Guest guest Posted August 6, 2001 Report Share Posted August 6, 2001 **********((((((((((************)))))))))))************ OK- here are some copied and pasted previous posts on sites I belong to on phenols- As soon as I come across more I'll post them. Right now Juno emptied all my folders and combined everything together (even my sent messages) so I am trying to sort it all back. (LJs mom) in New York ^^^^^^^ & & & & & & & & & & **************^^^^^^^^^ & & & & ********************************************** Hi! This is from Karyn Seroussi's book page 226. " In addition to dairy and gluten, many autistic children don't tolerate: corn soy egg yolk tomato oranges red grapes colored fruits and vegetables beef Foods high in phenols (frequently craved) include: tomatoes oranges cocoa bananas red grapes and colored fruits apples cow's milk (There should be avoided with children who react to them.) " *************************************** ************************************ Ok.. breathe.. I do not have the master list. There are over 200 products that contain phenols. This is the master list I work off of. My son is a very limited eater and EVERYTHING he eats is LOW in sugar (or no sugar,) NO yeast and completely gluten and casein free. These items we eliminated: food dyes tomatoes apples PEANUTS Bananas ORANGES Cocoa red grapes colored fruits avoid natural flavors or processed foods (my rule, anything with more than 10 ingredients DOES NOT make it in my sons stomach!) You can also get info on phenols from www.feingold.org. Well, I haven't seen these things specifically listed on any of the phenol lists that I know of, but they are both " colored fruits " , so I guess they would qualify. Watermelon is red, so that is a definite flag, cantaloupe is orange which is better. Basically, all foods have phenols, just some have more phenols than others, and a child with PST has trouble processing them, so you want to reduce the HIGHLY phenolic foods so the child's body does not get overloaded in trying to process the phenols it is getting anyway. What I would do is remove all the highly phenolic foods, and then you can add back say cantaloupe and see what happens. If your child is okay with it, then try adding back something else. Just not too much fruit in any one day or you will probably see some reactions. KEEP A food journal. Track what your child eats and watch bevaviors (extra hyperness, stimmy outbreaks,) rashes on face / bottom, violent outbreaks, or night wakenings. My son used to laugh at night for an hour (scary!) I removed bananas and these episodes are gone! We replace them with PEARS, MANGOS and do not have a problem. ***************************** ****************************** ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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