Guest guest Posted February 12, 2001 Report Share Posted February 12, 2001 Laurie, I've not been following this thread, so, sorry if someone has mentioned this already. But, have you tried Envirokids, Gorilla Crunch Munch? We are corn free now, but I used to buy them at the HFS. They are similar in shape to Corn Pops, but I know the taste is somewhat different (more like Capt'n Crunch taste). I know how important it is for kids to have it as close as possible to what they really like, but it might be worth a shot. Hang in there. Elsie (in Texas) Kellogg's Corn Pops > > I want to thank you all , or who ever posted about Kellogg's corn pops! > > I called the company today and YES, They are THE ONLY GLUTEN FREE cereal > they make, however they are cooked on the same lines as the rest. They do > wash them in between, but how well, no one knows! SOoooooooo For my > son(celiac) that means NO! > > This is so important to me, as he has a Tupperware container next to his bed > of these for when he has bad Reflux in the night, he also take a handful at > the Nurse's office each day at noon, and often has a bowl of them when he > gets home from school. WELL????????????????? > > He has been Gluten free for 9 months and we have not seen great improvement, > and we will not know for sure how much of his villi grew back in that time > until we go in for his yearly scope in April. > > OH, I would love it to be that simple and have his not getting better > quicker to be CORN POPS!! I am trying not to go to the place of the 5% who > do not recover from 100% total villi atrophy like he had, he was a very sick > little boy nine months ago. Living in pain and not saying a word about it. > He thought the world felt like that. Sorry, Most days I don't go here! I > really don't! But when I feel like a failure for letting him eat corn pops > three times a day that contain Gluten I can't help it. > > Now I will not stop searching though, if I made one mistake with cross > contamination, I could have made another. There goes our phone bill again! > OUCH!!! But to save my kids life I will do it! > > Thanks again for the undate on Corn Pops! > > Laurie Renke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2001 Report Share Posted February 17, 2001 << But when I feel like a failure for letting him eat corn pops three times a day that contain Gluten I can't help it. >> I've known since high school that I had to avoid wheat, rye, and oats. In my twenties I learned that they had gluten in common. In my thirties my older brother was diagnosed with extreme celiac - it almost killed him - and learned so much more! I didn't go totally gluten free, hoped that not eating the gluten products that I could live without would delay my complete celiac. I did not know that damage is damage, no matter how much you eat. About 5 years ago we experimented with no gluten, as one of my sons was acting like it. We checked out Bette Hagman's book, and experimented. We at least found out what didn't work for us! In the couple of weeks we didn't notice major changes. Actually, the only thing I did notice was that the oldest - not the one we were working on - ate cake a lot for the first time in his life! The only time he would eat cakes was at birthday's and then no icing. He loved my 'muffin bars' and could eat a 9x13 pan in a night. He never did, though, because I ate half of them! And a few years later the oldes was diagnosed autism - at age 19. We hit the internet and read what we could. I was fine, until I read the factor that gluten and milk could have on autistics. That was when I cried. For 19 years he had eaten gluten, and at least for the last 5 I could have been eating non-gluten, and so could have he, and I was too lazy to do it. It is now 3 1/2 years later. We moved in that time, so going gluten free was out. Also, we discovered that milk was just as bad for us. We can handle cheese and yougurt - cultured milk. Finally, a year ago, I was able to go totally GFCF. Not much difference in how I felt - just better times in the bathroom! I did find out, though, that eating milk and gluten does aggravate my panic attacks and bipolar moods! Wow. That was not fun. Now I do not have 'just one'. The memory suffices. Jeff also has seizures. He went through a period of intense muscle non-control. We found out that food coloring is part of it happening! So he avoids the food coloring. Means he drinks more water and fruit juice. (Not bad!) When I am GFCF I eat less. Before I was eating a regular diet, with more chocolate chip cookies than I probably should have had! GFCF, I eat half of what I did before, and 30 lbs melted off. Jeff likes that and is willing to GFCF. Problem is, it is hard for him to totally change his eating habits. We are trying again. My goal is to have all three boys GFCF. My youngest is 13, and is definitely a shadow. I hope we can keep his brain from being as damaged as his brothers' So, the guilt is with us all. At least we look, and learn, and try stuff. For that alone, we should not feel guilty about missing things. We just keep looking, and act when we find something. (And thanks to you guys, we have more places to look for hidden stuff.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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