A new journey begins....

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We have learned to be very watchful in the our household. My darling son had some troubles in school, and we started looking at what he was eating as part of the solution. Almost a year later, we have come a long way. 

Red dye was the first noticable one. I would like to say that it was an immediately obvious to me, but it really wasn't like that. I noticed that he ate some red foods, and soon after his cheeks turned red with a rash like appearance. That was the first clue. We cleared out the pantries of anything with red dye, but noticed an immediate change in demeanor if we slipped and missed something that he ingested. Hard to explain, except that if he ate or drank something with red dye, he would "bounce of the walls". He literally could not control himself. He COULD NOT do what he was told, and by outsiders would appear to be unruly and undisciplined. School... lets not even discuss school. Teachers would tell me all the time how intelligent he is, but he just could not finish his work. At home, I could only tell him one thing at a time to do, and still I would have to remind him constantly what he was supposed to be doing. He could not focus on that task and get it finished quickly. He was easily sidetracked and would forget what he was told to do within a minute of being told. It was like his brain was moving too fast, and he could not catch up. 

Fast forward a bit, I have noticed significant changes in his personality when he had dark colored carbonated  drinks, hot dogs, any blue dyes, and various other foods. We have cut those things out and noticed a substantial change. I can give him a job and he finishes it, and he might momentarily forget what I said but then will remind himself what I asked of him. It is almost as if he is coming out of the fog.

We have invested in some tolerance testing and are excited to see what this will mean for my little man.