alison h

I am buying as much organic food as I can for my daughter who has celiac disease. The organic chickens here are advertised that they are fed with biologically farmed wheat. Do you think this is OK for someone with celiac disease? Thanks!

Thank you all for your comments...I have just had the results of my aughter's DNA tests. Doctors suspected she has hypochondroplasia - a rare genetic disorder - a kind of dwarfism. Luckily it came back negative! So now we will concentrate on this gluten-free diet and hope she will start to grow. By the way, do any of you know of a good web site...

one of my friends is a French chef and he gave me some good tips The best gravy in my opinion is using ox tail bones or chicken feet - I know this sounds terrible, but it is so tastey and VERY healthy - loads of gelatine....a natural thickener. So, put the ox tail in a pot with water, add onions, parsely, chives, carrots, salt, bay leaves, pepper and some...

my nine year old had a biopsy under anesthesia...it was quick and painless...no biggie. I would definately recommend a biopsy to be 100% sure - as someone pointed out only the biopsy gives you 100% certainty. Actually my daughter had to have hers repeated last week, to see if the diet was working (as she is not growing or gaining any weight since we began...

sarah - when you say gelatine packets, is that some kind of a powder? I have gelatine that looks like see through sheets...do you think that is gluten-free? I am finding that the lables are so incomplete for us... Can I use the peach juice from canned peaches for the juice? Thank you! Alison H

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thank you for your tips. I live in portugal, and i am not sure any of these mail order companies deliver to europe. i will lookat the websites you gave me.

my daughter was diagnosed 7months ago. doctors said she would start to grow and gain weight, but it