Gluten free diet blog

When we got our IgG test back on our daughter, tested high on both kidneyand lima beans. 3’s on scale of 1 to 3. Peanut was only 1. I want to startmaking some sandwich bread and a lot of parents say Tom’s bread recipe is great.But, it calls for chickpea flour. The IgG test doesn’t test that. So would youassume chickpeas are out too, or are there differences in them. green beans andpeas tested negative.

Also what about garbanzo bean flours, which are in a LOT of the recipes. So Iam hoping I can use it. I’ve never made bead before so wanted to try somethingothers have tried and really liked.

We’re not seeing huge WOWs with the diet. Some of you here gave me greatopinions and information about sticking with/stopping the diet. My plan afterreading them was to give it one more month, then slowly re-introduce things andsee how he does. That would have been at the end of November.

Well, we just got a call last night from Dr. Neubranders office and we havean appointment on November 19th, so we’ll hopefully be starting MB12 shotsabout a week later, the end of November. Dr. Neubrander highly recommends (orinsists not sure which) that you change nothing else during the 5 week trial.

SO…my dilemma, do I drop the diet now and start letting him things againnow so by the time we get our shots a month from now he’ll be off the diet andI won’t be changing anything during the shots, or do I stick out the dietuntil mid January when he finishes his first 5 weeks of MB12.

I am thinking drop the diet now and maybe revisit it. What if I do get WOWsfrom the diet but think they are from MB12 or vice versa.

I know no one can tell me what to do,but I am really curious to see whatother people would do.

Even after the establishment of GF diet, one or more of the original symptoms may continue. If this happens, it is important to consult your physician because there may be additional food sensitivities or other health considerations involved.

Lactose Intolerance
It is common condition in those who have CD. If lactase is not present to assist digestion of the milk sugar, lactose, the body responds with symptoms such as bloating, gas and diarrhea. Lactose intolerance can be simply monitored during a usual physician visit.

Molds
Sensitivity to food and air-borne molds is also common for those patients who diagnosed CD. This is likely to include such common foods as mold-based cheeses, mushrooms, yeast and yeast products and xanthan, which may be used as a binder in some gluten-free breads.

Food Allergies
A lesser number of celiac patients tell that one or more food allergies also influence them. About 90% of food-based allergies are connected with eight main categories: milk, soy, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts and wheat. Remember that one can have an allergy to wheat and not have celiac disease.

For each of these conditions you have to make necessary dietary changes and related adjustments with the help of your monitoring physician. But for the majority of celiac patients the gluten-free diet is the entire treatment.

If symptoms go on to persist after adopting a GF diet and checking for additional sensitivities, further refinement may be needed.

There are many perfect wheat flour substitutes and it is often hard to know where to start.
Try the following first:
1. For flouring or breading meats: refuse; or try cornmeal, potato flakes, almost any blend of rice, bean or sorghum flours you usually use; crushed potato chips, gluten-free cereal or gluten-free bread crumbs. Select a product similar to what it substitutes.
2. For gravies and sauces: sweet rice flour or cornstarch. Pay attention to product packings to see proportions of liquid or thickener as well as cooking instructions. Note that starches break down and get thin under high heat or long cooking times.
3. For pudding and pie fillings: cornstarch, potato starch, tapioca or arrowroot. As starches get watery after about a day, you can use a mild flavored gluten-free flour. Look for a gluten-free flour combination such as sweet rice flour or a general rice flour and starch blend.

My son’s IgG food allergies came back to show Sean is severlysensitive to peanuts and only mildly sensitive to casein and wheat(and no other glutens). Our DAN! doc suggested removing peanutstotally and rotate all of his mild sensitive foods. I feel like weshould be gf/cf, but does it work on a rotation basis?We need a substitute for peanut butter - has anyone tried GoldenPeabutter from Mrs.

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

I thought somebody posted a recipe on here that they got from a gfvegan board (yahoo, perhaps). I forwarded the recipe to my friend whois vegan and her kids are gfcf. She was interested in what group is.Could somebody post a link to any boards she may be interested in?

I have reason to believe that my daughter (PDD age 7)has an intoleranceto another food besides gluten and casein or maybe a phenol issue orfrom her vitamins???? We’ve been GFCF for about 6 months. At school,when she’s faced with something that might be challenging for her (sowe think), or she just doesn’t want to do it, she’ll go into ameltdown. We can’t predict when these meltdowns will happen. It’salmost as if a light switch goes on…meltdown time…and goesoff…and she’s fine. It usually lasts 20-50 minutes. During thesemeltdowns she doesn’t care if you offer her the world, she will notcalm down. She has dificulty expressing emotions and expressing whatshe wants. For example, teacher hands out a piece of lined paper andshe has a meltdown. Twenty minutes later she finally says “Too manylines on the paper”. Any ideas??? What would you do??? Soy, Corn,Phenol…? HELP!

About three weeks ago I gave Sam (28 months old, 26 lbs) GSE (6 drops 3Xday) for6 days for yeast. Wow, what a difference in his behavior. Babbling in morecomplex sounds, many animal sounds when prompted, counting, signing, clapping,happy, sleeping, and most importantly NO high pitched screaming - none for thefirst time in 18 months!!

After the 6 days on GSE, I started 1/2 capsule of Peptizyde 3Xday with mealsand 1/2 capsule of Florajen probiotic 2Xday. He had a lot of rumbling noise inhis stomach, frequent, high volume loose stools, and reduced appetite and abarking type cough but no congestion or other signs of a cold. I stayed withthis for about 7 days with no signs of improvement with time.

So this week (for the past 5 days) I discontinued the Florajen and stayed withthe Peptizyde 1/2 cap 3Xday. His stools are better but he is irritable, putshis hands over his ears, flicks his right ear, refuses to nap in his bed (in thepast, he has always liked his bed and been happy about going down for naps). Hestill has decreased appetite and some rumbling in his stomach (less than before)and he still has this cough. But most disheartening, he’s back to high-pitchedSCREAMING when he is upset, interrupted or has to transition to anotheractivity. Interestingly, along with the bad behavior, he’s continued theimprovements he gained while on GSE. What I mean is he shows no regression inlanguage, etc.

Can anyone help explain what’s going on and what should be my next step? He’salso GFCF, on Brainchild Spectrum Support II and CLO.

I was gonapost at ANDI-ADI but I’ll start here first. My little one, Christian(who has recently taken a backslide but overall has made REMARKABLEprogress) has been GFCF for, wow it’ll be 4 years in February. We’regoing to do the IgG panel next month, but we have already decided toremove soy and most nuts, per the doc. I rotated soy out once, but Iknoooooooow I didn’t do it right, looking back. I have already seenimprovments this weekend by removing them. I left pecans in for now,for 90% removed soy, and when I did let him cheat I gave him Enzymaid.

Soooo… I posted on my local list in Pittsburgh about some products Ineed help in finding as SF (and maybe NF). Can you guys answer thesefor me? I’ll probably post agin soon with more questions, LOL…

Nuggets - are Ian’s nuggets and Fish Sticks SF too? I was pretty surethey were but just checking.

Are Bush’s Baked Beans SF? I hope so - it’s a big favorite of C’s!

How about Manwich sauce? He loves sloppy joes on GFCF buns! (He lovedGillian’s brand but those are not SF… back to EnerG for us!).

Thanks a million, guys. I hope everyone has as much success with GFCFand natural interventions as we have. We indeed have our backslides androtten days, but overall, my son is doing incredible! One day when Ihave more time I’ll share more of our story.