Contamination

[Guest guest]

My son reacts to all cow milk products with asthma, so he's been off cow dairy

for many years. I've been taking him to Mc's a lot since we went gf 8

weeks ago, as there are few " treats " available to him right now. The other

night, though, he ate 2-3 fries and refused to eat any more. I was annoyed, as I

was doing something special for him, and he was getting " pickier " right before

my eyes! (He only eats gfcf coffee cake right now). He kept insisting that there

was something wrong with the fries, so his brother and I ate them up. That night

he had an asthmatic episode. :-(

I thought perhaps Mc's had changed their recipe, but . . .

I took all my boys out to lunch Wed. (even my grown son) and we had a great

time. We went to a sandwich place, so K. got a bowl of tortilla chips that we've

already checked to be gfcf. He complained again that there was something wrong

with the food. I didn't know if he was trying to be annoying or what. I tasted

them and they were fine. He continued eating a few more, then just stopped and

didn't say anything. He was pleasant to everyone, so his refusal to eat was not

a power play. That night, he had another asthmatic episode.

At this point, I'm not sure of what's going on, but I think the food is probably

ok itself, but being contaminated by food workers in the restaurants. If someone

is handling cheese, then scooping out chips from a box with their hands, then

they're getting cheese bits onto the chips. Same with the fries. It's looking

like we can't eat out anymore, unless we bring our own food :-( (and he only

eats foods which have been heated).

Lis

[Guest guest]

wrote:

>I get clean empty wrappers and cups from Mcs and premake my own

>Happy Meals for LJ and just put the toy in (that I gotr from the Happy

>Meal I ate myselk when he was in school). But all the Mcs here

>give me all clean wrappers, bags, etc. so I can do this.

Thanks for the nice idea, . Our love of Mc's has more to do with

giving *me* a break from the kitchen and less to do with actually being at

Mc's! :-) Ever since we took him gf, it feels like all I do is bake and

wash dishes!

Elsie (in Texas) wrote:

>We stopped getting the fries from Mc's about two months ago......just

>couldn't trust them. But, my son is a major reactor to corn and I found out

>they were also using a vegetable oil that contained corn, so that made them

>a big fat no for us. You mentioned the fries (which could have a corn

>issue) and the chips (corn). Just a thought, could it be that he is having

>these asthma attacks from having a reaction to the corn? Hope your guy is

>better now.

Good point. I remember reading that taking the gluten away can unmask other

allergies. Tonight, though, we went out to supper and he took his own peanut

butter (Jif) and came home with asthma *again*. We usually get organic peanut

butter from the health food store, but lately he's been wanting the kind that

Grandmom has (Skippy, which he's eaten at her place for years without a

reaction). Unfortunately, I couldn't find Skippy at my local grocer (we're in

the sticks and we were in a hurry so couldn't go all the way to town), so I

grabbed some Jif . . . and he's been hesitant to say there's something " wrong "

with it, too.

So either he's becoming extremely sensitive to hidden dairy (which would be a

bonus if he could detect it and stop eating it before it causes him too much

trouble), or he has a corn allergy we were unaware of.

I really hope he doesn't have another food allergy. I'm having a hard enough

time with the gf diet (he's been cow dairy free for many years, and thankfully

he does well on fresh goat milk -- especially now that we've got our own goats),

and the idea of even more limitations frightens me.

Thanks for your support,

Lis