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Hailiesmom08

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That when we gave our daughter gluten for two days (per her doctors orders to run the blood panel) that we caused more


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The inflammation from eating gluten may have her reacting to more things. How long ago was the brief gluten challenge?

You might have a look at the GAPS diet that is designed to heal the gut. The doctor who uses GAPS on her patients claims that it heals many food intolerances.

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It was about a month ago that she was glutened.

Thanks for the GAPS diet link. This will be helpful for me as I have stomach issues still but unfortunately I really don't think my 3 year old would be willing. Luckily she is willing to eat some pretty bland foods though such as plain chicken, rice, fish.

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Gosh, you'd think the inflammation from only two days of gluten would have settled down in a month. Poor thing.

There are tips in the book for getting picky kids to gradually accept the diet. :) GAPS is helping me, plus I started it dairy-free and discovered that part of my problem was losing my tolerance to dairy. (Rats.)

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