FAILSAFE
#53
Newsletter of the Food Intolerance Network
July – September 2007
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The Food Intolerance Network supports people worldwide using a low-chemical elimination diet free of additives, low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers (FAILSAFE) for health, behaviour and learning problems. |
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THIS MONTH
Additive health
warnings
Research: Reactions to antioxidants 319-321
In brief: ALL Britain's major supermarkets,
Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencer, Asda and Tesco, are banning potentially
dangerous additives from the majority of their own-brand products, Scientific
reassessment of all food additives, Breastfeeding percentages, The McDonalds
Video game, Adverse Medical Events hotline, Your opportunity to let McDonalds
know what you think,. Granny finds grenade in sack of potatoes
Still targeting… tartrazine (artificial, 102, Yellow
#5 in the
Readers' stories: [567] - [574]
Product updates: detailed help and information.
Questions: detailed help and information.
Cooks Corner: Yummy biscuits correction, Hint:
Failsafe Nachos, Maple Butter, Purple Ketchup, 7 minute risotto
Welcome to the new look newsletter for a quicker read
- you’ll find extra information in our website factsheets. Thank you to all who
have written with praise and feedback about the website, we’re pleased you like
it! If you haven’t already, please
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In this edition, see important research and reports about additives in
medication as well as food, compelling reader stories showing the difficulty of
sorting out the effects of foods, new failsafe products, a ‘rave review’ about
Thermomix, and some recipes guaranteed to appeal to kids.
Happy failsafeing
Sue Dengate
Additive health
warnings
Health warnings about additives are required for
European medications. The warnings apply to the use of azo dyes such as
tartrazine (E102), sorbate, benzoate and sulphite preservatives and
antioxidants BHA (E320) and BHT (E321). Additives technically regarded as
‘safe’ by food regulators must be accompanied by warnings of potential
‘allergic reactions’, ‘mild irritation to the skin, eyes and mucous membranes’,
‘bronchospasm’ (difficulty breathing) and possible ‘severe hypersensitivity
reactions’ when used in medications. Yet foods and drinks that contain these
additives do not require warnings.
Ian Tokelove, a spokesperson for The Food Magazine,
commented, ‘The Government and the food industry continue to assure us that all
food additives are safe for us to eat, but here we have clear medical
guidelines which state that over a dozen common additives should carry a health
warning. For many people the additives appear to pose no immediate risk, but
better labelling would ensure that susceptible adults and children would at
least have a chance of identifying, and avoiding, the additives that may cause
them harm.’
Further reading http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/press_07_additives.htm;
European Commission Volume 3B Guidelines: excipients in the label and package
leaflet of medicinal products for human use July 2003 http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/PDF%20files/EU_guidelines.pdf.
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Research |
Reactions
to antioxidants 319-321
Antioxidants are commonly added to cosmetics but
researchers say ‘allergy to these substances will be missed unless specifically
looked for’. A dermatology clinic
reported 7 cases of contact dermatitis due to antioxidants in their cosmetics
or toiletries and there have been more recent reports of reactions to TBHQ
(tertiary-butylhydroquinone, antioxidant 319) in hair dye. Cross reactivity
between TBHQ, BHA and BHT (319-321) is reported. Additives associated with contact dermatitis
generally cause other kinds of reactions as well. TBHQ is not included in
health warning labels on European pharmaceuticals because it has only recently
been approved in
Diet not working as
well as you'd hoped?
One tiny mistake can make a huge difference. For fine-tuning, see the Checklist
of common mistakes. Readers tell us this list is very useful.
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In brief |
ALL
Scientific
reassessment of all food additives - As part of a scientific
reassessment of all food additives started last December, the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) has announced its first verdict: that colour Red 2G (E128, not
approved for use in
The
McDonalds Video game - learn how to operate a global
fast food company. ‘While playing the game, random negative events will happen.
In some instances, customers will start questioning the nutritional value of
your product. You may counteract this by paying of nutritional experts.’ See
the review: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/175941/review_of_the_mcdonalds_video_game.html. Play the game: www.mcvideogame.com. Information about McDonalds ingredients in
Your opportunity to let McDonalds
know what you think - McDonald’s has requested a meeting with The Parents Jury to discuss
their children’s food menu and marketing to children practices. The Jury wants
to truly represent parents when they meet with McDonald’s, so please email them
your views and concerns and they will ensure that they are raised. Email members@parentsjury.org.au.
We will let you know the outcomes of this meeting in due course. http://www.parentsjury.org.au/
Note that the Adverse
Medical Events hotline was renamed last year and complaints now go to the
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care mail@safetyandquality.gov.au.
Breastfeeding
percentages - The percentage of
Granny finds
grenade in sack of potatoes - http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL288949320070228.
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Now targetting… tartrazine (artificial, 102, Yellow #5 in the |
In this issue we target the yellow food colours
tartrazine (artificial, 102, Yellow #5 in the US) and annatto 160b, the only
natural colour to cause at least as many problems as artificial colours.
[567] 102: Tartrazine, a parents’ story: ‘Our 4 year old
has been diagnosed with life-long, tartrazine anaphylaxis requiring instant
medication/epipen and hospital observation upon accidental tartrazine
ingestion. We first learned of this when eating out one day. Our child took one
bite of a meal and suffered instant and severe skin itch and rash with swelling
to the face, lips and neck. We rushed to hospital. From now on, we must avoid
tartrazine-containing foods – including cordials, drinks, snackfoods etc and
must even closely monitor play-dough use.’
How to help:
every time you see a product that contains tartrazine 102, email or phone the
manufacturer with a simple message “Please stop using artificial colours in <your product>.”
Annatto, a
reader story: ‘your website has been an amazing help to me
when I found out I was intolerant to all the bad stuff. I was wondering if you
could write to Sanitarium regarding 160b in So Good Soy Icecream
(vanilla) as there are no other soy icecream brands
in my supermarket.’
How to help:
We have found it is most effective for consumers to
contact the manufacturers directly. It’s very easy. Go to http://www.sanitarium.com.au/contact.html,
and send them an email, for example, “Please take annatto 160b out of the So
Good Soy Icecream (vanilla) so I can eat it” and give
your contact details. Ask everyone you know to do that too. If enough people
ask, they will listen.
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Readers' stories |
[574] One-liners (August 2007)
I love your
books and I love this diet, I have a completely different daughter.
My husband and
I heard you talk when you came to Albury/Wodonga. Thank you, you have changed
our lives! We have cut out all colours, preservatives and additives from their
diet and it's like having different (normal) children.
We have
just been lucky enough to go to
I love the
failsafe cookbook! - it has made cooking so much easier for me and the whole
family enjoys what I am cooking.
Thank you
for all the work you have done and continue to do, I teach in one of the
largest primary schools in the state and over time I really hope that I can get
the school to undertake some of your methods.
I enjoyed
your seminar at Frankston in April - I could have stayed there all night
listening to you.
My autistic
son has gone without Gatorade, PowerAde and coloured drinks for just three
days, and already his behaviour is improving - such a small thing to do for
such a great result.
For the
last two months I’ve had no additives, no kiwi fruit, no oranges, no
strawberries, no tomatoes, no juice and have had 7 weeks without a mouth ulcer.
Usually I only go about 2 weeks pain free before the skin on the roof of my
mouth peels, the tip of my tongue becomes extremely sore together with a badly
infected ulcer anywhere in the mouth.
My daughter
was a very sick and unhappy child five years ago and after visiting RPA,
eliminating and using your cookbook like a bible we have a happy and well child
(she cannot tolerate preservatives and is extremely salicylate sensitive). I
must admit five years ago when we started all of this if anybody had ever said
that strawberries, broccoli and bottled tomato sauce could send my three
children into crazed animals I would have not believed them. Bring on the
pears!
My
grandchildren's asthma is now much better. I managed to convince one of my
daughters of the connection between the 'healthy' apricot bars she was feeding
him and her son's attacks (despite a very dubious husband and other grandma!)
and my granddaughter's behaviour and asthma has improved after removal from her
diet of the highly coloured treats which she was so fond.
I have had
my daughter on an elimination diet for 12 months now - the behavioural changes
were literally overnight once I found your website. I want the DVD for her
school because they still serve trash in the tuckshop and the teachers don't
believe me when I say they wouldn't have anywhere near the problems they are
having if they looked at what the kids were eating !- Sheryle
by email.
We have
just spent 3 weeks on the elimination diet, using " Fed Up with ADHD"
and the "Failsafe Cookbook".
We are amazed at the positive change in all of us: a hyperactive,
asthmatic, eczema-stricken three- year-old boy; a 40 year old dad who has
suffered from chronic asthma all his life; and a 34-year-old mum who thought
she felt pretty healthy...until the last three weeks, where I have felt better
than ever - Julie, email.
[573] His asthma disappeared (August
2007)
We put my
6-year-old grandson on the failsafe diet for ADHD and his 4-year-old brother
(who has had 2 serious hospital admissions for asthma) has seen his asthma
disappear!! Another off spin from the diet my headaches which I blamed on shift
work and lack of sleep have disappeared except two times when we didn't have
the boys and bought Chinese and went out for Thai both times I woke through the
night with a raging headache. And my
husband who has been short tempered through our 28 years of marriage, has had a
change in temperament/ behaviour, for the better. - Kathy by email.
[572] The Great Philly Incident
(August 2007)
Over the course
of a couple of weeks in September 2006, our daughter became progressively more
lethargic, withdrawn and emotionally fragile (cried easily for no particular
reason). She was getting upset quickly in a teary way and blowing things out of
proportion. After the holidays her teacher commented she thought it was unusual
for Lucy to be so lethargic, quiet, teary, keeping to herself and not playing,
not interacting. As an example, the
teacher had asked all the kids to pack away the books. Normally Lucy would do
this fairly promptly but she just sat there mesmerised in her own little world
and didn't appear to hear the teacher. The teacher came over to her after all
the other kids had left the area of the classroom and said gently to her ‘Lucy
it's time to pack away now please.’ Lucy just dissolved into tears and it took
a while for her to regain composure. The teacher said it was very out of the
ordinary for Lucy who was usually full of energy, vibrant, bubbly, friendly and
always very, very happy.
That night,
after ruling out illness, and with much careful consideration and dissection of
her diet and environment, I discovered from Sue's website that Kraft had
introduced preservatives (sorbic acid, 200) in the tubs of Philadelphia Cream
Cheese tubs. Lucy eats this on a daily basis on her sandwiches and sometimes as
a dip as she had done for years. I rang Kraft and they informed me that they
had only just started putting this ingredient in a couple of months earlier.
After checking old containers I figured that she had consumed at least two
tubs. The change in her demeanour had been gradual but still clearly noticeable
by us as well as her teachers as this was not the Lucy we knew. Once we
switched to the preservative free Philly blocks, she became ‘better’ within a
few days and had returned to her usual energetic, happy, amenable self within a
week. I now check labels every time, even if it is something I have bought many
times before.
[571] Why asthmatics need to know
about salicylates: An interview with Matt’s mother (August 2007)
How long have you
been failsafe?
My 8 year old son
Matt is a severe asthmatic who has been on the diet for almost a year. We of course have our good days and bad days
in making him stick to it, but regardless of that he has done so well and has
not had to go to hospital since he has been on the diet, and for a child who
has been hospitalized multiple times every year since he was 6 months old this
is quite an achievement.
What made you
decide to try diet?
I love my children
and as a mother I could not continue to blindly pump drugs into Matt every
morning, night and during the day, it made me feel sick and I couldn't see that
it was actually making an awful lot of difference to his asthma, in fact it
seemed to be getting worse. Just before we started the elimination diet
Ventolin seemed to have no effect on Matt at all, only prednisolone seemed to
alleviate an attack, which as you can imagine frightened the hell out of me.
The doctors all said the same things, either give it to him or he could die.
SEE full interview at http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/stories/story8.htm.
[570] PDD-NOS and failsafe (August
2007)
Our
daughter Beth is five and a half. At four she was diagnosed with Pervasive
Development Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified, a bit of a mouthful but it
sounds like Asperger's shadowing. She is not ASD but
has a lot of symptoms in common: developmental delay in speech, fine motor and
gross motor, attention deficit, poor eye contact, argumentative, very poor
social skills, being in her own world.
… THEN we
went failsafe and what a blessing it has been!!!! … Ten days after starting failsafe, Beth
suddenly began running around with all the other kids talking and interacting
with them!! Every week, I hear new things that she is doing at preschool. At
home she is constantly surprising us with new things that she says and does.
It's great!! It is as if a block has been removed in Beth's brain and suddenly
she has the possibility of being a normal little girl. Going failsafe is not
easy but I had to give her the chance. Even though it may not fix all of Beth's
difficulties, it seems to have removed a lot of them, see the full story at http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/SymptomPDD.htm.
[569] 635: Ten years of ‘a very
debilitating condition’ due to 635 (August 2007)
Since 1997 I
have suffered with what I was told is chronic urticaria especially affecting my
hands and feet. For about a year I had constant welts and itching on the soles
of my feet and would develop huge welts on my torso and back at times. It then
seemed to settle a bit and was more intermittent, sometimes not happening for
several months. I was investigated for SLE and other autoimmune disorders - all
negative. Over the past year it had
worsened into what looked liked an urticarial vasculitis where my fingers swell,
become intensely painful and itchy and small watery skin eruptions would
develop into purple swellings, like blood blisters but dry. I also had episodes
of joint and bone pains that lasted 24-48 hours and always had patches of welts
somewhere on my torso or thighs. Some months ago I again saw a GP about it and
he felt I had probably developed mixed connective tissue disorder. However all
my blood results were normal and yet again I was left feeling extremely
despondent about any chance of management of what had become a very
debilitating condition.
Then about
six weeks ago I came across your articles and letters re riborash
and stopped all foods with these enhancers. Within 48 hours my symptoms had
gone and I am elated to say that since, I have had only 3 welting
episodes. I'm sure now that my symptoms
had been intensified in the past months as we have been planning to do some
long walks and trying out all sorts of pre-packaged and dehydrated foods (all
containing 635). Ironically I was going to go on a course of prednisone to
dampen it all down so that I could walk, while I would've been eating the very
thing that is causing the problem. Now I have done a couple of day walks
wearing boots (for months I have only been able to wear crocs as any pressure or
rubbing around my ankles would result in a similar outbreak to my hands) with
absolutely no problems! Once again
thanks for sharing your knowledge on the web.
[568] Epilepsy and additives (August
2007)
I am a new
convert to failsafe eating and I am a sufferer of epilepsy. We initially began
the diet for my son's problems but having read the information on the effects
of additives I am also taking care to follow it myself. My doctor recently changed my medication back
to Lamictal and I was surprised and annoyed when I
found the drug has had blackcurrant flavouring added to it so that it can be
dispersed in water or chewed. This hasn't always been the case. A number of
years ago I was taking this tablet and it was free of artificial flavours. I
continue to swallow the tablets whole as they are not large or difficult to
swallow and find this new format totally unnecessary. I am very disappointed
with the fact I have no option to take a tablet that does not contain
flavourings as I need this medication for seizure control. I believe many
sufferers of epilepsy are sensitive to additives and I remember as a child of
12 when I first started having seizures that I made a connection with dark
coloured icy poles and the simple partial seizures I suffered. I voluntarily
stayed away from the raspberry flavours.
Many of the
anti-convulsants used for seizure control are coloured to differentiate the
strengths of the tablets so this problem is not just peculiar to my
medication. I would be interested to
know if you can help in this area. [In our experience, the most effective
action is to complain frequently to the manufacturers. It’s also worth
complaining to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, mail@safetyandquality.gov.au ]
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Product updates |
Persimmon
Wine – David at Waterfall Way Winery, Dorrigo,
reports that he just finished harvesting and conducting primary processing of
persimmons for the 2007 vintage. He wants to move some of the previous years
vintages at $15 per bottle (plus postage) to clear stocks. There is no minimum
order - just "first in best dressed"!! fruitwine@netxp.com.au, ph/fax (02) 66571373.
NEW Maple
butter and maple sugar
http://www.usafoods.com.au/
, available from supermarkets in
NEW Aldi's brand of slow cooked kettle style chips
(200g pack) appear to be failsafe – thanks to Fofe. Colvan’s chips have been deleted but Arnott’s
say that the oil in Arnott’s plain chips is exactly
the same oil as used in Colvan chips, ie palm oil with 304 and 306. Thanks to Jenny from Additive
Education. Note that all chips
including Kettle are now produced on contaminated production lines and we have
received many reports of reactions from extra sensitive failsafers
since this happened.
NEW Nemar Natural 100's & 1000's,
all natural colours, tastes like sugar; thanks to
Kathleen from Additive Education
GOOD NEWS Laucke’s Easy Bakers Gluten Free mixes: as soon as Laucke’s discovered their gluten-free bread mixes contained
a non-failsafe oil, they sourced an alternative oil containing natural
antioxidant (306). This will be in products with a Best Before date from June
2008. Note that the oil containing 320 was never used in Laucke’s
wheat-based products (they don’t contain any vegetable oil). Readers say the Laucke’s gf bread is
excellent. Thanks to Tanya and Lodzia
NEW Duncan's
Ointment: all natural ingredients including zinc oxide for
lips, cracked heels, eczema, nappy rash http://www.scorkle.com.au/duncoint.html,
thanks to Michelle
FEEDBACK PLEASE:
The Natural Beverage Company Apple Naturally Flavoured
Soft Drink contains ‘No artificial colours,
no artificial flavours, no preservatives’, more than
seven teaspoons of sugar per glass, malt extract to make it look like apple
juice and only 1% apple. Like other sugary soft drinks, it is only for an
occasional treat, but with such a tiny amount of apple, it is possible that
this drink could be better tolerated by failsafers
than preservative free lemonade. Feedback welcome: suedengate@ozemail.com.au.
ADDITIVE
FREE ONLY jelly (contain salicylates
and amines): Coles brand naturally coloured and flavoured jelly crystals (not failsafe), Thanks to Jenny
from Additive Education
***WARNING
Some Country Life rye breads now list vinegar and are no longer
failsafe. Read all labels. Thanks to D’anah and
Michael
***WARNING
Scented doll "Lots to Love" from Berenguer
Babies, confirmed on their website. ‘I'm so used to the doll
being scented that I hadn't thought about it in relation to Failsafe’ – thanks
to Fiona
NEW: UK
shopping list at http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/information/shoppinglistUK.htm
- thanks to MaryJane,
Lyn, Jan and members of the FailsafeUK group
THERMOMIX
FEEDBACK: ‘I purchased a thermomix
about 6 months ago and love it. I can mince my own fresh chicken meat and
finely chop failsafe veggies to hide in the chicken patties. I make an awesome custard (the failsafe cookbook custard cup
recipe) in 10 minutes with no stirring, sago puddings a cinch etc. I make a
chicken and rice pasta dish with almost every failsafe veggie hidden in it. I
use it to mix up lunch box muffins, I make the boys buckwheat or oat or rice
porridge in the morning. You can cook rice in it. I use it to make great
sorbets in the summer. I make my own rice flour from rice etc. I love it and
use it several times a day, it certain reduces time in preparation and cooking
(no need to stir while cooking). I would be lost without it. I know they are
expensive but I found it worth every cent. And for the record I am not a
distributor, just a satisfied customer’. Thanks to Sandra; ‘The motor is one of
those brilliant pieces of German technology – my mum's is still going (from
1979)’, thanks to Rebecca
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Your questions |
Q. I have
just read your fact sheet on 635 (riborash). It seems that any time we eat a food with
this in it (particularly cream of chicken and corn soup used in risotto), my 16
month old gets severe nappy rash. Could
this be a reaction to the additive?
A.
Yes. The rash can appear differently in different people. One of the original
observations of ribo rash was in twin 10-month-old
boys who suffered severe rash in the nappy area and extending down to their
feet and on their faces when at its worst.
Q. I have
been using a saline spray for my son’s seasonal itchy nose with great success.
However we have experienced aggressive episodes since using the product (Narium). I did a
double check and found a preservative Benzalkonium
Chloride (BAC) is in the product. Have you had any experience with this?
A.
There have been some reports of nasal burning, dryness, or irritation due to
nasal sprays preserved with BAC. There are also reports in the medical
literature of contact dermatitis due to BAC. We generally find any additive
that can cause the very obvious signs of contact dermatitis may also be
associated with more subtle behavioural symptoms such
as aggression. It is possible to make your own preservative free saline: a
teaspoon of salt in half a litre of water, boiled and
cooled. Store in the fridge and discard after 24 hours.
Q. Why is sulphur dioxide added to wine?
A.
According to Erl Happs,
maker of the excellent Happs range of
preservative-free and low preservative wines, sulphur
dioxide ‘hardens the palate’ of a wine, see http://www.happs.com.au/pages/PFQandA.html.
Q. Is there
a product like muesli bars that can be bought directly off the shelf that is
homemade without all the additives?
A.
Thanks to Jenny Ravlic from Additive Education (www.additiveeducation.com.au)
for the following answer: We don't suggest any of the standard packets of
muesli bars available in supermarkets because they all have either
sulphites, annatto, flavours
and/or nasty antioxidants in the oil. There is a great product called Naturally
Organic Oat Slice (few varieties) made by the All Natural Bakery. They are sold
individually in 100g slices with no artificial flavours,
colours or preservatives - very much like a homemade
product. There is also the Amore Fruity Nut Bars, sold in multi packs. Both of
these are available in Coles, possibly Safeways and
IGA. Please note that these suggestions are additive free but not failsafe (low
in salicylates and amines).
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Around the groups: getting in touch |
Can
you help?
A network member writes: I am currently writing a page entitled 'food
intolerance' on Wikipedia as this site is the first
stop for many fact seekers, but a number of sceptics
are trying to undo the work. I could use some support on the 'Discussion' page
by a number of contributors to build a community consensus about the article
approach and references used. Can you
assist? My user name is Jagra. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_intolerance
Talking
point
My 3-year-old and I are currently doing the
elimination diet for his behaviour. I have noticed
that people who have an allergy can say my child is allergic so he is on the
elimination diet and people accept it no questions; a friend with an autistic
child can say my child has autism so he is on the diet, and again it is
accepted no questions. But because we are doing the diet purely for behaviour problems we get unlimited amounts of criticism
over it. I am constantly hearing it's just normal toddler behaviour.
I have tried explaining that on the basic diet I do have a normal toddler - we
still have normal toddler conflict and trantrums,
however we don't have the extremes of behaviour where
he is out of control and literally runs up and down the hallway screaming and
aggressive with me ending up in tears. I don't expect a perfect child, just a
normal one... Is there a short simple way of explaining why you are doing the
diet that people will understand? Send suggestions to suedengate@ozemail.com.au.
Getting
in touch
An Australian family in
Depression: if you would like to contribute to raising
awareness about the impact of food on depression please contact Howard on confoodnet@ozemail.com.au.
Support
There are now over 90 support
contacts in 47 locations in
We recommend failsafebasic
for beginners. It is the smallest of the big general groups. You can join by
sending an email to failsafebasic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com with ‘subscribe’ in the subject line. Please
note that the failsafeandbeyond group has no
connection with our Network so please do not send complaints about that group
to us.
Kids page:
contributions welcome. Sorry, we left out the link last time: http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/extras/kidspage.htm.
Tuncurry/Forster – Tina and
Suzie meet with locals first Wednesday each month at
Failsafe sausages rule OK!
New factsheet: Hayfever and allergic rhinitis – hints for managing the spring.
New symptom discussion paper: Pervasive Development Disorder - Not
Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Talks
August 2007
Tuesday 14th August Glen Waverley VIC: "Fed
Up with Children's Behaviour" presentation by
Jenny Ravlic and Kathleen Daalmeyer
of Additive Education at 8pm, held at the City of Monash
Offices. RSVP Judy Allen at City of
Tuesday 28th August Boronia VIC:
"Fed Up with Children's Behaviour"
presentation by Jenny Ravlic and Kathleen Daalmeyer of Additive Education at 7pm, held at the Boronia Primary School. RSVP Jenny on 9762 2089. There is
no charge.
October 2007
Monday 22nd October Pakenham VIC:
"Fed Up with Children's Behaviour"
presentation by Jenny Ravlic and Kathleen Daalmeyer of Additive Education at 7pm, held at the Pakenham Library at John Street, Pakenham.
RSVP Cenza Fulco on 5990
0100. There is no charge.
November
2007
Wednesday 7 November Forster NSW: "Fed
Up with Children's Behaviour" presentation by
Sue Dengate. Details TBA.
Thursday 8 November Maitland NSW: "Fed
Up with Children's Behaviour" presentation by
Sue Dengate for Kiddicare at
Brochures
NOW
AVAILABLE in French,
USA and Nepali.
Printable trifold brochures
on food intolerance and oppositional defiance are available. We'll post two
free that you can copy, or you can buy bulk copies at cost $A0.26 each plus
postage. See instructions on the website for accessing pdf
versions. Email confoodnet@ozemail.com.au
with enquiries. We loved this comment from one satisfied failsafer:
"Ah, the answer to my prayers. I had
no idea the brochure even existed, but thanks so much for directing me to it. I
am not very Internet savvy, however I found it easy enough. Regarding possible
opposition to failsafeing within the child care
setting ... now all I have to do is hand over a copy of this and let them ask
questions! Thanks again. I highly recommend everyone print this out if you
don't already have a copy, it sure cuts out the "but WHY can't your kid
have (insert food here)?" questions. Great for grandparents too."
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Cook’s corner |
Yummy
biscuits (Failsafe Newsletter 52) correction: that should
be 5 cups of gluten-free or wheat self-raising flour, not 3 cups. Bake 10
minutes for soft, 15 minutes for crunchy.
Hint:
Failsafe Nachos Cook
lamb mince in a pot with sea salt and pureed failsafe veges
until just cooked and combined well (swede goes particularly well). Serve in a
bowl with some plain Kettle chips for dipping.
Maple
Butter
For commercial maple butter, see Product Updates above
- or you can make your own.
1/2 cup butter, softened
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
Place butter and salt in the food processor and
process until the mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly add maple syrup through
the feed tube of the food processor while beating constantly to prevent
separation. Continue processing until the syrup is thoroughly mixed through.
Store in the refrigerator in a covered container for up to 3 weeks. Thanks to
Lyn and Lesley
Purple
ketchup
2 large tins
pears in syrup
200 g brown
sugar
2 tsp salt
4 tsp citric
acid
6 cloves
garlic, crushed
the white part
of a leek, chopped (around 150g)
100 g chopped
celery
150 g chopped
purple cabbage.
Drain and dice
pears. Boil syrup from tins until reduced by half. Add all other ingredients and boil for a
further 15 minutes. Puree and place into containers for freezing or sterilised jars for use in the next few weeks – thanks to
Eleanor.
7
minute risotto
You need a pressure cooker for this quickcook meal.
2 cups arborio rice
4 1/4 cups boiling water
sunflower oil
300 g chicken or lamb-pieces, but sometimes mince if
that's all I have
2 cups failsafe vegetables, e.g. swede, choko, celery, leek, garlic
salt to taste
Chop vegetables into smallish cubes/pieces, 1-2cm.
Alternatively, vegetables can be pureed while raw and added that way to provide
a smoother, less chunky, less obviously vegetable containing risotto for those
discerning little ones who are exquisitely fussy. Add all ingredients, except
water to the cooker and heat, stirring till rice is slightly transparent from
the oil. Add the boiling water (doesn't have to be boiling but makes the cooker
come to pressure heaps faster if it is) and close and lock the lid, selecting
the high setting. Once the pressure switch engages I set a timer for 7 minutes
and go play with the boys. Release pressure, stir and serve – thanks to
Catherine.
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Education and the many others who have contributed stories and the many others
who have written, phoned and contributed to this newsletter. Further reading: The Simplified Elimination Diet from
dietitians, the Failsafe Cookbook by
Sue Dengate (Random House Australia) and DVD
Fed Up with Children’s Behaviour, and (out
of print) Fed Up, Fed Up with Asthma, Fed Up with ADHD; and Friendly Food, by Swain and others,
(Murdoch Books).