STORIES & OPINIONS
Collected here are many
stories sent to me by mail and email since I started to publish my books. They
tell a human story of parents trying to help their children and adults spending
years suffering before they find answers for themselves.
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INDEX
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the stories following:
[037] Minutes away from death: anaphylactic swelling of
mouth and throat from 635 (April 2000)
[036] Jack's story: severe speech delay associated with
bread preservative (April 2000)
[035] We never thought food intolerances were part of the
equation (April 2000)
[034] Chronic fatigue (January 2000)
[033] 'Smart but doing badly at school' (January 2000)
[032] After 12 months failsafe, a prize at the junior school
prizegiving (January 2000)
[031] 282: Results of bread preservative (282) challenge
(January 2000)
[030] Adults have food intolerance too (January 2000)
[029] For ADHD, "understanding and dignity"
(November 1999)
[028] Indeed 'fed up' (November 1999)
[027] "Calmer and happier" (November 1999)
[026] "Change just about unbelievable" (November
1999)
[025] Family of seven on FAILSAFE diet (October 1999)
[024] Discounted as a caregiver (October 1999)
[023] Failsafe at university: progressively more organised
(October 1999)
[022] The Cookie Cooker (October 1999)
[021] Sanity saver (October 1999)
[020] Asthma, eczema, sinus, mood (October 1999)
[019] Room for improvement (October 1999)
[018] Additives and food pollution (August 1999)
[017] ADHD success from
[016] Extract from a letter from Jake, aged 9, who has been
on failsafe foods for 4 months (note the halo) (May 1999)
[015] From a mother in
[014] Managing FAILSAFE on the road (May 1999)
[013] The school tuckshop - from a teacher (May 1999)
[012] Can a vegetable garden really be so bad? Read the
two-part story from this family of five (May 1999)
[011] Epilepsy and food chemicals (May 1999)
[010] Jeremy's story - classic mild attention & social
interaction difficulties (May 1999)
[009] Sarah and Callum - two children with autism (April
1999)
[008] Simon's story: extremely active exploder to model
student (March 1999)
[007] Emily Rose: obstructive, obstinate, defiant and plain
horrible to tantrum-free (March 1999)
[006] Jake's story: "the best he has been" after 6
weeks Failsafe (June 1999)
[005] "immediate results" (June 1999)
[004] Daniel's story: severe colic and reflux (June 1999)
[003] "a godsend to our lives" (February
1999)
[002] Alex's story: problem sleeper, bedwetter, easily
angered, blames others (February 1999)
[001] Jessica's story: vomiting and sleep problems (February
1999)
[126] Joe was "broken" from the time he was born
(September 2001)
[125] "To say I felt better would have been the
understatement of a new millenium" (September 2001)
[124] Plugs the holes in dietician's advice (August 2001)
[123] Chronic fatigue (August 2001)
[122] Restless Legs Syndrome (August 2001)
[121] Baby affected by food chemicals in breastmilk (August
2001)
[120] PMT (August 2001)
[119] Aching joints (August 2001)
[118] Epileptic seizures (August 2001)
[117] Irregular pulse and atrial fibrillation (August 2001)
[116] Fast heart beat (tachycardia) (August 2001)
[115] Depression etc (August 2001)
[114] Paresthesia (numbness) (August 2001)
[113] Rash, asthma from colour 122(August 2001)
[112] Changed our lives (August 2001)
[111] Cut back on fruit (August 2001)
[110] Cut his Ritalin dose in half (August 2001)
[109] I have my son back (August 2001)
[108] Salicylates from the beginning (August 2001)
[107] Happy and smart (August 2001)
[106] Normally a disaster (August 2001)
[105] 'Hey, that's our boys!' (August 2001)
[104] Over the top (August 2001)
[103] World war three (August 2001)
[102] An adult success story - irritable bowel and weight
loss (August 2001)
[101] "What an experience that was! - irritable bowel,
sneaky poos, restless legs, eczema, behaviour" (August 2001
[100] Ginny's story 26 years on, the full story (August
2001)
[099] Lots to tell after 8 failsafe weeks (November 2000)
[098] Her real self (November 2000)
[097] Eliminating amines was the secret … (November 2000)
[096] A cute kid underneath (November 2000)
[095] 282: Itchy hives (November 2000)
[094] An allergy to sunscreen (November 2000)
[093] Life threatening anaphylactoid reaction to salicylates
(October 2000)
[092] Itchy hives (October 2000)
[091] New mum with challenging child (October 2000)
[090] So many won't listen (October 2000)
[089] I had to laugh - "not affected by foods"!
(October 2000)
[088] Violent monster stage (October 2000)
[087] At the checkout, the bill was less than normal
(October 2000)
[086] "ear working now" (October 2000)
[085] Scared to break the spell (October 2000)
[084] Helped us to help our daughter (October 2000)
[082] Tastebuds do change (October 2000)
[081] Parenting courses and books didn't work for
us (October 2000)
[080] Helped us to realise what his problems might be caused
by (October 2000)
[079] "Changes in attitudes and behaviour"
(September 2000)
[078] stopped the loud and endless chatter (September 2000)
[077] no help at all from the so-called 'specialists'!
(September 2000)
[076] If you don't eliminate enough, the diet will be
ineffective (September 2000)
[075] "sort of handleable until he started school"
- 6 yr old boy (September 2000)
[074] Frequent ear infections (September 2000)
[073] General Developmental Delay (September 2000)
[072] Doctor amazed (September 2000)
[071] Last night I actually got to sleep six hours
(September 2000)
[070] Tantrum was like nothing I've ever seen with swearing
and screaming (September 2000)
[069] "more personal attention and assistance than any
physician" - from the
[068] "I am a 20 year old mother …"
(September 2000)
[067]"There are days when Ritalin is ineffective"
(September 2000)
[066] "I was wondering about coping with school next
year" (September 2000)
[065] "A difficult baby" - reflux, colic, crying,
rash, sleeping problems (September 2000)
[064] "My husband and I nearly split up" (July
2000)
[063] "what are we going to do with the little #@$%^$#
?" (July 2000)
[062] Drew's story - sleeping, colic, ear infections, then
behaviour problems at school (July 2000)
[061] "reported to child protection agency" (July
2000)
[060] "I have not enjoyed one bit of those months
..." (July 2000)
[059] "Everyone doing better" (July 2000)
[058] 282: "An extreme difference in behaviour"
(July 2000)
[057] "I'm truly disgusted by the lack of clean
food" (July 2000)
[056] "Never going back" (July 2000)
[055] "If you think it's difficult in
[054] "Answers disappear in back of head" (June
2000)
[053] "Amazed and horrified at what we have been
feeding our families " (June 2000)
[052] "My 13 yr old went into the terrible twos and has
never come out!" (June 2000)
[051] "My success thanks to your books" (June
2000)
[050] "Dramatic changes since first being tested "
(June 2000)
[049] "I would once have thought that this was
coincidence" - 8 year-old boy with ODD (June 2000)
[048] Thousands of stories (May 2000)
[047] "have read far and wide" (May 2000)
[046] "you have made a difference in my life" (May
2000)
[045] "I have been looking for 10 years" (May
2000)
[044] "I was sceptical" (May 2000)
[043] son improved dramatically despite "known
mistakes" (May 2000)
[042] "a few lives and a lot of sanity" (May 2000)
[041] "improved within one day" (May 2000)
[040] The preham and postham sandwich pictures (May 2000)
[039] "They said we would be wasting our time"
using diet for ADHD and ODD (May 2000)
[038] "one day the government will realise that food
chemicals are a problem" (May 2000)
[163] Great things happening in our town now (June 2002)
[162] "I'm 56 and another victim of 635" (June
2002)
[161] Sanity saver (June 2002)
[160] Salicylate sensitivity (June 2002)
[159] Damaging our kids (June 2002)
[158]Chronic fatigue (June 2002)
[157] The orange-picking monster (June 2002)
[156] Unexplained fatigue, dizziness (June 2002)
[155] A Brush with Pizza Snack Biscuits (June 2002)
[154] Baker's yeast is failsafe (June 2002)
[153] Nicholas: Our Six Year Journey (June 2002)
[152] The first 19 months - Dani's diary (April 2002)
[151] "We were doomed from the start when you look back
on it" - Rita's baby (April 2002)
[150] Insomnia a major issue (April 2002)
[149] Taking back control through diet (April 2002)
[148] For the first time in 31 years I feel normal (February
2002)
[147] A day in the life of 160b (annatto) (February 2002)
[146] Restless babies from tartrazine (yellow 102) (February
2002)
[145] Bloating, constipation and flatulence from gluten
intolerance (February 2002)
[144] A simple diet change has made a huge difference to
chronic fatigue (February 2002)
[143] How diet helped me beat CFS - Emma's story (February
2002)
[142] Rheumatoid arthritis (December 2001)
[141] Tuckshop effects seen in the classroom (December
2001)
[140] Frequent urination (December 2001)
[139] 282: Bread preservative-induced ADHD (December
2001)
[138] 282: Low energy, headaches from bread preservative 282
(December 2001)
[137] Unsettled breastfed baby (December 2001)
[136] Mothers should be paid to cook (December 2001)
[135] Really happy and delightful child as all food was home
cooked (December 2001)
[134] Half full trolley from the supermarket (December
2001)
[133] On medication if not on diet (December 2001)
[132] Our paediatrician said our son didn't have a behaviour
problem (December 2001)
[131] We just love the effects of the diet (December
2001)
[130] My son (nearly 8) is no longer a 'space cadet'
(December 2001)
[129] "I am an early childhood nurse …" (November
2001)
[128] Food-induced tonsillitis (November 2001)
[127] Camphor laurel and Jesse (this is what parents go
through) (November 2001)
[249] From an asthmatic failsafer (April 2003)
[248] Mature onset asthma (April 2003)
[247] 635: Ten week rash from 635 (April 2003)
[246] 635: itch was unbearable (April 2003)
[245] Three son's behaviour improved (April 2003)
[244] Effects of MSG (April 2003)
[243] Body rash, dizzy, shortness of breath (February 2003)
[242] Just your average kiddies with no diagnosed problems (February 2003)
[241] 8 year old suspended twice in two weeks (February 2003)
[240] Handwriting was a huge problem (February 2003)
[239] Failsafe not so unfamiliar (February 2003)
[238] Argues at the drop of a hat about trivial matters (February 2003)
[237] " better than on full medication with NO side
effects" (February
2003)
[236] Bubble bath tantrums (February 2003)
[235] Another bubble bath (February 2003)
[234] 2 yo sleeping better (February 2003)
[233] He was a very angry child (February 2003)
[232] Fully failsafe and doesn't need extra supplements (February 2003)
[231] Homeschooling and chemicals (February 2003)
[230] I felt I had a potential psychopath on my hands (February 2003)
[229] Sulphites in gluten free flour (January 2003)
[228] Severe Aspirin Induced Asthma (January 2003)
[227] "His asthma is non allergic " (January 2003)
[226] "6 yo son who is very challenging (to say the
least!)" (January 2003)
[225] Andrew Driffield's quest for gold (November 2002)
[224] "After four weeks, he was able to go without
medication altogether" (October 2002)
[223] 282: Taken off medication for ADHD (October
2002)
[222] 282: Saved my son's future (October 2002)
[221] 282: Where are the bread preservative doses highest?
(October 2002)
[220] 282: Checking ingredients (October 2002)
[219] 282: No need for breadmaker (October 2002)
[218] 282: no more "long-life" bread for us
(October 2002)
[217] Saved him just in time (October 2002)
[216] "Had to walk out of the house" (October
2002)
[215] Autism and diet (October 2002)
[214] No answers from specialists (October 2002)
[213] Could relate to everything (October 2002)
[212] Weight is dropping off (October 2002)
[211] No reason for ADD test (October 2002)
[210] Every day is a good day (October 2002)
[209] Falling asleep (October 2002)
[208] 282: Extreme eczema from the bread preservative
(September 2002)
[207] 282: " very moody, stressed out and anxious
" (September 2002)
[206] 282: A teenager talks about the bread preservative 282
(September 2002)
[205] "What is available in supermarkets"
(September 2002)
[204] 282: Preservative-free bread in WA (September 2002)
[204] 282: "282 one of main triggers for migraine"
(September 2002)
[203] 282: Serious concerns about the bread preservative 282
(September 2002)
[203] 282: Preservative-free bread in
[202] 282: Which breads ? (September 2002)
[201] 282: Effect on adults (September 2002)
[200] 282: Diarrhoea and stomach cramps (September 2002)
[199] 282: Upset stomach (September 2002)
[198] 282: Frequent flu, behaviour and rash on bottom
(September 2002)
[197] 282: the bread preservative and heart rhythm
(September 2002)
[196] 282: How safe is safe? (September 2002)
[195] 282: Craving bread (September 2002)
[194] 282: Worst additive (September 2002)
[193] 282: More trials? (September 2002)
[192] 282: Hateful and easily annoyed (September 2002)
[191] "They actually thought they were bad
parents" (September 2002)
[190] "A very cruel thing" (September 2002)
[189] "Antioxidants are the most frustrating
additive" (September 2002)
[188] "preservatives affect adults too" (September
2002)
[187] Our Failsafe Home (September 2002)
[186] "I was happy with foods 30-40 years ago …"
(September 2002)
[185] "Not as bad as it seemed" (September 2002)
[184] 282: "A modern Rachel Carson" (September
2002)
[183] 282: "Many families in our district"
(September 2002)
[182] 282: "wonderful changes" (September 2002)
[181] 282: "Now I have a completely different
child" (September 2002)
[180] 282: "Already noticing a difference"
(September 2002)
[179] "I can't believe I have ignored what was just so
obviously the problem with my four year old boy" (September 2002)
[178] Ratty behaviour (September 2002)
[177] Wrong foods at school (September 2002)
[176] "I could not find a doctor who could help"
(September 2002)
[175] Behaviour beyond all explanation (September 2002)
[174] Fed Up "turned my life upside down"
(September 2002)
[173] "A real eye opener" (September 2002)
[172] "I try to be healthy" (September 2002)
[171] "Trying to avoid junk food and chemical
additives" (September 2002)
[170] "These symptoms disrupt our lives"
(September 2002)
[169] "I didn't think I could do without"
(September 2002)
[168] "My devil child" (September 2002)
[167] "Even though I am trained as a dietitian, I feel
out of my depth" (September 2002)
[166] "support from the medical fraternity" in
[165] "My children's behaviour has improved beyond
words" (September 2002)
[164] " I think all my children will benefit" (September
2002)
[344] Depression: Chocolate was my drug of choice (Sept
2004)
[343] Depression: Female hormones and depression (Sept 2004)
[342] Depression: Helpless, hopeless depression due to
salicylates (Sept 2004)
[341] Depression: A young child with a ‘highly anxious
temperament’ (Sept 2004)
[340] Depression: Return of energy after diet (Sept 2004)
[339] 635: Meals on wheels disease
[338] ONE LINERS (July 2004)
[337] Jessie’s tantrums (July 2004)
[336] 635: from school tuckshop (July 2004)
[335] I thought my child was not a "foodie" (July
2004)
[334] I made so many errors (July 2004)
[333] ‘Nil by mouth’ (July 2004)
[332] I realize how depressed I was about the constant
battles (July 2004)
[331] Excessive sweating due to food intolerance (July 2004)
[330] Effects of carpet cleaner (July 2004)
[329] 282: Two years of underachieving with 282 (calcium
propionate) (July 2004)
[328] Multiple sclerosis and the failsafe diet (July 2004)
[327] One-liners (April 2004)
[326] Amines in supermarket meats (April 2004)
[325] Autism - on or off-diet during assessment? Readers'
opinions, please (April 2004)
[324] Autism and diet at school (2) (April 2004)
[323] Dodgy doctors and salicylates (April 2004)
[322] 635: Rash was caused by 2 minute noodles (April 2004)
[321] 635: Life-threatening reaction to flavoured chips
(April 2004)
[320] Learned to read 'overnight' (April 2004)
[319] 'Most improved mathematician' (April 2004)
[318] Chronic eczema (April 2004)
[317] 'Absolutely foul' to 'wonderful' 13 year old in three
weeks (April 2004)
[316] Disastrous Christmas (April 2004)
[315] Preservative causes symptoms of motor neurone disease
(April 2004)
[314] 13 years of intolerance to soy (April 2004)
[313] Big improvement in reading and maths (April 2004)
[312] Naturopathic way makes us sicker (April 2004)
[311] Sleep and behaviour problems due to asthma medication
(December 2003)
[310] Asthma due to salicylates (December 2003)
[309] Adult with asthma (December 2003)
[308] Asthma bouts improving (December 2003)
[307] Asthma in elite athletes (2) (December 2003)
[306] Instant answer to my boys' asthma and eczema (December
2003)
[305] Asthma - a dietitian's progress (December 2003)
[304] 'I assaulted my wife' (December 2003)
[303] Ribo rash from Meals on Wheels - an open letter
(December 2003)
[302] Toddler diarrhoea and unmanageable behaviour (December
2003)
[301] Oppositional defiance (December 2003)
[300] Dramatic improvement in speech delay (December 2003)
[299] Pioneer Week (September 2003)
[298] Dettol dilemma (September 2003)
[297] Mouth ulcers from face cream (September 2003)
[296] Rough, dry skin responds to failsafe (September 2003)
[295] Acne rosacea responds to failsafe (September 2003)
[294] Bi-carb really works (September 2003)
[293] 282:Screaming and constant diarrhoea in a baby due to
bread preservative (September 2003)
[292] Not strict enough (September 2003)
[291] Life is easier (September 2003)
[290] At last I have a name for my son's behaviour
(September 2003)
[289] The Clayton's diet … the speech therapist was so
amazed (September 2003)
[288] Finding out about asthma and food chemicals (September
2003)
[287] Dental fillings and migraines (September 2003)
[286] Lunchbox predictions (September 2003)
[285] Weighing in at nearly 100 kgs … sleeve loaded with
tissues (September 2003)
[284] Qantas provides low salicylate meals (September 2003)
[283] 635: Ribo rash from unlisted ingredients in old
packaging (September 2003)
[282] Bad insomnia from MSG and preservatives (September
2003)
[281] Uncontrolled epilepsy (September 2003)
[280] Do it properly (September 2003)
[279] I joined the boys on the diet and we have been
strictly failsafe (September 2003)
[278] Gifted but atrocious behaviour (September 2003)
[277] A supportive school makes 'incredible' difference
(September 2003)
[276] Dermatitis from formaldehyde in car steering wheel
(September 2003)
[275] Asthma (June 2003)
[274] 635: 'This damn additive' (June 2003)
[273] 635: 'At death's door' (June 2003)
[272] Constant trouble for misbehaviour (June 2003)
[271] Autistic sound sensitivity improves on diet (June
2003)
[270] A 21 year old looks back on diet (June 2003)
[269] Vanilla makes a difference (June 2003)
[268] Helped by the Failsafe Cookbook (June 2003)
[267] Borderline ADHD and additive-free diet (June 2003)
[266] Please don't feed my child! (June 2003)
[265] Reversals during salicylate challenge (June 2003)
[264] Migraines from MSG (June 2003)
[263] From an ex-Feingolder (June 2003)
[262] Stuttering (June 2003)
[261] Unlabelled sulphites in paracetamol (June 2003)
[260] CFS and failsafe (June 2003)
[259] 635: Call an ambulance (April 2003)
[258] 635: Afraid for my safety (April 2003)
[257] 635: One day someone will die (April 2003)
[256] 635: 'He said food additives do not cause a
long-lasting reaction like this …' (April 2003)
[255] 635: 635 ruined my last days in
[254] 635: No one could give me an answer (April 2003)
[253] 635: No one has been able to help me (April 2003)
[252] 635: So many numbers and long words (April 2003)
[251] Unlisted sulphites (April 2003)
[250] "Best information regarding asthma" (April
2003)
[419] One-liners (May 2006)
[418] My son is a state ward
(May 2006)
[417] Colour 102 tartrazine
and anaphylactic shock (May 2006)
[416] Eczema is so much
better (May 2006)
[415] The only good thing to
come out of this … we are now absolutely convinced it’s his diet (May 2006)
[414] Gastroscopy results and
the failsafe approach (May 2006)
[413] Relentless dry cough
- I was unaware of the food-asthma
connection (May 2006)
[412] Chocolate paranoia (May
2006)
[411] Within two weeks of
altering his diet he has become happy and affectionate (May 2006)
[410] Thank you so much for
giving us our darling little man to us (May 2006)
[409] One-liners (March 2006)
[408] Hyperactivity, bad mood
swings, violent behaviour (March 2006)
[407] My children were on an
extremely healthy diet (March 2006)
[406] Eczema from dustmite
allergy (March 2006)
[405] Two years ago, I
refused to give up ‘healthy’ foods (March 2006)
[404] 210: Cough and asthma
from benzoates in cough medication (March 2006)
[403] 210: Benzoates are his
worst enemy (March 2006)
[402] Changing diet has done
more than giving away the cigarettes for breathing problem (March 2006)
[401] 635: My two year hell
from 635 (March 2006)
[400] Amine-related migraines
since the age of 3 (March 2006)
[399] Reflux medication
causes ADHD symptoms and the Parkinsons shake (March 2006)
[398] Irritable bowel and
weight problems at age 23 (March 2006)
[397] Stuttering related to
preservatives and salicylates (March 2006)
[396] Nitrates (249-252) used in preserved meats such as ham, bacon and
hotdogs affect stuttering (March 2006)
[395] Mashed potato challenge and stutter (March 2006)
[394] Benzoates in medication and stutter (March 2006)
[393] All of the common suspects affect stutter (March 2006)
[392] Stuttering and behaviour are different reactions to the same foods
(March 2006)
[391] 282: Speech delay due to the bread preservative (calcium propionate
282) (March 2006)
[390] Mixed depressive disorder with anxiety and obsessive ruminations
including self harm due to salicylate sensitivity (March 2006)
[389] Aspartame made me very sick (March 2006)
[388] Blackouts from aspartame (March 2006)
[387] HHT (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia) and a low salicylate
diet (March 2006)
[386] Effects of ‘sugar-free” polyols (January 2006)
[385] 160b: “anaphylactic reaction” to annatto (January 2006)
[384] 160b: “rage and headbanging” from annatto (January 2006)
[383] 160b: “banging his head against a brick wall” (January 2006)
[382] 635: Irritable bowel symptoms (December 2005)
[381] One liners (November 2005)
[380] 635: 56 and another victim of 635
[379] Behaviour due to hairspray, airfreshener (November 2005)
[378] Mr Revolting due to dairy (November 2005)
[377] I thought we were low salicylate (breastfed baby) (November 2005)
[376] One liners (July 2005)
[375] Sick and tired of asthma (July 2005)
[374] A word from Jack (July 2005)
[373] No significant asthma in 10 months (July 2005)
[372] Fifteen minutes later the paed prescribes Ritalin – I was furious
(July 2005)
[371] A reaction to instant noodles as seen by a psychologist (July 2005)
[370] Asthma and benzoates in medication (July 2005)
[369] You didn’t mention the failsafe diet was also cheap (July 2005)
[368] One
liners (March 2005)
[367] Sneaking food at school (March 2005)
[366] “My
babies woke up 8 times every night” (March 2005)
[365] 635: Swollen, blistered and bleeding lips from
ribonucleotides (635)
(March 2005)
[364] Uncontrollable
rages – 9 year old would constantly try to hurt himself (March 2005)
[363]
Vulnerable new mothers (March 2005)
[362] Generally unwell throughout life (March 2005)
[361]
Asthma and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (March 2005)
[360] 282:
Biting related to bread preservative (March 2005)
[359] Meggan’s story: eczema related to sulphites (March 2005)
[358] 'Worst Christmas Day’ letter (December 2004)
[357] 282:
A typical email about the effects of 282 (December 2004)
[356]
One-liners (Nov 2004)
[355]
Six slices of bread a day (Nov 2004)
[354]
Argument from 160b and a history of headbanging (Nov 2004)
[353]
Sensitivity to perfumes, jasmine and basmati rice (Nov 2004)
[352]
‘So much calmer’ (Nov 2004)
[351]
‘I cried the whole way through’ (Nov 2004)
[350]
Hearing loss and tinnitus from salicylates (Nov 2004)
[349]
Sneaky poos (Nov 2004) [348] Hated every day of kindy (Nov 2004)
[347]
Beyond gluten free/casein free (Nov 2004)
[346]
Nearly failsafe in
[345]
Additives affect dogs too (Nov 2004)
[524A] 635: Country Ladle soup (January 2006)
[523] 635: No history of allergies (January 2006)
[522] 635: Poisoned by a Coles hot chicken (January
2006)
[521] 635: Incredible rash with itching (January 2006)
[520] 635: My throat feels 'thick' (January 2006)
[519] 635: He said food additives do not produce a
long lasting reaction like this…
(January 2006)
[518] 635: Flavoured cornchips (January 2006)
[517] 635: Scratching myself to bits (January 2006)
[516] 635: Sitting in my loungeroom
sobbing (January 2006)
[515] 635: Lasted two weeks and was agony (January 2006)
[514] 635: Uncle Tobys salt and vinegar popcorn
(January 2006)
[513] 635: The itch is unbearable at times
(January 2006)
[512] 635: Rash all over arms and legs (January 2006)
[511] 635: My hands burn, then I get a rash all over
(January 2006)
[510] 635: Not to let her eat anything like that more
than 5mins from a hospital (January 2006)
[509] 635: So swollen I couldn't talk or breathe
properly (January 2006)
[508] 635: Anything with 635 is an
absolute no, no (January 2006)
[507] 635: Allergic to the sun! (January
2006)
[506] 635: Symptoms lasted for about 5 days (January
2006)
[505] 635: He comes up in welts (January 2006)
[504]
635: Just another itchy victim (January
2006)
[503] 635: Failed to be treated by specialists (January 2006)
[502] 635: I was told "it’s emotional"
(January 2006)
[501] 635: The last rash was awful (January 2006)
[500] 635: Not unlike mozzie bites (January 2006)
[499] 635: Scratching uncontrollably (January 2006)
[498] 635: Skin peeled off my tongue (January 2006)
[497] 635: Devondale (blended) butter (January 2006)
[496] 635: The itch was maddening and sleep was
impossible (January 2006)
[495] 635: Deep red rash around my mouth (January
2006)
[494] 635: Two serious anaphylactic reactions (January
2006)
[493] 635: I feel like I am burning (January 2006)
[492] 635: Vomiting for up to 4 days (January 2006)
[491] 635: Frightening rash (January 2006)
[490] 635: Went away after about 5 days (January 2006)
[489] 635: Absolute hell almost continuously for over
2 months (January 2006)
[488] 635: Raised rash (January 2006)
[487] 635: I nearly fainted and felt like vomiting at
the same time (January 2006)
[486] 635: Rash travels down my legs (January 2006)
[485] 635: Devondale Extra Soft (January 2006)
[484] 635: Map like raised hives all over his body
(January 2006)
[483] 635: “Hell from eating flavour enhancer 635”
(January 2006)
[482] 635:
Safeway marinated chicken “really thinking of offing myself” (January
2006)
[481] 635: Swollen lips and shocking hives (January
2006)
[480] 635: “Breaking out in welts all over” (January
2006)
[479] 635: Domino’s pizza (January 2006)
[478] 635: Roast chicken from Woolworths (January
2006)
[477] 635: Itchiest and annoying response I have ever
experienced (January 2006)
[476] 635: Even felt suicidal (January 2006)
[475] 635: Severe irritable bowel symptoms (June 2006)
[474] One-liners (November 2006)
[473] Two weeks of hell from coloured antibiotics (November
2006)
[472] ‘Years of difficult days, tears of frustration and
questioning myself as a mother’ (November 2006)
[471] Chronic tic disorder from synthetic antioxidants
(November 2006)
[470] Overcoming resistance (November 2006)
[469] ‘Old fashioned butcher is safer’ - asthma from amines
in meat (November 2006)
[468] Lots of mistakes at first (November 2006)
[467] 635: Ribo rash and increased sensitivity (November
2006)
[466] Swimming pool chlorine triggers oppositional defiance
(November 2006)
[465] Trip report: food in
[464] Food intolerance developed in an adult (November 2006)
[463] “Tell Sue I’m not a cranky pants anymore” (November
2006)
[462] Failsafe homeschooling (November 2006)
[461] At 8 my daughter was a horrible bully suspended from
school (November 2006)
[460] Severe egg allergy in a 3 year-old discovered through
the elimination diet (November 2006)
[459] Dealing with ex-husbands (November 2006) COURAGE AWARD STORY
NOVEMBER 2006
[458] 635: Irregular heart beat - “thought I was dying” (September 2006)
[457] 635: Heart palpitations from 635 (September 2006)
[456] Heart palpitations and buzzing sensation (September
2006)
[455] Diet diary of a six year old self-harmer (September
2006)
[454] 'Wanted to warn others'
about Efalex capsules (August 2006)
[453] One liners (August
2006)
[452] One liners 2 (August
2006)
[451] Severe eczema and
cradlecap in a fully breastfed baby (August 2006)
[450] Mostly failsafe at
boarding school (August 2006)
[449] 635: Severe rash due to
635, we didn’t realize until we saw it on TV (August 2006)
[448] 282: Identical twins
react differently to bread preservative 282 (August 2006)
[447] ‘Fear of the dark’ really a food reaction (August
2006)
[446] The 12 days of salicylates (August 2006)
[445] I wanted to hurt my son because he was driving me nuts
(August 2006)
[444] 635: 'Knotting' in the oesophagus due to 635 (August
2006)
[443] 635: Spasms of the oesophagus due to 635 (August 2006)
[442] Thoughts from a 12 year old failsafer (August 2006)
[441] Tim's world (shadowings of Asperger's) (August 2006)
[440] "my son had an horrific reaction to Efalex "
(August 2006)
[439] "Migraines due to amines including fish oil"
(August 2006)
[438] I have well and truly got their attention now (August
2006) COURAGE AWARD STORY AUGUST 2006
[437] Amines and eczema (August 2006)
[436] Amines: depression and hungover (August 2006)
[435] Amines are the really big problem (August 2006)
[434] My daughter’s epilepsy (August 2006)
[433] Preservatives including sulphites (July 2006)
[432] Eczema and sulphites again (July 2006)
[431] My daughter gets eczema and asthma from salicylates
(July 2006)
[430] 635: “hive/welt
rash and …swelling in the throat and breathing difficulties” (September 2002)
[429] 635: “itchy
rash … kept me up all night” (September
2002)
[428] 635: “corn
chips” (September 2002)
[427] 635: "crabbiness,
itchy eyes and black circles under her eyes” (September 2002)
[426] 635: “chicken flavouring” (September 2002)
[425] 635: “face very swollen and
lumpy” (September 2002)
[424] 635: One-liners (September
2002)
[423] 635: “life-threatening
anaphylactic-type reaction” (September 2002)
[422] 635: “just a few CC's” (September 2002)
[421] 635: "I'm 56 and
another victim of 635" (September 2002)
[420] 635: "A maddening
itch" (September 2002)
[599] Anita’s speech: a 10-year-old tells her
school about food intolerance (November 2007) WINNER OF THE COURAGE AWARD
[598] Australian of the year nomination (November
2007)
[597] One
liners (November 2007)
[596] From ‘severe inattentive ADD’ to ‘normal’
due to diet (November 2007)
[595] Filling our house with laughter (November 2007)
[594] Amazing changes in difficult two-year-old (November
2007)
[593] Additive-free improvements in Generalised
Anxiety Disorder with panic attacks (November 2007)
[592] Grandparents notice temperament change
after 28 years of marriage (November 2007)
[591] Help from compounding pharmacists
(November 2007)
[590] 635: Possible Ribo Rash in a 74-year-old
(November 2007)
[589] 635: Possible Ribo Rash in a 19-year-old
(November 2007)
[588] 635: Long distance hiker and ribo rash
(November 2007)
[587] 635: Ribo Rash from 30-year-old
traditional recipe using a packet soup base (November
2007)
[586] 631: Racing heart beat after flavour
enhancer 631 (November 2007)
[585] 102: Lifethreatening asthma from
artificial colour 102 (tartrazine, yellow #5) (November
2007)
[584] 160b: ‘Croup cough’ from annatto (see also
Annatto factsheet) (November 2007)
[583] 160b: Head banging and annatto (see also
Annatto factsheet) (November 2007)
[582] ‘Sensitive ears’ in an 18-month-old
(November 2007)
[581] Three responses on behavioural effects of Down
Syndrome (September 2007)
[580] Tics disappeared on day 10 (September 2007)
[579] 319,320: Tic disorder related to antioxidants 319-320
(TBHQ and BHA) (September 2007)
[578] Tics related to salicylates in summer fruits (September
2007)
[577] Motor tics related to amines (chocolate) and additives
(lollies) (September 2007)
[576] Vocal tics related to non-failsafe 'treats' (September
2007)
[575] Vocal tics, word and phrase repetition due to salicylates
and additives (September 2007)
[574] One-liners (August 2007)
[573] His asthma disappeared (August 2007)
[572] The Great Philly Incident (August 2007)
[571] Why asthmatics need to know about salicylates:
An interview with Matt’s mother (August 2007)
[570] PDD-NOS and failsafe (August 2007)
[569] 635: Ten years of ‘a very debilitating
condition’ due to 635 (August 2007)
[568] Epilepsy and additives (August 2007)
[567] 102: Tartrazine, a mother’s story (August 2007)
[566] 319: Four weeks of hell despite no antioxidant
on the ingredients list (July 2007)
[565] One-liners (May 2007)
[564] 635:
“An attack of 635”: anxiety, racing heart, headaches, rash (May 2007) SHARED COURAGE AWARD STORY
FOR MAY 2007 NEWSLETTER
[563] IBS:
colostomy for 11-month-old baby (May 2007) SHARED COURAGE AWARD STORY FOR MAY 2007 NEWSLETTER
[562] Yellow addiction (May 2007)
[561] Nurofen mistake (May 2007)
[560] Reaction to aspirin (May 2007)
[559] ‘Ultra-healthy’ diet led to asthma and debilitating
health issues (May 2007)
[558] Muscle spasms (May 2007)
[557] “Giving up the victim role”: a story of salicylate
intolerance (May 2007)
[556] An adult food reaction (May 2007)
[555] Vanillin is an absolute avoid-at-all-costs additive
(May 2007)
[554] All three children got asthma at the same time (May
2007)
[553] Food additives in the
[552] A psychologist comments on story [539] (May 2007)
[551] IBS: Some failsafe tips but not enough (May 2007)
[550] IBS: ‘nice, big, healthy bowel’ needed dietary
modification (May 2007)
[549] IBS: “strict gluten free diet for 9 months with no
improvement” (May 2007)
[548] IBS: gf diet did not clear up stomach pain,
constipation and bloat (May 2007)
[547] Patchy baldness and the gluten connection – reader’s
stories (April 2007)
[546] One-liners (January 2007)
[545] Failsafe Vacation Care program (January 2007)
[544] "parlate dell'introduzione in Italia del
farmaco Ritalin per i bambini con ADHD" (January 2007)
[543] Covered in eczema at age of three (January 2007)
[542] Palpitations and MSG (January 2007)
[541] Silly and unable to focus eyes properly after
additive-laden treats (January 2007)
[540] Heading towards a diagnosis of autism before -
the difference in him is so dramatic the paediatrician was in shock (January
2007)
[539] Possible autistic spectrum if not failsafe
(January 2007)
[538] My three sons (January 2007)
[537] Is there anyone else with salicylate intolerance
misdiagnosed as Irritable Bowel Syndrome? (January 2007)
[536] PMS, period pain and diet 1 (January 2007)
[535] PMS, period pain and diet 2 (January 2007)
[534] Soy and depression 1 (January 2007)
[533] Soy and depression 2 (January 2007)
[532] Soy and depression 3 - unexplained “fevers” and
hallucinations (January 2007)
[531] ODD reaction to spring flowers and Floriade
(January 2007)
[530] Salicylates are our nemesis (January 2007)
[529] 635: Hives from 635 and swimming (January 2007)