My son was strongly affected by everything that was not real food. Every coloring, preservative, stabilizer, emulsifier and additive would send him up the walls, literally. He would run full speed from one end of our apartment, jump up and put his feet on the walls, run to the other end and jump again, for forty five minutes. That is what a manic episode looks like in a six year old.
I started making everything from scratch from real ingredients: salad dressing, bread, desserts, cookies, mac and cheese, school lunches, etc. It was very helpful.
He has a job doing computer stuff for an insurance company now. He still keeps up his discipline of healthy cooking and exercise. He says it is the only way for him to function.
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branchandroot
Food Additives
Date: 2024-11-22 04:03 am (UTC)I started making everything from scratch from real ingredients: salad dressing, bread, desserts, cookies, mac and cheese, school lunches, etc. It was very helpful.
He has a job doing computer stuff for an insurance company now. He still keeps up his discipline of healthy cooking and exercise. He says it is the only way for him to function.