Re: My intro...

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Sue,

Take a deep breath and take it one step at a time, don't rush into it.

Start with the casein removal first , then gluten.

OK, my son has been on this diet for a little over 16 months and doing

great. I advise to first have him allergy tested for foods so that you

are not replacing the gluten and casein with other offending foods.

I had IgE blood tests run. I know there is another kind of allergy

teasting

they took vials from a tiny

butterfly into LJ. He got tested for

eggwhite corn

orange

beef pork

shrimp

tomato barley

carrot

chicken codfish

crab

cow milk oat

peanut

rye soybean

strawberry

tuna bakers yeast

wheat

cashews chocolate

almond

carob bean rice

grape

sweet potato white potato

banana

pear

He also got tested for some environmental things (dust, mold, duck,

feathers, etc) and he came up allergic to cats and dogs.

My son LJ is on Medicaid. I took him to a regular allergist who wrote a

prescription for me to go across the street to the lab inside the

hospital and they ran the tests and sent the results to the allergist.

I eliminated ALL foods that he showed even the slightest reaction to,

thus allowing for the GFCF diet to work to its fullest potential.

Good luck. I tend to stay clear of all these

other fancy tests and meds, etc.. I didn't do any testing with my son

prior to or now other than allergy testing. He gets a complete physical

every year witha complete blood work done and other then that I stay

clear of all, except for a 100% GFCF diet, no artificial colors or

flavors and ne preservatives.

But I would first take it slow and remove the casein first, then the

gluten.

A good book to read is " Special Diets for Special Kids " by .

It has alot of great recipes in it, explains how to start the diet and

explains all about the diet, cooking, etc. It does mention supplements

and tests, but again this is a personal decision, I don't do supps. or

all these fancy tests, but the allergy test./

There are many other recipes once you begin the people on the list here

will help you with, but first get the book and do the allergy testing.

My son is now reading, extremely verbal, pretty good eye contact, is not

so easily frustrated anymore, calmer (use to run from room to room and

back again), able and wanting to learn, absorbs and retains what he is

taught. Along with this diet I do alot of work with LJ besides his full

day at school. He is in an ABA program at school, but will be

transitioning out of ABA after school starts in Sept.. He is 6 1/2 years

old and has been in ABA since 23 months of age and now is doing so great

he is ready to move on.

As far as mailorder and web order I am a great fan of Miss Robens at

www.missroben.com and you can call them at 1-800-0083 for a catalog. I

like the catalog and to order by phone so that if I have questions they

are very helpful and nice. They have snacks, cake and cookie mixes,

condiments, flours, BOOKS (they have " Special Diets for........... "

too),pastas, soups, cereals, etc..

I buy the following bread at my HFS:

The ingredients to the potato bread are:

organic millet flour,potato, rice, water, baking powder, sea salt.

They have a zucchini bread that is:

organic millet flour,zucchini, brocoli, cabbage, carrots, carrot juice,

baking powder, sea salt.

Deland bakeries in Florida makes it. My HFS carries it too. You can

contact Deland bakeries and they will ship UPS - but it has to be a 24

item minimum. Their # is (904)734-7553

Hope this helps some. Everyone on the list here is willing to help.

on Long Island New York

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