Some of this info may be of help - take on board what appeals and ignore the rest.
Avoidance of smelly things... perhaps keep a diary of when you are exposed to them and see if there is any correlation between how you feel and the exposure. Bear in mind that you can have delayed reactions of a few days. Speed of reaction to the various additives/food chemicals varies. Off the top of my head sailcylates and food colouring is pretty quick. Amines tend to be more delayed. Not sure about speed of reaction to smelly things and glutamates. From my personal experience, I get migraines from some smelly things and they tend to happen quite quickly.
As to community discussion groups etc... There are lots of 'failsafe' yahoo groups out there. Personally I found the Failsafe2 one to contain the most knowledgable people. Found it a good place to post queries about specific products/ingredients.
Royal Prince Alfred have published a book, which you can flick through/purchase from Dymocks. "Friendly Foods" is the title. Contains some info and also recipes and a shopping list of products that should be OK. From my observation, what Failsafe/Sue Dengate recommends can be a little more restrictive than RPAH as it suggests avoidance of some things that 'extra sensitive' people react to. eg Our dieticain said normal toothpaste should be OK for us, but the kids reacted to the salicylates in the mint flavouring.
The booklets that Kylie has are a bit of a 'bible', and are probably what a dieticain would give to you. They contain a)lists of various foods and their concentration of food chemicals b)shopping list suggesting 'safe' products c) instructions on how to do the elimination and challenges. They are pretty cheap to purchase from RPAH.
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Date: 2008-01-18 11:37 am (UTC)Some of this info may be of help - take on board what appeals and ignore the rest.
Avoidance of smelly things... perhaps keep a diary of when you are exposed to them and see if there is any correlation between how you feel and the exposure. Bear in mind that you can have delayed reactions of a few days. Speed of reaction to the various additives/food chemicals varies. Off the top of my head sailcylates and food colouring is pretty quick. Amines tend to be more delayed. Not sure about speed of reaction to smelly things and glutamates. From my personal experience, I get migraines from some smelly things and they tend to happen quite quickly.
As to community discussion groups etc... There are lots of 'failsafe' yahoo groups out there. Personally I found the Failsafe2 one to contain the most knowledgable people. Found it a good place to post queries about specific products/ingredients.
Royal Prince Alfred have published a book, which you can flick through/purchase from Dymocks. "Friendly Foods" is the title. Contains some info and also recipes and a shopping list of products that should be OK. From my observation, what Failsafe/Sue Dengate recommends can be a little more restrictive than RPAH as it suggests avoidance of some things that 'extra sensitive' people react to. eg Our dieticain said normal toothpaste should be OK for us, but the kids reacted to the salicylates in the mint flavouring.
The booklets that Kylie has are a bit of a 'bible', and are probably what a dieticain would give to you. They contain a)lists of various foods and their concentration of food chemicals b)shopping list suggesting 'safe' products c) instructions on how to do the elimination and challenges. They are pretty cheap to purchase from RPAH.