Chocolate can cause just as many problems as colours, as well as being addictive, brother in law is, if he goes a day without chocolate we all see the withdrawal symptoms and he is over 40!

My grown up son still has problems with food colours, caffeine, and other food stuffs, he never needs to drink alcohol a glass of coke gives him a real high, as does tea, and any drinks with colour just watch out!! His mates all know when he has eaten or drunk something without realising it, and all know not to use jars to cook with but cook from fresh ingredients,

sarah, we coped by teaching him and pointing out the changes making him aware of what happens after he has eaten the foods, must admit took a while to make him understand but he learnt to look for the signs himself and became very aware of what to look for once he knew it did cause a reaction in him.

His reaction is purely behavioural so any mistakes just caused a nightmare for a few days, until it is out of his system again.

(when he worked in a night club he used coke to keep himself awake and on the go until 5am!! )