Re: my difficult child. Please offer some insight
While your child's diet may be better than many, the Feingold diet is reknown for turning kids around. Reading up on it will teach you a wealth of info.
Even if the diet seems perfect by many standards, if you're feeding the kid foods that contain salicylates, like oranges, apples, and grapes, or even using products that contain salicylates, like shampoo, you could be chemically setting him up for a bad attitude. Some parents had trouble until they eliminated the salicylates. You will learn about salicylates and the other known toxins that effect child-behavior by researching the feingold diet. There are CAKE ICINGS at the grocery store that are safe, and there are other icings made by the same manufacturer that will cause a tantrum, the only difference being that one flavor had one dye and the other had another.
It's worth reading up on anyways. There are foods at the store you can feed your kid that seem healthy, like soy-milk, that will make your kid or grandkids sterile!!!!!!, not to mention giving him ADD, depression...
Knowledge is power.
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