Another thing to be aware of is a reaction to Red 40 Food coloring. My
daughter has recently been having problems with it as well as dairy. Her
behavior changes dramatically, she becomes aggressive which she normally is
not. She gets a terrible stomach ache and vomiting. The tummy ache lasts for
almost 3 days every time she tries to eat it flares up.
Red 40 is in many, many things that kids eat; breads, candy, punch drinks,
popsicles, medicines, chocolate syrups, gum, pop, toothpaste. Just check the
ingredients of anything colored red, pink, purple or orange and it almost
always contains it.
I have found some interesting sites that discuss this allergy, there is a
lot of controversary about it. One discussion board I found, people say
their kids have extreme behavior changes, rash, puffy eyes and vomiting from
Red 40.
I was really not sure at first if she was allergic to it, but have
documented some days of controled diet and know that the only thing it could
have been was the Red coloring. Now eliminating it from her diet she is
doing fine again.
Check out this web site for more information:
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/
The discussion board is at:
http://recipestoday.com/cgi-bin/boards/allergy.pl


Cindy and Isabel
Michigan

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