An interesting study from The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that was referenced by The Allergist Mom as she prepared for her son's baked milk challenge. The study was conducted on 100 children concludes that the majority (75%) of children with milk allergy tolerate heated milk.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Chemical Cuisine
The title says it all. "Chemical Cuisine", that's what the majority of our food supply has become. And if the food doesn't have artificial this and that in it, then it's either lace with hormones, antibiotics, or genetically modified. I saw the other day that scientists are working on GMO apples. The good news is the apples won't turn brown *sigh*
It's an uphill battle when one has allergies or sensitivities to food additives. My son has been in heaven eating various wheat products these days: boxes of crackers, pita bread, buns, croissants. But only when they have minimal ingredients like the ones I can find at Trader Joe's. The oyster crackers there basically are made of wheat, salt , baking soda, and one or two other ingredients. He can also eat the Rudi's hotdog and hamburger buns just fine, check out the simplicity of the ingredients:
Organic whole wheat flour, water,organic wheat bran, organic brown sugar, organic wheat gluten, yeast, organic high oleic sunflower and/or safflower oil, organic vinegar, sea salt, organic oat flour, organic molasses, organic barley malt, cultured organic whole wheat starch, ascorbic acid, natural enzymes
Compare that to a Wendy's bun that causes hives and itching for my son:
Enriched Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacin, iron, folic acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: soybean, cottonseed, canola), Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Contains 2% or less of the following: Dough Conditioners (contains one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono and diglycerides, DATEM, enzymes), Yeast Nutrients (may contain one or more of the following: monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate), Turmeric, Paprika, Annatto, Natural Flavor, Calcium Silicate, Calcium Propionate (preservative). CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Trying to figure out what each of these chemicals are is a daunting task, but I found a wonderful website that lays it all out, or at least a large portion of it. Check out http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm
My son use to react to 'sodium acid pyrophosphate' that I was able to identify through a process of elimination. After having a NAET treatment for that, he's done just fine to the point he eats Trader Joe waffles with that ingredient in them every morning. Before the NAET treatment he would get the same hives and itching from the waffles that he experiences with the Wendy's buns.
So the detective work continues, trying to figure out which of these chemicals are the culprit . . .
It's an uphill battle when one has allergies or sensitivities to food additives. My son has been in heaven eating various wheat products these days: boxes of crackers, pita bread, buns, croissants. But only when they have minimal ingredients like the ones I can find at Trader Joe's. The oyster crackers there basically are made of wheat, salt , baking soda, and one or two other ingredients. He can also eat the Rudi's hotdog and hamburger buns just fine, check out the simplicity of the ingredients:
Organic whole wheat flour, water,organic wheat bran, organic brown sugar, organic wheat gluten, yeast, organic high oleic sunflower and/or safflower oil, organic vinegar, sea salt, organic oat flour, organic molasses, organic barley malt, cultured organic whole wheat starch, ascorbic acid, natural enzymes
Compare that to a Wendy's bun that causes hives and itching for my son:
Enriched Flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacin, iron, folic acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: soybean, cottonseed, canola), Yeast, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Contains 2% or less of the following: Dough Conditioners (contains one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, mono and diglycerides, DATEM, enzymes), Yeast Nutrients (may contain one or more of the following: monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate), Turmeric, Paprika, Annatto, Natural Flavor, Calcium Silicate, Calcium Propionate (preservative). CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Trying to figure out what each of these chemicals are is a daunting task, but I found a wonderful website that lays it all out, or at least a large portion of it. Check out http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm
My son use to react to 'sodium acid pyrophosphate' that I was able to identify through a process of elimination. After having a NAET treatment for that, he's done just fine to the point he eats Trader Joe waffles with that ingredient in them every morning. Before the NAET treatment he would get the same hives and itching from the waffles that he experiences with the Wendy's buns.
So the detective work continues, trying to figure out which of these chemicals are the culprit . . .
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunscreen Update
Sorry to be MIA for over a month. My son has improved so much over the last year that I'm to the point where eczema and food allergies and asthma are not so top of mind and I don't have as much to write about (it's a good thing!) It's a nice place to be and it's wonderful to let go a bit and allow him to enjoy life without such a mother hen overseeing his every move. Ok, ok, I'm sure I still do that, it's just not as extreme.
Exciting news on the sunscreen front . . .he's no longer breakng out in hives to a brand we've had trouble with in the past. After the extreme hive reaction to Neutrogena Sensitive a few years back I made the switch to a brand called Badger which gets the highest ratings from EWG (love that site!) I really love that sunscreen, but it is a bit tacky and my son has never been a fan of it because it doesn't rub in completely. Over the last week we re-tried the Neutrogena, and viola--no reaction. We also tried Aveeno Baby that is a combo of zinc and titanium dioxide, and he really likes that one. I'm still want to find a safer sunscreen without so many chemicals, but until then it's good to know we're on the right track.
I have a list of NAET updates that I need to get around to posting, more on that later . . .
Exciting news on the sunscreen front . . .he's no longer breakng out in hives to a brand we've had trouble with in the past. After the extreme hive reaction to Neutrogena Sensitive a few years back I made the switch to a brand called Badger which gets the highest ratings from EWG (love that site!) I really love that sunscreen, but it is a bit tacky and my son has never been a fan of it because it doesn't rub in completely. Over the last week we re-tried the Neutrogena, and viola--no reaction. We also tried Aveeno Baby that is a combo of zinc and titanium dioxide, and he really likes that one. I'm still want to find a safer sunscreen without so many chemicals, but until then it's good to know we're on the right track.
I have a list of NAET updates that I need to get around to posting, more on that later . . .
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