[Sca-cooks] Article: Feasting with Food Allergies

[ruadh]

my #2 sister, her daughter, her grandson, my #2 brother, and his three
children and my #4 brother.... all get "whacked" by red dyes [ shows
genetics ???] . My sister has learned how to time her first taste of 'red'
while setting up for an all-day family event and keep running 'all day' from
sugary desert to desert. And finally being the last one jumping over the
bon-fire one last time very late into the night. If she puts both arms in
the air, we lose sight of her pencil line size. But she has learned how to
use the excess energies such a "hit" gives her [ No funny stuff needed
here]. She prompts that others should learn to recognise the early signs &
symptoms and start working against the expected sugar loss. Then channel the
hyper into "projects" and warn family and team members that she maybe
amongst the 'missing' the next day as she recovers enough to take another
breath.  What with all 6 brothers and sisters being EMT's, she still tries
to get away with that behaviour.  Ru,

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From: "Pixel, Queen of Cats" <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Article: Feasting with Food Allergies


> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>
> > Druighad at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, be aware that people have very different allergies. My nephew is
highly
> > > allegic to red food dye. ALL red food dye. He can't even eat red
fruits and
> > > veggies. The reaction is hyper activity followed by extreme blood
sugar loss.
> > > But he's not diabetic. Take a five year old, completely overdose them
on
> > > sugar, and let them run around for 24 hours. See how cranky they get
when
> > > they run out of energy? That's the kind of thing that happens. But
reverse
> > > metabolism is part and parcel of it. Coffee calms him down.
> >
> > Since I'm not a doctor, you will presumably take this with a grain of
> > salt, but this sounds like what somebody has probably called a classic
> > case of mild ADD (has anybody noticed that there are no longer any
> > hyperactive children on the planet, only ADD ones?) that the Feingold
> > Association would be interested in. But then it also sounds like this
> > child's parents have already determined the dietary causes, so... .
> >
>
> Actually, my cousin had the same reaction to food colorings. After months
> of isolation diets, turned out she's allergic. Me, I specifically can't
> eat red food dye. Gives me panic attacks in quantity, in smaller amounts
> it makes me very edgy, nervous, paranoid, claustrophobic, anxious, and
> emotionally fragile. So, no foods with red food coloring, and there are a
> lot more than you'd ordinarily think.
>
> Margaret FitzWilliam
>
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