corn sensitivity (non art related)

**I wasn't going to post this on my public art related blog originally. However, it got such a response on Xanga that I decided to post it here as well. It seems that a lot of people have to deal with food sensitivities, for themselves and their children.****

We like this ice cream maker!
We used it to make lemon sorbet, lemon sorbet sweetened with sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Earlier this school year, we figured out (after 4 years of unexplained pain & cramps) that daughter is sensitive to corn products and HFCS is in just about everything. Pre-made sugar sweetened treats are expensive. We've also found that the entire family prefers to eat the expensive sugar sweetened treats. So I am learning how to make our own, even if I have to buy expensive household appliances to do it for me ;).

Imagine your two year old waking up screaming every night with leg cramps. Imagine these inexplicable muscle aches, sore legs, stomach cramps going on, with no explanation and just confused sympathetic looks from the medical people. Imagine that everyone thinks you are the overprotective overconcerned overwrought mother, or that you and your daughter are just over sensitive drama queens!!!! Oh that pissed me off. So imagine my relief to finally find a real, true, concrete solution. Cutting out corn products has made a huge improvement and nearly eliminated these symptoms. I'd say about 95% better. She is still a sensitive person, physically and emotionally. She always will be. But now we knows at least one way to make life much much easier- just don't eat corn products. She is six now. I wish we would have figured it out earlier.

Now if someone could please teach me how to make suckers and other candies without corn syrup.