[tri-med] Re: Allergy Help/Dr. Question

I think it does.  I have a great book (it's packed right now) called Healthy 
Diets for Health Kids by Lisa Lewis.  I hghly recommend this book.  It's greaed 
towards autism but the diet suggestion are great.  We see a nutritionist now 
for Soleah (now being off all meds for some time)  . . . I will email his diet 
suggestions to anyone who requests it privately.  He offers a lot of good 
information.
Jennifer Vanderbeek <Phil46@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Does quinoa have gluten? A 
friend of ours' daughter had allergies to wheat, 
corn, milk, soy, and a bunch of other stuff, but she could have rice and 
quinoa.

Jennifer, mom to Arwen, 7; Elanor (t18), 5; caregiver to Joe (cerebral palsy 
& spastic displaysia), 26 & Eric (cerebral palsy & seizure disorder), 19; 
and wife to Andrew; Boise, Idaho
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>
> In a message dated 08/13/2005 1:06:59 PM, fawna33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << I imagine you'll be hearing from Nan on the subject of wheat,
>
> as Ali can't have that one either. >>
>
> I have been really busy the last couple of weeks and am kind of catching 
> up
> on what has been going on. I had read Wendi's post and intended to reply, 
> but
> it slipped off into my filing cabinet and I just sorta forgot until I was
> reading this post from Fawna tonight. Ali is gluten/casein free. Pretty 
> much rules
> out most grains except corn and rice and all dairy. She can drink soy and 
> I am
> glad I don't have to read lables for stuff with soy, becuase it is being 
> used
> in almost everything. I read lables on everything Ali eats and she hates 
> it.
> There is a store on the West Coast called Trader Joes. It is great as far 
> as
> carrying products she can eat that I don't have to make special for her. 
> But I
> substitute a lot of stuff with soy products. We did not test Ali for
> allergies, rather I started her on this diet because many autistic 
> children seem to
> respond with better behavior, less digestive problems and just seem to 
> feel
> better. She has had tummy problems of one sort or another for years and 
> even has
> been tested for ulcers. After about a year on the diet and trying several 
> of the
> new medications, (started with pepsid and worked our way through a bunch 
> of
> the others) Nexium turned out to really help. In fact, she now only takes 
> it
> once a week or less if she is having problems with pain. I can usually 
> trace it
> back to her eating something off the diet. She really hates that. I 
> googled
> "soy peanuut allergy and just scanning there seems to be a connection to 
> infants
> who drink soy formula developing a peanut allergy. Ali was put on soy 
> formula
> when she was an infant and the pediatrician we had told me to put her on 
> milk
> when she was about 14 months old, so I did. I think now, hindsight always
> being better, that she never really outgrew the dairy allergies. And she 
> craved
> anything dairy. I let her have a lot because she never has liked a variety 
> of
> foods. But once I removed dairy from her diet, about five years ago, she 
> lost
> weight and lost the bloated look she had for several years. Even though 
> she has
> gained back a few pounds from where she was, she no longer has the bloated
> look. Anyway, I just read every label and shop at Trader Joes and other 
> health
> food type places. I have noticed that there is better labeling on products 
> than
> just a couple of years ago. They will say if something is made with traces 
> of
> soy, gluten or peanuts. There are several areas on the Net that sell
> gluten/casein free products and lots of areas with recipes. If you google 
> gluten
> casein free, you should be able to find something that would be helpful.
>
> Nan-mom to Dom, 21, tri 18 mosaic and bipolar; and Ali, 21, autism, TS, 
> ADHD
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>
> 


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Nanci - Wife to Mike, the ever kind and patient one . . . Alicia, 21, in her 
LAST year of nursing school! . . . Shani, 15, homeschooler, volleyball player 
(for the moment) . . . Soleah, 11, Trisomy 18M--always teaching me . . . Corey, 
3, singer, actor!


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produces perserverance; and perserverance, character; and character, hope.

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