Midwifemama5

Thanks for the suggestions....I made up a weeks worth of menus tonight, that wasn't too difficult. But the problem is that all but one are school age, so I need to have total support and cooperation on their parts because they have school lunches, treats at school, birthday parties, sleepovers, boy scout activities, etc. And all of these events have gluten...

I'm on the fence about having all my children go gluten free (I have 5), but I wanted to start doing some menu planning, I thought maybe if I do it as a lenten thing it might go over better. But I'm having trouble sitting down coming up with a weeks worth of menus that are gluten free. Can anyone share kid friendly menus? I'm looking for easy to cook...

I think that's a hard situation....if you aren't experiencing symptoms, then how do you know if it's gluten? We are facing the same issues, we don't have the classical symptoms. I have tried convincing the kids to go gluten free, we tried it for about 30 days and no one thought it make a difference for them. Now, long term, it might reduce lots of things...

I understand family wanting a full, official diagnosis....it's the same here. Nora helped me understand mine a bit, but I'm still confused especially how DQ5 is also DQ1....so I'm not any help understanding the genes themselves.... I haven't done all my children yet, the cost would be ridiculous to test 5 children right now...so I wanted to really geta...

tried doing a search for DQ7 but I can't get the search engine to really narrow it down for me... I'm confused how DQ5 is really DQ1? I'm sorry, I feel a bit stupid but I'm not understanding that? I had read about DQ1 causing neurological problems, but havent' see it explained about DQ5 being DQ1? I did find a study that linked DQ7 to milk intolerance...

Well I'm new to all of these, but my results say I have some fairly extensive malabsorption, which I believe to be true. But all the other tests were negative, so it makes it more confusing to me, is there another reason for it? Is it leaky gut? I'm still trying to figure out my genes and what it means (see my post further down, if anyone can add to...

I tried doing a search for DQ7 but I can't get the search engine to really narrow it down for me... I'm confused how DQ5 is really DQ1? I'm sorry, I feel a bit stupid but I'm not understanding that? I had read about DQ1 causing neurological problems, but havent' see it explained about DQ5 being DQ1? Can you elaborate? thanks for much for your help...

I did the other blood tests and they were all normal, my IGa was also normal. The IGG testing and the tTg were negative. So not sure what to think. I know my kids will not adhere to a gluten free diet unless we get some results that are positive. My two daughters did the blood testing and they were all normal (although my 11yo had an IGA of 67, which...

Thanks, that does help...so when I see people post DQ3,1 in their siggies, is that what numbers I would put? I wouldn't include the other ones, the 7 and 5? Also, what significance do the alleles have? Do they have any significance for gluten sensitivity? I did have the blood work, it was normal...my iga levels were OK too, I believe 167 or similar...

Sorry I don't know why I have posted this twice...just wondering if anyone can help interpret these or point me to a good source (that's easy to understand)...

I have been reading through here and trying to figure out what my lab results mean, what my gene types are, but the more I read, the more confused I get... Also, I have significant malabsorption according to their results, which would be in sync with my symptoms and other problems such as problems with B12 (I take shots, they just upped me) and other s...