Terri-Anne

My gluten-free son also started to complain of tingling/almost-pain in his feet when he was old enough to describe the feeling. At first I suspected they were falling asleep from his position on the chair. But when the problem persisted, and occurred on and off, regardless of position I assumed it had something to do with diet. I contacted my dietician...

Thank you for your responses so far. The one thing that really puzzles me about Logan is that the main real symptom that remains is this crazy-insatiable-hunger. He does pass considerable pungent-smelling gas after supper most nights but that's pretty minor to put up with. What happened to all that roll-on-the-floor tummy pain? The diarrhea? The head...

Hi Everyone. Let me give you a tiny background on our situation. My son (almost seven years old) began having reactions to wheat as soon as it was introduced to his diet at about 9 months old. He had a severely itchy rash that he scratched until he bled and continued scratching, loose very smelly stool, stomach pains that would leave him writhing on the...

Is this home test, or another like it available in Canada, or can one be shipped TO Canada? Also, does anyone know how valid/accurate the results are? I'd love to have my children tested inexpensively, without having to jump through hoops to convince my doctor to order the testing.

My son outgrew his "allergy to wheat" a year ago, but we used to buy him Mi-Del brand "oreos" that he liked just fine. And if another child was at the house playing with him, I'd often just hand them BOTH a Mi-Del oreo, and the non-allergic child who is used to eating REAL oreos would never balk or leave their cookie uneaten, so I would predict that your...

My son is 6 years old, tall for his age, and a healthy looking lean, not skinny looking and not chunky looking. He used to have considerable symptoms with wheat ingestion, and was taken off wheat for 3 full years, from around his second birthday until last summer. Celiac tests came back negative, and allergists tests also came back negative. Re-introduced...

Have you removed the milk, or more specifically the lactose from your child's diet? I recall my daughter having an average of 10 mucous bm's by noon each day, before we figured out what was causing the diarrhea. Once we removed the milk from her diet, the diarrhea stopped too. We later switched her to the lactose reduced milk which she is able to tolerate...

Does this book have a recipe for light/fluffy hot dog buns, hamburger buns? Some of the ones I buy for Logan, are so heavy and dense, that he usually just leaves them on his plate, eating the meat only. The only thing these heavier buns are decent for is "English-muffin" home made pizzas. I've found one fellow in a tiny local bakery who bakes the...

Lorrie, I don't know a certain "brand" of brown rice flour that is less gritty. But I can tell you that I don't use just one lone flour in my baking. I use a mixture of 2 cups rice flour, 2/3 cup potatoe starch(make sure it's potatoe STARCH not flour), and 1/3 cup tapioca flour, which I believe is Bette Hagman's suggested mixture. For each cup of flour...

Let me start by describing my 5 year old son's "reactions" to wheat ingestion. Within an hour or so his cheeks, chin and ears flush a scarlet red and are hot to the touch. This happens EVERY time he ingests wheat, no matter how tiny the amount. Sometimes he gets a rash on inner thighs, underside of arms, and on abdomen, depending on the amount of wheat...

Campcour, I am surprised by the response you received from the Hershey company. I called the Hershey company myself because my son had an allergic reaction one afternoon, and I could not pin down what had caused it. I supspected perhaps the Reese's pieces I had purchased in their box, out of a cafeteria vending machine. The lady on the phone assured...

Hi Brandi, To answer your question, yes, I do give my son a daily multi-vitamin. The wheat free diet can be low on B vitamins, and Logan was having adverse symptoms of a vitamin B deficiency, so we definitely needed to do something about it. In my opinion, washing the gravy off did NOT help. While the intentions were good, the reality is that she...

Welcome Yitz! When we first deduced that my young son could no longer eat foods with wheat in them, I was totally overwhelmed! When you start reading labels, as your wife will be doing for the rest of her life, it seems wheat is slipped in almost everywhere! I think the best 3 things I did to get a handle on what foods are safe to feed my son are:...

Newby, Could you please tell me the source for your information? I'd like to print it and take it to doctor, but from original source if possible. Perhaps that will help convince him to test my son for allergies. Thanks.