My son seems to have an allergy to red gatorade and hawaiin punch. Any suggestions?
May 24th, 2005 by admin
momof2 asked:
I thought it must be the red dye but several other drinks/foods contain it and my son has no problems. After comparing ingredients, ester gum and glycerol gum appear in both. Have you ever heard of an allergy to either? What actually makes the “punchy” taste in these drinks?
I thought it must be the red dye but several other drinks/foods contain it and my son has no problems. After comparing ingredients, ester gum and glycerol gum appear in both. Have you ever heard of an allergy to either? What actually makes the “punchy” taste in these drinks?
- Posted in Allergies
May 24th, 2005 at 7:45 pm
he is probably allergic to red dye
May 25th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
go to the doctor and have him tested. thats the only way to find out
May 28th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
With the “drinks” your feeding your son, theres alway’s partially hydrogenated corn syrup, citric and folic acid makes gives the drinks its “tang”, and there countless other specialty dyes used by the same companies
May 30th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
he could be allergic to lose two gums or an ingredient in the dye. theres more than one recipe to make food dye. remember how a few years ago they brought back blue m&ms because they made a new recipe for it because the other one they were using was proven to have something in it that upset ppl? same concept with the red dye. Just because one thing that has red dye doesn’t upset him doesn’t mean hes not allergic to them all because different co use different recipes for their dyes. But get him tested like they say u never know untill u try. U wont really know what the culprit is untill u get him tested.
May 30th, 2005 at 4:47 pm
You think Hawaiian Punch is some essential drink for kids? You ever hear of milk?
June 2nd, 2005 at 5:37 am
what a well informed panel we have here. they’re all quite accurate. ween ‘em all off of any corn syrup product, all sugars and anything with that red dye in it. there is a childrens sport drink/hydration formula that is so good, i drink it too. it’s called innergize. comes in lemon, orange and punch. the punch has extra calcium for kids. go to the site below and let me know what you think.
June 2nd, 2005 at 7:40 pm
it might be a good idea not to give anything but water & juice to your child. The artificial colors have been shown to have horrible side effects on kids.
June 5th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
red dye. a common allergy
June 5th, 2005 at 11:27 pm
Take him for an allergy test.