feingold.org regarding artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and other similar things that are not exactly helpful but are in our foods, cosmetics, and related items. Hope this helps and that your DAN! visit went well. tinayorkie <TinaT@...> wrote: I've noticed that (2 1/2, apraxic, in ST) does not seem to 'process' food colorings very well. What I mean is, when he has a blue or green anything (mostly a lollipop at the SLP) he will literally poop dark blue or dark green and it stains his skin. I noticed this and made the connection a few weeks ago and asked the SLP and others around him NOT to give him things artificially colored with blue or green. This has now got me thinking.......... does this mean that he cannot process/metabolize/break down these colors? And if so, if he can't break these down, what else is not get processed correctly in his system? Am I onto something here? We've got our first DAN appt this coming Friday and I'm so excited......this is facinating to me. Tina in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks . We saw the DAN on Friday and she totaly agreed we are " on " to something with the colors. And all of my suspicions about in general. Tina in NJ > > Hi Tina, > > Sorry it's taking me so long to get back to this but yes, you are quite likely onto something here. Many of our kids cannot process the artificial colors (and from the study recently in the mainstream medical journal Lancet, neither can many " normal " kids either!). We saw physical evidence our daughter could not process the blues several years ago (purple Pedialyte came through as blue in the diaper; good thing it was the blue and not the red she couldn't metabolize or I really would have paniced!) and now greatly restrict all colors, as we've seen behavioral effects from them. You might want to investigate www.feingold.org regarding artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and other similar things that are not exactly helpful but are in our foods, cosmetics, and related items. > > Hope this helps and that your DAN! visit went well. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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