Eczema

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Janelle,

Cod Liver Oil or EFA's in general are supposed to do wonders for eczema. Its

often a sign of insufficient Essential Fatty Acid's in the diet. It might be

worth a try if you are not doing it already.

Lori

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My son is 2 years 4 months. He has been GFCF for 1 1/2 months. I

had him take allergy skin test last week because I did not want to

get him used to a new diet only to find that he was allergic to the

new foods I was giving him. They tested him for 32 items - some

picked by the allergist because they were common food allergens and

the rest picked by me according to what I suspected or what he eats

most. My suspicions were right. My son turns out to be allergic to

soy, corn, yeast and a number of other things. I am still reeling

over the news because it feels there is nothing left to feed him. I

am glad though because I want results. I recently read an article by

Karyn Seroussi where she says some kids don't make as much progress

on the gfcf diet because of allergies to soy and corn. I would

encourage you to take your child to an allergist so you have a

definate answer. Having it in black and white would be good for your

husband too. Just a warning though - my son had a 0 for wheat and 1

for milk (I believe range is 0-5 with 0 being non-allergic and 5

being extremely allergic). This is to be expected since the gfcf

diet is for an intolerance, not allergy. Another thing I have read

is that food allergies have a tendency to get worse once on the gfcf

diet. The reason for this is before the diet, the body was focused

on the gluten/casein problem. Now that it is no longer being eaten,

the body is able to focus it's attention onto allergens. That may be

why the eczema has returned.

> Hi,

> I am really torn bc I don't know if I want to take this step to try

> going corn free. I have been thinking about it, as you know.

Anyway,

> my concern is that when we started gfcf 3 mos ago, Jane's eczema

(I'm

> using that as a general term, as that's what the derms always

called

> it) went completely away for the first time in her life! It has

> slowly returned. Not as bad, but it comes and goes. It flares up

> after chocolate, I know. I just am wondering what else could be in

> her diet that has caused the eczema to reappear. I am assuming that

> there is a hidden allergy that is appearing now that we have

> eliminated many of the troublmakers. My instinct tells me corn, bc

> that is in everything and she is addicted to tortilla chips. I just

> don't know if giving up corn in her diet is worth it vs. dealing

with

> some eczema. I wonder if the eczema will worsen as she cont. to eat

> the corn-or whatever is causing the problem. I don't mean to sound

> insensitive. I'm sure you who are corn free know what an

undertaking

> it is, and I just am not sure..She's too little to allergy test

with

> any success, I think. We use Darifree lately as I am trying to

avoid

> an allergy to soy. So, don't think it could be the soy. We are

> additive/color free for the most part. Mainly her diet is potato

> chips, tortilla chips, french fries, hamburgers, Gorilla Munch,

peas,

> mayonnaise.Does anything stand out to anyone? Thanks for any input.

I

> hate to take the corn-free plunge as I am sure it will take some

> convincing for my dh to go along with it. He's fully supportive of

> gfcf, but thinks a little eczema is worth her being able to eat

more

> normally. Everyone in my family has eczema, so it's really not that

> big an issue for me. I just feel for a little child who is

> uncomfortable. Ok, I've gone on enough and probably lost 1/2 of

you.

> LOL Thanks, again!

> Janelle

> Jane 3 in 3 weeks! PDDNOS

> 1 NT