Re: phenols

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also interested in phenol free diet--best resources?

I've got a kid who gets a bright red ear after eating certain things.

thanks for help!

Time to tweak his diet some more.

Re: Re: Zinc

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Thanks so much for your reply. You have been so very helpful to us in the last month! I don't know if you remember, but you told me that the problems I had described my son was having sounded like he was reacting to phenols. Boy, were you right! We immediately cut out the phenols, and he was a completely different kid! We've tried to introduce a few back (apple juice, banana smoothie, carrot cake) on separate occasions, and the red cheeks and ears, and the behaviors all immediately came back. We've tweaked his diet a bit, and things are MUCH better. Thank-you for that. :-)

I will look into zinc monomethionine right now. I hadn't seen it mentioned when I was looking at different zincs. My son definitely needs to expand his menu - maybe this can help.

Thanks so much!

My kids take zinc monomethionine. I found it acts the quickest. My son wouldn't eat but 5 things for the first 6-7 months on gf/cf -- and my DAN suggested that. Within 3 weeks he was eating veggies, and hasn't stopped, he will eat anything you put in front of him. (which is great) I stopped supplementing, and signs started to show that he was deficient again, so I started supplementing, and wha la, he's eating all the veggies again. He also takes calcium and magnesium (separately - Calcium all day when he needs it, and mag in morning only) and I have found that if I miss any one of them, he tends to wet the bed. When I get all of them, he doesn't. (I have a chart, and it's consistent)I give calcium citrate, and magnesium in the form of "Naturally Calm" --these three have been WONDERFUL for our family. (We are also Feingold and Low Oxalate, gf/cf (some corn, some soy, but only organic and extremely limited). I hope this helps! We use this brand - and I just ordered more! http://www.energeticnutrition.com/vitalzym/zinc.htmllaura >> One of my son's current sups is zinc citrate. We initially started giving him zinc because he was mouthing/chewing everything. Well, he still does it. I'm wondering if I should try zinc picolinate, instead. I looked up the difference between the two, and apparently the picolinate form is absorbed across the intestine better. It was also suggested that both copper and magnesium should be taken if zinc is taken, because it can deplete both of them. My son currently takes neither of those.> > Anyone have thoughts on this? Is picolinate better? Should my son be taking copper and mag? Also, what dosage? Right now he's taking 30 mg/day of zinc citrate. He's currently 35 lbs, and will be 5 in 10 days.> > Thanks so much!> > >