My Son Is So Tired...

[jacob'smom]

We have been on a gluten free diet for about seven years with my son who has just turned eight. I am noticing that he is much more tired than other boys his age. Does anyone else have the same trouble with this?

[Belinda Meeker]

We have been on a gluten free diet for about seven years with my son who has just turned eight. I am noticing that he is much more tired than other boys his age. Does anyone else have the same trouble with this?

Yes my son does too, he is 17 now but forever was so fatigued all the time whenever he would play just a short while....but sine we have watched what he drinks also changed his tiredness and if he eats while in his bed just before he falls asleep has helped good luck I know how hard this is and now whole family is going through testing's........

[CarlaB]

I'd get some blood tests done to see how his levels are in everything. He could be anemic. Many celiacs also have B12 deficiencies.

[jacob'smom]

What drinks do you watch?

Yes my son does too, he is 17 now but forever was so fatigued all the time whenever he would play just a short while....but sine we have watched what he drinks also changed his tiredness and if he eats while in his bed just before he falls asleep has helped good luck I know how hard this is and now whole family is going through testing's........

[Belinda Meeker]

What drinks do you watch?

Well my son is also allergic to colors, so red 40 and yellow 5 (MILK sometimes) r out, but he can do gatorade and water and no-colored kool-aids Ice tea sometimes, he doesn't dirnk any juices due to colors, but have read on some lables malt and barley, he can't do sunny-d or citrusy soda's (have cut out all soda's) still make sure to read lables i still do (2 years later) (like Yoohoo choco. drink)

[jacob'smom]

Which drinks did you change for gluten-related issues?

Well my son is also allergic to colors, so red 40 and yellow 5 (MILK sometimes) r out, but he can do gatorade and water and no-colored kool-aids Ice tea sometimes, he doesn't dirnk any juices due to colors, but have read on some lables malt and barley, he can't do sunny-d or citrusy soda's (have cut out all soda's) still make sure to read lables i still do (2 years later) (like Yoohoo choco. drink)

[Belinda Meeker]

Which drinks did you change for gluten-related issues?

he use to drink alot of soda and yoohoo's and pre-made kool-aide sunny-d before we were tested for "C" then after he still drank a few like pre made kool-aides yoohoo and soda's but when he cotinued to be still tired all the time I switched him to what only I made and no pop/soda's so basically wht I'am saying is he now drinks alot of water and nothing made but by me in my own cotainers like kool-aid (dry from package)Ice tea, since he is 17 he does watch very close to lables before he consumes anything to eat or drink .....hope this helps U! ( also he eats right before he goes to sleep)

[ami27]

For me ingesting gluten causes severe fatigue. I recently figured out that corn was doing the same thing. Maybe he has some other food intolerances as well. Good luck in determining the source. I found it to be such a hassle trying to figure it all out.

Ami

[redharmony]

Hi! Yes, the gluten and corn make me tired as well. I have always shopped at Wholefoods or Trader Joe's for organic foods/drinks etc. I didn't start out shopping healthy to avoid gluten, it was to avoid all of the chemicals and pesticides that are in the "regular" food supply. Food colorings, for instance, are derived from Petroleum, so essentially they are coloring our kids foods with gasoline. There is another chemical that is in most foods that I can't think of off the top of my head right now, but it is in anti freeze. I once read that carrots are sprayed with over 35 toxic pesticides before they reach the grocery store. It is also in the soil, through "systemic" pesticides, and therefore, cannot be "washed off".

I often wonder if a lot of the problems, allergies, etc... that our children have, are due to reactions from the exposure to all of this toxic stuff in our food supply.

There is a wonderful book called "Poisoning our children" by a woman named Nancy Sokal Green on this topic. It's no longer in print, but you can find it for about $2 on internet used book sites.

You might look into this as a possibility too. Children's bodies just don't know what to do with all of these chemicals. They can't process them. Many of them are neurotoxins. It's worth looking into.

[loraleena]

I would get his thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism is common in celiacs and can cause fatigue. Make sure you get the whole panel including the Thyroid Peroxidase anitbodies - they should be under 20.

[loraleena]

I would get his thyroid checked. Hypothyroidism is common in celiacs and can cause fatigue. Make sure you get the whole panel including the Thyroid Peroxidase anitbodies - they should be under 20.