Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Hi Dan, Yah, it's a pretty intense reaction but he's doing great. I'd like to get him to a higher tolerance level but am happy doing it at his pace. He's an active, creative, and happy kid, and thankfully his other 2 parents have been right on board for the whole situation. I'm glad he has such a supportive family...no one trying to slip him gluten. Oh, this is a great story, BTW. I have a friend with a child a few months older than mine. Her daughter has dairy and soy allergies. But whenever they visit her family, her mom is always trying to slip her daughter things with dairy in them. Last time she did this, she had the child on her lap & fed her a piece of milk chocolate. The child promptly threw up on her. HAR! Maybe she'll stop now, all it does is make the poor baby sick. > Anyway, I have a ? for y'all - does anyone on list have a sensitivity to yeast? I have tried making gluten-free bread with gluten-free yeast for my 3 year old, and it seemed to make him incredibly ill. ?? I'm wondering if, with the amount of sensitivity his gastrointestinal system seems to have, the yeast throws his internal bacterial balance way off. It took his digestion about 10 days to recover. Anyone? Feel free to mail me off list if you like (raven). Blessings, Raven , " Dan <dandoland> " <dandoland> wrote: > Raven, > > Thanks for all the great info - I was unable to find such detailed info online! You son's reaction sounds pretty intense. I hope he's doing okay! > > Thanks again! > > Dan > > , " chaosmstress <raven@w...> " <raven@w...> wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > > > Yes, when we took him to the pediatric gastroenterologist she said > > that he would have to be consuming the minimum of 1 piece of bread > > for 3 weeks for the blood test to be accurate. From what we can tell, > > when he gets inadvertantly exposed to some teeny tiny amount of > > gluten, it causes him incredible pain - hysterics in the night - so > > we chose not to subject him to that until he is old enough to > > understand what we're doing, and to choose to do it for himself. He > > does have a diagnosis of celiacs from his pediatrician, I believe, > > based on all the elimination evidence. Our pediatrician believes that > > is more accurate than many of the biochemical tests available for > > food allergies, as they have a high false-positive rate. > > > > Thanks for the feedback! Have fun in Seattle for the holidays! > > > > Blessings, > > Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 Raven My children have yeast overgrowth in the digestive tract and so we stay away from yeasty stuff as much as possible. Almost all our breads are quick breads, muffins and such which use no yeast. One of the more popular recipes in the yf/gf groups uses sparkling water and baking powder to add lift and air to the breads. HTH BL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What does Yhwh Elohim require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and To walk humbly with your Elohim. Baruch haba b'shem Adonai hahcim (Micah) 6:8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - chaosmstress <raven Friday, January 03, 2003 11:17 AM Re: intro PLUS new ? for you all... Hi Dan, Yah, it's a pretty intense reaction but he's doing great. I'd like to get him to a higher tolerance level but am happy doing it at his pace. He's an active, creative, and happy kid, and thankfully his other 2 parents have been right on board for the whole situation. I'm glad he has such a supportive family...no one trying to slip him gluten. Oh, this is a great story, BTW. I have a friend with a child a few months older than mine. Her daughter has dairy and soy allergies. But whenever they visit her family, her mom is always trying to slip her daughter things with dairy in them. Last time she did this, she had the child on her lap & fed her a piece of milk chocolate. The child promptly threw up on her. HAR! Maybe she'll stop now, all it does is make the poor baby sick. > Anyway, I have a ? for y'all - does anyone on list have a sensitivity to yeast? I have tried making gluten-free bread with gluten-free yeast for my 3 year old, and it seemed to make him incredibly ill. ?? I'm wondering if, with the amount of sensitivity his gastrointestinal system seems to have, the yeast throws his internal bacterial balance way off. It took his digestion about 10 days to recover. Anyone? Feel free to mail me off list if you like (raven). Blessings, Raven , " Dan <dandoland> " <dandoland> wrote: > Raven, > > Thanks for all the great info - I was unable to find such detailed info online! You son's reaction sounds pretty intense. I hope he's doing okay! > > Thanks again! > > Dan > > , " chaosmstress <raven@w...> " <raven@w...> wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > > > Yes, when we took him to the pediatric gastroenterologist she said > > that he would have to be consuming the minimum of 1 piece of bread > > for 3 weeks for the blood test to be accurate. From what we can tell, > > when he gets inadvertantly exposed to some teeny tiny amount of > > gluten, it causes him incredible pain - hysterics in the night - so > > we chose not to subject him to that until he is old enough to > > understand what we're doing, and to choose to do it for himself. He > > does have a diagnosis of celiacs from his pediatrician, I believe, > > based on all the elimination evidence. Our pediatrician believes that > > is more accurate than many of the biochemical tests available for > > food allergies, as they have a high false-positive rate. > > > > Thanks for the feedback! Have fun in Seattle for the holidays! > > > > Blessings, > > Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 > Anyway, I have a ? for y'all - does anyone on list have a sensitivity > to yeast? I have tried making gluten-free bread with gluten-free > yeast for my 3 year old, and it seemed to make him incredibly ill. ?? > I'm wondering if, with the amount of sensitivity his gastrointestinal > system seems to have, the yeast throws his internal bacterial balance > way off. It took his digestion about 10 days to recover. Anyone? Feel > free to mail me off list if you like (raven@w...). > > Blessings, > Raven > Raven, I know nothing about the yeast problem, but I have had problems " gluten-free " ingredients in the past. I have had many situations where things appear to be gluten-free when in fact they are not. I've eat stuff that should be gluten-free (like corn flour) or eaten products that are labaeled gluten-free and have a reaction. After checking out the company a bit, there are times when products that should be gluten-free or are labeled gluten-free are made in the same plant that deals with gluten. Cross contamination can be super frustrating. Just some stuff to think about - just the tiniest bit of gluten screws me up. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Hello Dan & all, Thanks for your responses about the yeast question. Food for thought (HAR, oh the pain. sorry!) Dan, I agree that cross-contamination is very frustrating! I am also very particular about the foods our child eats because of his sensitivity level, which is very high. For our flours, we only use ones that have been tested as gluten free (generally Bob's Red Mill). Cross-contamination is a huge problem, as far as I'm concerned. We found that he had a problem with canned beans as well - I'm guessing it's some sort of contamination. Both of the organic brands we were using seemed to give him a low-level reaction. But thanks for the reminder, never hurts! Blessings, Raven , " Dan <dandoland> " <dandoland> wrote: > > > Anyway, I have a ? for y'all - does anyone on list have a sensitivity > > to yeast? I have tried making gluten-free bread with gluten-free > > yeast for my 3 year old, and it seemed to make him incredibly ill. ?? > > I'm wondering if, with the amount of sensitivity his gastrointestinal > > system seems to have, the yeast throws his internal bacterial balance > > way off. It took his digestion about 10 days to recover. Anyone? Feel > > free to mail me off list if you like (raven@w...). > > > > Blessings, > > Raven > > > > Raven, > > I know nothing about the yeast problem, but I have had problems " gluten-free " ingredients in the past. I have had many situations where things appear to be gluten-free when in fact they are not. I've eat stuff that should be gluten-free (like corn flour) or eaten products that are labaeled gluten-free and have a reaction. After checking out the company a bit, there are times when products that should be gluten-free or are labeled gluten-free are made in the same plant that deals with gluten. Cross contamination can be super frustrating. > > Just some stuff to think about - just the tiniest bit of gluten screws me up. > > Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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