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Erika wrote:
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neither she nor Dr Loblay or Dr. Soutter know of any published work nor had
they seen any patients with Parkinson's disease at the clinic.
It is a pity that there is no money to be made by
eliminating foods from the diet, yet there is a lot of money to be made from
medication. Studies in the field of food intolerances obviously attract
little if any funding.
Food additives have been discussed at length on this
list. The Archives might provide you with further information,
especially concerning Nutrasweet.
The special education parent community that I have
participated in for some 20 years now has long made the association between
food additives and neurological effects. It is not only ADD/ADHD kids
that have problems with these additives. The more severe the
impairment, the greater the affect on the kid - especially in regard to
Nutrasweet. Increased seizure activity has been observed in
susceptible children after ingestion of this additive. Long before
studies were done on the subject, anecdotal evidence indicated that it was
best for neurologically impaired kids to avoid this additive. My son
(who has ADD) has an such an uncomfortable reaction to Nutrasweet that he
avoids any food that contains the substance. Because of JJ's reaction
and the information I've gleened from the special ed community, I won't buy
any foods that contain sugar substitudes of any kind - I just don't want to
take the chance that my husband might have a reaction.
In my home we cook everything from 'scratch,' not because
we fear additives - but because we love good food. Two days ago I made
a large pot of lentil/fava bean beef soup. True to its reputation, the
fava beans enhanced my husband's Sinemet so that he functioned comfortably
throughout the evening - and the soup was delicious to boot.
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God bless
Mary Ann