Halloween 2012 proved to be a huge success for my TMNT (that's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle for those that were like 'Huh?!') We had 3 Halloween events and 1 Fall Harvest party at school (they do that instead of the traditional Halloween thing.) From the onset of these food allergies we've always made a deal with my son that he can go trick-or-treating, but he's not allowed to eat any candy while out and he has to turn all of his candy in for a trip to the toy store. This has worked out well, and he prefers the toy hands down to any candy. Three years ago I did let him try a Hershey's kiss, only to end up in hives. This year he was allowed to keep some candy that which included Twizzlers, Starbursts, Skittles, LifeSavers, and Now & Laters as he does fine with all of them. It's really weird though to watch his mannerisms with candy though. For instance with Skittles, he will take a plastic container and pour them in, and ask how many he can eat. I ask him how many does he want and he'll usually say 'three', and then I tell him go ahead. He'll then proceed to put a lid on the bowl and be done with them. I on the other hand would have eaten the whole bag and never stop to ask permission for another one.
He did ask if he could try a KitKat, and he was absolutely fine with it. I was thrilled and wanted to run out and buy him a whole bag. But then I had to do the obssessed mom thing and take a closer look at the ingredients:
KIT KAT Milk Chocolate
Ingredient sSUGAR; WHEAT FLOUR; NONFAT MILK; COCOA BUTTER; CHOCOLATE; PALM KERNEL OIL; LACTOSE (MILK); MILK FAT; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SOY LECITHIN; PGPR, EMULSIFIER; YEAST ; VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR; SALT; SODIUM BICARBONATE
What's this 'PGPR' that I've never seen or heard of before? Turns out that PGPR stands for Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, which is used by chocolate makers to reduce cost and according to Wikipedia, Hershey started using PGPR in 2006 to replace/reduce cocoa butter (you know, the stuff that makes chocolate healthy.) So altough I'm thrilled he could eat a KitKat, they won't become a staple in our house.
Are you still doing the NMT? How is it going?
ReplyDeleteYes, we just had our 6th NMT treatment. My son has been so stable lately that it's hard to tell if NMT is having an effect or if this is from NAET. It's a good thing that there hasn't been any reactions or asthma, I'm just not ready to give NMT credit for it.
ReplyDeleteI read a little about the NMT so I know they give your body "instructions" or reprogram your body. Do you know what instructions were given to your son? Has the practitioner gotten to eliminating allergies yet? I'm just curious as to how it works and how quickly you get to the allergies.
ReplyDeleteWe've been specific pathways like allergens, infectious agents, and stress. I don't know of the specific instructions, as they're laid out in a thick binder and not read aloud (although she said she could, we just don't.) She has interjected some specific allergies like cats and latex, but we haven't had a physical encounter with those substances yet. From my neighbor's response to NMT, it has the ability to work fast--she went from years of being on allergy meds for ragweed to not needing any after one treatment.
DeleteI am so happy to read about the Halloween success.
DeleteI read in yuor blog that yourhusband also tried NAET. Did NAET help him also ?
Great news about Halloween. We were find here too - no incidents. Like you we don't allow any candy eating while trick or treating. Our son brings all the candy home and leaves it for the switch witch, who takes it and leaves a present in exchange. We didn't keep any candy because all of it pretty much will cause my son to react, plus the ingredients are all so scary. But his grandmother did buy some safe candy for him from the health food store. So, he was thrilled.
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