Gluten free diet blog

Well, the first week on the GFCF diet I was thrilled. Because after 10years of constipation, the child had regular bowel movments all week!!! Butnow, we are back to more serious constipation. Could it be that I’m usingrice milk rather than soy? I heard soy is so close to cows milk, so I’veused the soy. almond is not available here. I’ve removed bananas andapples and he eats pears and drinks pear nectar. . and prunes prunes,prunes! Still it’s a struggle!

OK..I’ve been allowing my son to eat this 1-2X per week and we haveseen a return of eye stimming (mild), humming, hyperactivity, poorfocus. Is this cross contamination from wheat or the oats themselves?

Has anyone tried these and if so, are they good? Also, I havechecked the web and can’t find any ingredient information on thesebars. Do you know if they contain eggs?

I think I got the information I need to make the pizza crust, but nowwhat can I use for sauce since my son can’t have tomatoes. I have afriend who had a recipe, but now she can’t find it.

My 2 year old has just been prescribed Amoxicillin for an ear infection. I’mfairly new to this so I’m wondering if there is anything I can do to help withwhat this is going to do to his gut? Should I give more probiotics - he isalready getting 1/4 t. a day of Ultra Flora DF?

Also, is it safe to still do his supplements with this antibiotic? Just my luckthat we are just starting his protocal and I’m gradually adding things. I guessI should stop that for now too?

First of all, thank you all for your wisdom, commitment and endurance. Justreading thisboard has helped so much!!!!

My 20 month old son has been on a gfcf soy free corn free diet since June. Ithas made aworld of difference!!!!

He still goes into the spacey zone from time to time, more some days than others…(I call it”going to France” cause he seems to be in different country!!) I’m keepingtrack of foods etcand my suspicion is it’s potatoes…including Vance’s Dari-free milk substitute.But he doesn’tget hyper, just spacey. Is this a possible connection and if so WHY?…I meanwhat is INpotatoes that would cause this (ie phenols or something). I partly ask so thatI might knowwhat else to try and eliminate that contains this same chemical. Any suggestionswould begreatly appreciated!

Want to try and remove rice (constipation) and potatoes(bloating,repetiveness) and not really sure no grains is where i want to go. Waswondering what is the healthiest grain and if anyone had any recipes using them,and know of any snacks (portable for school and stuff) with these grains.

Christopher is 20 months old, and he has been on the diet sinceoct/14. After we started the diet I notice that he reacts to corn andalmonds. I started to suspect on high phenol foods so I try to avoidthem. He is more sensitive than ever to food that affect him. Ithink he can have soy, but I try to avoid it anyways, at least onlarge quantities.Here are some of the question I have. You help is most appreciated.

1- After being in the diet, I started him in organic meats, nopreservatives. I gave him bacon and I notice in his stool, that hedid not digested it at all. The second time I gave it to him thesame happened. I am trying to get protein and fat into him. Why ishe not tolerating bacon? any suggestion to increase his prointen/fatintake?

2-Lately he and his sister get many cold, what medication is outthere that they can have for the fallowing conditions: Fever, coldand allergy.

3- Christ was taking 365 Kids multi-vitamins, from Whole foodmarket, I though they were good. Christ was eating like never beforehis appetite was incredible, and I read in many post that this maybe a sign of yeast. He started grinding his teeth while awake. So Istopped the vitamins; do you guys know about a good multivitaminsthat is not high in sugar.

4-Also my 3year old daughter grinds her teeth at night a lot. She isnot in the spectrum, does anyone knows what other condition cancause this. I read about that sometimes is cause by stress, but sheis not stress out or anything. Any ideas?

5- Lately Christ gets many colds, ear infection and throatinfections. His Dr. usually prescribes antibiotics for him. Any safehome remedies? Or any natural anti-yeast substances I could use onhim, until his labs. Come back.

6-I give him rice milk. I had been thinking about getting a soy milkmaker since you can also use it for rice. Has any one used any ofthis? Can you recommend one for me?

7-When I give him oranges, he also get diarrhea. This was not aproblem before, but just now it became an issue. Can high phenol food cause diarrhea?

Has anyone noticed a correlation between the diet anda dramatic decrease in depression?

Does anyone have a recipe for GFCF peanut/almond brittle. I have somepretty christmas jars that I was going to fill for teachers,therapists, etc. but I’d like my youngest who is GFCF to help make it.