Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 MSG= big bad ugly, also known as an excitotoxin. Lots of research on it if you google it. NOT a good thing for anyone, especially kiddos! Stephanee > > > > Liz. Yes. (Notice that I changed the topic listing....) > > > > Mark had chronic diarrhea prior to milk elimination and then we had > chronic constipation.... Once we got rid of the 'artificials' and > the MSG; his bowels completely normalized. Yet, you know it was not > that simple; he needed some help in healing the tummy which happened > with digestive enzymes, probiotics & coconut keifer water. Mark will > often feel lousy after a restaurant because of the MSG they put in > food. I notice that his attention and speech suffers if he has it as > well. While it is not the end of the world if he gets MSG, his > performance is optimized when he stays away from it completely. > Speech, attention, general health are all brighter and perkier. > After a few days of restaurant food (as per traveling), he begins to > get sick and the constipation returns. It happens very gradual so > that by the 3rd day of travel, the child is pretty ill. > > > > It really has been a weird and tricky road. I cannot imagine what > my childs current fate would be had I not tried the milk free diet. > > > > So.... I am learning to eat as clean as possible. We now need to > learn to travel as 'clean' as possible. Fortunately we don't seem to > have these MSG issues at the all-inclusive Mexican resorts that we go > to. Is MSG more of an American/Canadian thing? I do notice that > most of the food seems to be made daily from scratch at these resorts. > > > > Janice > > Mother of Mark, 13 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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