Makes 36 single 18 pairs 1 cup S R Flour 1/2 cup cornflour 1/3 cup icing sugar 125 gm butter Turn oven on. Set to 180 degrees C. Cream butter and icing sugar, work in flours to make a stiff dough. Roll into balls (about the size of a walnut), place on oven tray. Using a fork flatten each ball a little. Bake until light fawn colour 15 - 20 minutes. Allow to cool. Join together to make yo-yos with melted butter icing. Icing. Sieve 2/3 cup icing sugar. Melt 1 tablespoon (60 gm) … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2014
How do you know if diet will help your child? Are there tests?
Unfortunately there are no tests which show if children react, or are unlikely to react to additives and natural chemicals in the diet. We know the diet works in some children as diet investigation research has shown big changes. We have worked with families to understand which foods need to be considered. The unusual part is that we do not know yet what is not working well in metabolic pathways that cause reactions to happen. Because the mechanism is not known a test cannot be developed. But … [Read more...]
Can you decide to put up with a bit of discomfort if you want to relax the diet a bit and eat some of a favourite food?
It is fair enough to be annoyed with those who criticise food sensitive people by saying that they are “over-noticing” symptoms. I have met siblings where one has a very high threshold to pain and another a very low one. It is good or bad luck which one you are. The pain is being felt and worth adhering to the diet to minimise. However sometimes it is worth a bit of resulting discomfort to enjoy some food. Each supersensitive person needs to work out just where they are at in terms of discomfort … [Read more...]
Children can learn to choose foods they tolerate. ”Should I smell it on the outside and on the inside?”
Children can be taught to notice if a food is wrong for them. Most food sensitive children are supertasters and supersmellers. That is why you can’t trick them by changing the brand of some favourite food. They will know! They are aware that food is too smelly because of some reason for them. Maybe it is too stale, too acidic, too strong or just a flavour they don’t like at all. They may tell us loud and clear that a food “smells too old!” or “smells mouldy” or “tastes too yucky!” The … [Read more...]
What make up can you recommend that hopefully food sensitive people won’t react to?
There is no one brand that is tolerated by everyone and it can be expensive to trial various ones. Those reported best tolerated are those who advertise being perfume free. Even then you need to check each product. Some say no perfume but have added 'essential oils' e g apricot oil, so check on that. Use of coloured lipstick has rarely been a problem [perhaps it is not absorbed in wax], unless a food sensitive child eats several. Yes one hyperactive child did! Coloured eye shadow can be a … [Read more...]
Can colour on the skin produce symptoms in other parts of the body?
Yes. One twelve month old child described as “failure to thrive” attended for diet investigation. The family were very pleased when he started gaining weight and stopped looking fragile on the diet. Mum took his to a playgroup and made sure no one gave him any food. The children played with coloured water and he came home with his hands yellow. She rang me the next day saying he had diarrhoea but was not looking sick. I checked that he did not have an increased temperature and suggested she … [Read more...]
Can artificial colour be absorbed through the skin?
Colour can be a problem if it is absorbed through the skin. The main problem here is that ADHD children at childcare and Kindy play with coloured finger paint, coloured grains or pasta, or just coloured water. Parents often report that when nothing else has changed and the diet is working well reactions occur after they have coloured skin after returning from care. The trick is to advise the caregivers to do painting with big brushes, to dilute the colour used, or to gently wash the skin … [Read more...]