My Daughter's Symptoms?

[ashleecopper]

My 7-year-old daughter throws up after she has a high amount of sugar. This usually occurs the day after, and is usually surrounded by a period of lethargic behavior (especially before she starts to throw up). She is not a big sugar consumer, so when I say a "high amount," it really isn't THAT much compared to what I see other children her age eating. One time it was less than a full smaller-sized McFlurry. This last time it was a potluck (where she said she had a piece of cake, cookies, and a few pieces of candy) at school the day before Halloween with a few pieces of candy she snuck in the car on the way home. One time after eating just a little more sugar than normal it was enough to keep her home from school for two to three days. We asked the Dr. about it and he thought it wasn't a big deal and wouldn't even test her blood sugar. We were very afraid it was diabetes, but we tested her blood sugar/ketone levels after eating a meal and a few pieces of candy a few days ago and it was great. I don't think it is chocolate because if the McFlurry had any, it wasn't much. I don't think it is the milk content because it only happens with sugary food, not when she has a high amount of non-sugary milk products. I know you can't be allergic to "sugar", but is there come kind of allergy or other idea I am overlooking?

 

[care_berry]

Right when I read your question, I thought it could be the milk or the corn syrup causing problems. It sounRAB like the fooRAB you are mentioning almost certainly have both of those ingredients in them. I know someone who has allergies to milk (me included), but this person actually has horrible vomiting fits if she eats fooRAB with it in there. So yeah, I would check by getting her some kind of food allergy testing for sure. There's ways of doing this through taking the fooRAB out of her diet for several weeks, and then trying a small amount of each food again and seeing if she reacts. I probably wouldn't do this to her because there's a possibility this is already a huge reaction that she has been having and could make it worse. A way that I had my "testing" done was through finding a chiropractor who practiced kinesiology, also known as muscle testing. We found this to be very accurate as my symptoms went away after going off of the fooRAB I tested positive for during the muscle testing.

I have heard though too of allergies to cane sugar, but more likely that would be a sensitivity is what I am thinking. There's a book that comes to mind called "Don't Drink Your Milk" and it's excellent. A psychiatrist began discovering that his patients who had anxiety or depression or other types of mental issues really just had food sensitivities or allergies. Once they went off the fooRAB that he identified were their problems, their psychiatric issues would vanish. Included in the list was cane sugar! So yes, it's very possible that sugar could be doing this to her as well. I hope this was helpful!