Gluten free diet blog

Sticking to a diet with a suitable blend of different fatty acids in the proper proportions has been linked to a lowered risk of heart disease, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Our modern diet tends to be low in omega-3 fatty acid which causes a fatty acid imbalance in the body. Once way of including more omega-3 fatty acids in your diet is to regularly eat fatty fish, another way is to eat more flax seeds or flax seed oil. Earlier, flax seed was grown over most parts of Europe and an important part of the diet. One of the things that the Puritans brought with them when they left Europe for a new life in North America was actually this small seed.

Including more flax seed in your daily diet is actually very easy. To begin with, simply sprinkle some ground flax seed over your breakfast cereals or over your yoghurt. It is important to ground the flax seeds prior to consumption, otherwise they will go through your body unaffected and your intestines will not be able to extract the fatty acids from the seed. (Eating whole flax seeds is a good idea if you suffer from problems with constipation since they add bulk to your diet and also form a slimy coating when they come in contact with liquids.) If you prefer to start your day with a sandwich rather than cereals, why not purchase bread with grounded flax seeds or make your own bread at home? Flax seeds taste great in virtually any type of bread; from really white wheat bread to heavy rye loafs made from sourdough.

Fish is an excellent source of nutrients and a great way of cutting down on saturated fat without cutting down on necessary proteins and vitamins. Regardless of where you live, your local store probably sells Tilapia, a great fish for anyone who is the least bit health conscious. Tilapia is an extremely versatile fish and you can easily find a new popular tilapia recipes for each day of the week. The tilapia is often overlooked; perhaps people think that a fish that is so ready available and inexpensive can’t be healthy as well? The truth is that tilapia combines what most of us look for in our everyday food: healthy, easy to find, easy to cook, inexpensive and yummy!

Still hesitant about tilapia? Why not cook some tilapia this week and see for your self! It’s not difficult at all and all the spices will increase your metabolism. Simply start by putting ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon of pepper on both sides of 2 tilapia fillets. Then sprinkle ½ teaspoon of garlic powder and ¼ teaspoon of chilli flakes over both sides. Heat up a skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Stir in 1 teaspoon of Thai red curry paste and create to small “beds” in the skillet. Place one tilapia fillet on each bed and cook over medium to medium-high for 3-4 minutes. Turn over the fillets and cook for 3-4 minutes more. Ready to eat!

We are new to the board and new to the diet — just startedyesterday removing casein from my 3-year-old daughter’s diet andremoving much of the gluten too. I had read on the gfcf diet siteabout avoiding Rice Dream milk — but I thought good milkreplacements would be soy (such as the Silk brand.) My daughterLOVES milk and yogurt, so I got plenty of the soy versions of both,carefully reading labels to double-check. Now I’ve just read on thetacanow.com website that soy products are NOT okay because theyare “casein-like.”. Can anyone clarify for me — can we stick withsoy?

We are planning to phase in gluten-free over the next week or so –right now we’ve switched breakfast cereals and sandwich breads –will be changing out snacks, vitamins and miscellaneous things likeice cream cones over the next few weeks. My daughter has a veryself-limited diet — she does love fruit, but other than that, it’sbasically dairy and starches — she refuses all veggies and meat(though as a baby she LOVED spinach and broccoli), will not trythings like rice, hotdogs, pizza, spaghetti or other things Iimagine a lot of kids love.

A little about our history: we are currently in the process ofhaving our daughter evaluated, but she appears to be on the mild endof the spectrum. She has a HUGE vocabulary (ex. she could recitethe entire Night Before Christmas poem at age 2.4 and she knew bysight 54 different breeds of dogs before her 3rd birthday) butextremely limited two-way conversational skills; has a great memory,especially visually (will recognize if we’ve taken a wrong turn inthe car, for example, even if she has only been to the destinationonce or twice); is mostly clueless in social situations with peersand very anxious in any new situation — both situations usuallyresulting in severe echolalia; has limited imaginary play (can copyexactly a situation she has seen or we have suggested, but does notgenerate her own scenarios.) Loves to line up toys and empty andrefill boxes and baskets of toys. She has only recently, with ourwork and that of a speech therapist, started using a few completesentences and gesturing (such as pointing to a picture in a book.)She does not ask any “w” questions, is pretty much oblivious topain, and even though she knows how to get out of bed and open herdoor, waits every morning in bed (awake) for us to come and gether. She does not stim and does not appear to have any digestiveissues until now, no behavior problems at pre-school or with otherkids, except maybe being a little too timid and passive in playsituations (allows toys to be taken from her, is sometimes scared ofother kids on playground equipment.) Does this sound familiar toanyone whose child the diet has helped?

Would love to hear success stories from anyone whose child soundslike ours and for whom the diet has worked! Also, is there anyoneout there who has given it their best shot but found that diet wasnot an issue in their child’s autism?

Rice Dream rice milk as I have been told is not gfcf due to the fact thatthey use barley in their processing. Does anyone know if their ice cream isalso tainted?

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?

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!

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?

Does it contain gluten?My mother made choc chip cookies for my son and she called themanufacturer of the chips and they said that they were gluten andcasein free. No wheat or milk derivatives.

But they contain vanillin and I thought that was an “unacceptable”

I see on the package that the Wellshire Farms ham is gluten and dairyfree- but is it casein free?

I just went to the chocolat emporium website Halloween ingredients list andfirst thing with the ingredients was chocolate novelties may contain traceamounts of dairy and that does not compromise the pareve status. I thought thatpareve was no dairy or dairy derivatives. Can some one who knows more aboutthis help me out. They did have candy corn that looked ok but now I am afraidto get it!