276 Diet Wise
DESSERTS
As such these do not exist on the diet, but by making fruit salads, varying
their base daily and using the day’s juice, you can make a surprising
number of different tastes. Add chopped nuts and dried whole fruits
(that you have soaked per instructions).
SPECIAL NOTE FOR CHILDREN
We usually allow rice cakes and special margarine (wheat- and dairy-free).
If your child is uncooperative and refuses to eat for the first forty-eight
hours, don’t worry: hunger will soon be on your side. He or she may be
sulking and may indeed be suffering from withdrawal symptoms.
Encourage drinks. Dilute some of the fruit juice and don’t worry
about cravings for sweets and ‘good things. ’ By day 3 he or she will be
feeling happier.
Once the child realizes there is no alternative, he or she will eat
what is prepared. Offer some kind of tangible reward. Children are very
good at playing the game when they know the rules.
Puree foods for a small baby, adding a calcium supplement – not
soya milk (most baby formulas contain sugar and corn) – and he or she
will do fine.