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My 13 year old son with IDDM has just been diagnosed with Celiac disease 5 days ago. Of course I have been everywhere trying to gain as much knowledge as I can to take care of him properly. My husband isn't quite convinced to be on the band wagon yet so here are a few questions I have. I read where a new toaster is appropriate so that regular bread does not touch his bread, is this true? I went out last weekend and bought new baking pans and cooking utensils just for his food. I also am wondering if his school is required to offer foods that are gluten free? I have packed him lunches so far, but he had always bought lunch prior to this. Thank you for any and all help!!

Patti :o


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Yes he needs to get a new separate toaster, peanut butter, butter ,jelly, etc.

Most schools will not be accomodating gluten free food you will have to pack the lunch for him. There are very good ideas on here for school lunches and so forth. Here are some brands that will list wheat,rye,barley,oats right on the label so if you do not see that on these following labels then they are safe.

Aunt Nelly's

Balance

Baskin Robbins

Ben & Jerry

Betty Crocker

Blue Bunny

Breyers

Campbells

Cascadian Farms

Celestial Seasonings

Country Crock

Edy's

General Mills

Good Humor

Green Giant

Haagen Daz

Hellman's

Hershey

Hormel

Hungry Jack

Jiffy

Knorr

Kozy Shack

Kraft

Libby's

Lipton

Martha White

McCormick

Nabisco

Nestle

Old El Paso

Ortega

Pillsbury

Popsicle

Post

Progresso

Russell Stover

Seneca Foods

Smucker

Stokely's

Sunny Delight

T Marzetti

Tyson

Unilever

Wishbone

Yoplait

Zatarain's

Some good gluten free products are:

Tinkyada pasta

Foods by George-cinnamon and plain english muffins

Cybros rice rolls

Envirokids cereal bars

Envirokids has some gluten free cereals that mark it on the box

Cocoa and Fruity Pebbles are gluten free

Yoplait yogurt(check labels)

Kinnikinnick has donuts,muffins, breads etc.....very good brand

Glutino has cookies, breakfast bars, etc(blueberry and apple are good breakfast bars but the chocolate in my opinion is not good)

There are alot of candies that are also gluten free ...this site has info on that

Utz, Frito Lay, and Conagra also have some gluten free products

Your husband needs to know this is a very serious thing....it is a genetic autoimmune disorder and if your son does not follow the diet it puts him 40-100 times more likely to develop cancer, diabetes, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, liver/gallbladder/kidney complications and so forth. They say ignoring the diet can knock years off of your life. Considering it is genetic and your son has it...everyone in the family should be tested.

Hope this helps :D If you need any more info just ask :D It may seem overwhelming at first but it gets easier with time and it is well worth it.

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