which would also hold true even if one puts sugar into their tea as the
sugar in soda is the corn syrup stuff not the granulated...
of course I could just be rambling...too much wine last night...hard to
concentrate today...
will
Dana Tierney wrote:
> this did not work for us... but I am glad it did for you. Wanted to
> mention
> that I DID however see a similar effect in my daughter whenever she drank
> coke or mountain dew or any soda with caffeine in it (but not when she
> drinks tea, which confuses me)...
>
>
> Stephenie Hamilton writes:
>
> > Also, if it hasn't been mentioned already (this is a long thread to
> follow on the web site) there may be issues with food allergies/bad
> reactions. I saw a pbs special on kids who were actually allergic to
> wheat, red dye or other food additives/types and reacted by acting
> out. it wasn't a strong enough allergy to produce hives or other
> physical symptoms, but a thorough allergy testing revealed that many
> of them did better with a modified diet and no medication. maybe it is
> his diet at school. i would be suspect of this also if he seems to
> have better behavior the longer he is away from school, ie: over the
> weekend.
> >
> > I don't have a link handy, but it is worth checking out.
> >
> > i had to modify my youngest boys diet and eliminate all red dye, red
> soda, kool aid etc because he would just get so hyper after having
> anything with red in it that contained processed sugar. and i don't
> mean normal kid "i just ate some candy!!!!" hyper, i mean hyper hyper.
> he didn't even like it, he would tell me "i don't know why i feel this
> way and i don't like it" so now when he is tempted to eat anything
> that we know will affect him this way, i just remind him how he
> doesn't like to feel out of control.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > ~~
> > Stephenie
> > >Does anyone remember the article floated through this list (I think it
> > >was this list) about 8 months ago about ADD and sleep deprivation?
> > >
> > >The study showed that a significant number of kids diagnosed with ADD
> > >were actually just sleep deprived. The symptoms were very similar.
> > >
> > >I wish I remembered where I read all that.
> > >
> > >Jerry Johnson
> > >
> >
>
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