phenols

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http://autismawakeninginia.bizland.com/autismawakeningdietinvervention

/id10.html

This is a link from the Autism Awakening site. I just found it and

thought it explained phenol well, with a list of the major phenols. I

hadn't really considered dairy a phenol. So there are two reasons it

is problematic.

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[Guest guest]

> Because people have been asking, I have updated my phenol page with

> new information I just included from the Feingold site. Here is my

> link.

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> http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/phenol.htm

I had to re-do a section, if you have already looked, you can look

again now.

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to share our experience with 'hidden' phenols while we are on thsi

topic. My son had a rash around his mouth with he kept licking. Didn't matter

what I put on it, he kept licking it off. The rash lasted for 10 days and he was

becoming increasingly agitated, and showing red ears and cheeks. Finally, my SIl

gave me a tube of ointment that she said was really good, and I checked the

label for menthol as the rash was at the stage where everything made it sting.

Guess what the third ingredient was - Phenols!!

I realised that I had been unwittingly smothering phenol laden creams around his

mouth for him to lick off!

That night I put steroid cream on once he was asleep and not licking. Within two

days, with only this cream at night the rash cleared, and his mood/behaviour

improved again.

Next time I will check all the labels of the creams I use.

marita