Is it CORN?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I haven't had time to post in a while, but I certainly can't do this

without the support of you wonderful families!

In my gut, I believe I know the answer to this, but I guess I need to

hear it from you all.

2 of my sons have been GFCF for a few months now. The 10 year old

(ADHD) has responded without a doubt. The 12 year old (Asperger's)

has not enjoyed such success. I have had it in the back of my mind

that there is something else in his diet he is sensitive to, but have

never tried hard enough, I guess, with eliminating more from his

diet. (Of course, you all, more than anyone, realize that it is

really the whole family I am talking about.)

OK- now getting to the point. About a week ago, I had a busy day and

did not eat anything until about 7pm. What I ate was a rib eye steak

and some corn (from a can). Not even an hour later I had the same

sick-hole-in-my-stomach feeling that I have come to recognize when I

eat wheat pasta. The following day I had the horrible headache all

day long also.

Now the questions:

1- Does this mean I am sensitive to wheat and corn? My husband

doesn't think so since I can eat smaller and less concentrated

amounts of these foods without such problems. He reasons that since I

ate corn tortillas a week earlier without noticing symptoms, I am

being a hypochondriac?

2- Since I have noticed this in my own diet, does it follow that corn

could be a culprit for my son? Are specific food sensitivities

hereditary?

3- If I have to remove corn, what the heck do we eat! Obviously there

are things I know of, but as Mark pointed out to me, removing corn

also will make most of the contents of our food inventory off limits.

4-I have every GFCF cookbook I have heard mentioned, but haven't had

time to really read through them. Is there any particular book I

should look to for help with this?

5- I need help mostly with meal ideas, I guess. I want to plan a

month's worth of meals at once, but am getting stuck in repeating the

same meals too often and running out of lunch ideas, especially corn-

free.

Thanks so much for any help!

:)Joan in Louisiana

[Guest guest]

Sounds like an IGe allergy to one or the other. Try eliminating. Corn is in

EVERYTHING! Including powdered sugar, mixes, syrups (i.e. found in candy,

ketchup)....There are some really create web sites on corn and how it is

hidden in foods.

Joan wrote:

> Hi all,

> I haven't had time to post in a while, but I certainly can't do this

> without the support of you wonderful families!

>

>

> and some corn (from a can). Not even an hour later I had the same

> sick-hole-in-my-stomach feeling that I have come to recognize when I

> eat wheat pasta. The following day I had the horrible headache all

> day long also.

> Now the questions:

> 1- Does this mean I am sensitive to wheat and corn? My husband

> doesn't think so since I can eat smaller and less concentrated

> amounts of these foods without such problems. He reasons that since I

> a

[Guest guest]

Hi Joan, my son (PDD/NOS w/ autistic like symptons)has

been for the most part, (except all the time and again

infractions we trip over) GF/CF for over a year with

incredible results and Corn free maybe a month,( I

started 2 months ago but I kept tripping over corn

infractions too.) Now the interesting thing is that I

am ADHD and began the CFGF diet for myself three

months ago just out of curiosity. My only real issues

not readily corrected by the daily doses of dextrostat

were joint pains- ( I have scince learned one of

those- the worst actually was a broken & sprained

ankle that I had walked on for a year- smile its the

whole ADHD thing) anyway- after being on the diet, I

nolonger need to wear my braces on my hands for carpol

tunnel at night and often can sleep through the night

now without ibupropen. I am 38. NOW when I eat

wheat, guess what, my cheeks turn beet red and I get

the runs!!!! And I had none of these symptoms prior to

starting the diet. Also about a year ago I became

allergic to eggs and for some reason soda. The

allergist said he couldnt imagine what was in sprite

that I would be reacting to, but what ever it was as

the year progressed when I ate it my lips swell up,

turn burning beet red and the skin is sore and chapped

for days. Once I began this diet, I lost 18 pounds I

work for Head Start and need to pretend to eat with

the kids. So quite by accident I discoverd what I was

reacting to because one day last month the only thing

they served that was GFCF was peaches. All I ate for

lunch was peaches and water. Before lunch was over

puuff my lips were off and swelling!! I know I am not

allergic to peaches but they were in corn syrup! There

is corn is most sodas! It happened again this week.

All I ate was yams and poof again. They didnt have a

heavy syrup but must have had some corn.

With my son he had incredible results with the GFCF

diet in the first year but then hit a plateau and then

regressed. I discovered that the corn that had

previously made him a little hyper was now causing

severe aggression and regression and in his case even

loss of bladder control! I didn't realize it was in

salt and he craves salt. As soon as I eliminated the

obvious sources of corn and substituted sea salt for

table salt and eliminated all salted products he is

back on track and appears age level and normal for

most of the day! He went from a first grade reading

level to begining fouth grade in one year!

(however-although he has an adequate site vocabulary

he still can not write the alphabet so there are still

pockets of delay)

Anyway - my point is that corn has run my flamily

through the mill this year! And even now at times I

can it a small amount of popped corn with little

reaction but cannot eat corn in a can! And absolutely

no corn syrup!!!!!

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[Guest guest]

This is one of the websites that was posted previously regarding avoiding

corn.

http://www.vishniac.com/ephraim/corn.html