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What if your child is not the problem but the chemicals they are eating? We finally decided to get serious with food additives - with spectacular results!
Are nasty food additives to blame? Defiance. Tantrums. Misbehavior. Hyperactivity. This is what I'm observing as a grand-parent of a four year-old child ... for the second time!
I have been so concerned at what I'm observing and so impressed by the need to understand how to raise my four year-old grand daughter - and the responsibility we have to care for this sensitive growing mind - that I've put together this lens to offer some help to others (as well as learn more for myself).
Here's a tip: have you tried vitamin B? You should be able to get a vitamin B for children at your local pharmacy.
The problem may not be the child - food preservatives, colorings and flavorings could be to blame. Buy fresh preservative-free bread, cakes and cookies with no artificial colorings or flavorings and read labels on packaged food. My daughter uses 'The New Additive Code Breaker' as her constant shopping reference - with dramatic results.
For the price of a guide book and some discipline in what you buy for your child, reading the labels on packaged foods and asking the local bakery whether they use additives, it's definitely worth a try.
This page at a glance
- Update, Christmas 2010, clear evidence!
- Update, Christmas 2011, disaster.
- Will the school kids in this revealing YouTube video be your child?
- Your child's behavior solutions (free)
- Brands & companies who consider kids with 'No artificial colours' products
- A holistic, drug-free program that's 100% safe, effective and can be used with kids of all ages.
- Want to know or do more?
- If you want to look into the possibility of ADHD or find solutions go to this helpful free website
- Or visit this excellent site for a free 14 day trial!
- Food for thought from psychologist James Hillman
- 4 different viewpoints on child behavior problems
- 9 hottest parenting books on Amazon
- Child behavior bestsellers
- Extremely cheap subscriptions to two top selling magazines to help you cope for the next year!
- Have you tried ... yoga? (I mean for the child)
- Have you tried relaxation (I mean for you)?
- These DVDs, CDs, VHS from Amazon may help
- Those adorable 4 year olds
- What's about to go on eBay (expect anything)
- Expert opinions on food additives and children
- Hottest parenting product on the Net this week (w/c 28 May)
- Check out more of my cool lenses
- My new blog 'Selfhelp Unlimited'
- Comments
Update, Christmas 2010, clear evidence!
The evidence is clear (for me). With my granddaughter on a strict no artificial colourings or flavours diet, there has been the unavoidable pre-Christmas parties, post-Christmas sharing of sweets when visiting friends - and the Christmas Carols night in the local park when Santa handed out sweets to the kids.I observed an almost instant reaction whenever I was present (or later on visits to my home). On each occasion the hyperactivity lasted for 2 days, always. So in the midst of a clean slate, so to speak, of none of the suspect treats that kids tend to consume as a matter of course, here was proof right before my eyes (and my nervous system). Even a single lolly! One was found in my shopping bag - that I had hidden then forgotten - and the change in behaviour was almost instant.
I was speaking with a mother who had been through the same problem with her (now) 9 year old and, amazingly, they had narrowed the culprit down to the colour green. Now that's a tough one, but great if you can do it.
If you wish to try the same experiment, it's not as severe as we first thought. Simply avoid anything with colours like cake icings with coloured sprinkles, lollies, biscuits, ice cream, complex cereals and bars often labelled as being "full of goodness."
But that's not so bad. Here in Australia there are a number of major brands offering 'No Artificial Colours' in ice cream, biscuits, jelly/jello, lollies and a number of breakfast cereals. Stick with these. Chocolate seems to be okay (watch out for coloured centres), but with that goes sugar which, unless eaten to excess, is not guilty. Good luck.
Update, Christmas 2011, disaster.
Well, Ritalin has won the day!Two weeks ago my granddaughter was put on the drug in spite of all the evidence we had found to indicate that artificial food colours were the cause of the problem. The paediatrician had even referred her to a psychologist who, after only 2 weeks, declared that it wasn't ADHD but, at least in part, due to issues the 6 year-old had been through previously (I won't go into the details). After 3 sessions the counselling was ended.
On the first sleepover at my house after taking the drug she woke me at 2 in the morning complaining of stomach pains, dry throat, dizziness, shivering (but wasn't cold), blurred vision, headache - all common side effects which I learned after a Google search. Instead of the disruptive behavior she now arrives on a high which is abnormal (but certainly no longer disruptive).
More alarming, though, in my Internet search were the more long-term side effects which included long-term brain damage, memory loss and addiction (including to alcohol if the family has a history of alcohol addiction, which it has). The specialist who wrote the prescription for the drug, I'm told, disagrees with all of this. And what can I do, I'm only the grandfather.
Brands & companies who consider kids with 'No artificial colours' products
Let's promote those companies who make or sell products for our children with NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. You'll find those words or similar on the packs. Here are the brands and products we've found here in Australia - please add to my list. Favour these brands when shopping.
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As I've mentioned above, I'm not the parent so it's not for me to decide what should be done in the case of my granddaughter. But I have done some research and found a wide-ranging, all-embracing, program totally in harmony with what I'm saying, which is definitely worth looking at for solutions to introduce while (or instead of) experimenting with food additives.You get masses of stuff which makes this package really worth every cent of the purchase price (it's very reasonable anyhow). Here's just a little of what is included in this huge program.
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- Update, Christmas 2010, clear evidence!
- Update, Christmas 2011, disaster.
- Will the school kids in this revealing YouTube video be your child?
- Your child's behavior solutions (free)
- Brands & companies who consider kids with 'No artificial colours' products
- A holistic, drug-free program that's 100% safe, effective and can be used with kids of all ages.
- Want to know or do more?
- If you want to look into the possibility of ADHD or find solutions go to this helpful free website
- Or visit this excellent site for a free 14 day trial!
- Food for thought from psychologist James Hillman
- 4 different viewpoints on child behavior problems
- 9 hottest parenting books on Amazon
- Child behavior bestsellers
- Extremely cheap subscriptions to two top selling magazines to help you cope for the next year!
- Have you tried ... yoga? (I mean for the child)
- Have you tried relaxation (I mean for you)?
- These DVDs, CDs, VHS from Amazon may help
- Those adorable 4 year olds
- What's about to go on eBay (expect anything)
- Expert opinions on food additives and children
- Hottest parenting product on the Net this week (w/c 28 May)
- Check out more of my cool lenses
- My new blog 'Selfhelp Unlimited'
- Comments
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Ayluna
Mar 26, 2012 @ 2:20 pm | delete
- As I have just recently dive into this food additives ... :-) I can just tell you how right you are. It is not only just the artificial colour that are bad. I would be worth paying attention to every artificial sweeteners in products also. They are also big NO,NO. I personally believe the food additives can cause big behavioural changes but they are not the only cause for that: think also on vaccination.
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smileyogurt
Dec 24, 2011 @ 12:23 am | delete
- Great lens! All challenging behaviors have reasons behind. Check it out:
http://www.squidoo.com/dealingwithchildrenwithchallengingbehaviors
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JodiFromFlorida
Oct 10, 2011 @ 8:23 pm | delete
- Fantastic lens! I believe in food being the cause of behavioral problems.
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ScareYouDiva
Sep 7, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
- So many people have just no idea how much crap is in our food - and it affects our children so much more because they are still developing. Keep up the good work!
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dthonstad
Jun 30, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
- Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. I have hyperactive twin 3 1/2 year olds and I am going to speak with my wife about giving this idea a go and eliminating artificial food coloring. I am keeping my fingers crossed, hoping my wife buys into the idea and it works! I will keep you posted and add a link to your site on my parenting lens. Thanks again!
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