Re: Okay...I'm ready to start gluten - /anyone?

[Guest guest]

,

What supplements helped heal your son's gut? We're fighting yeast

right now and just started enzymes this weekend. Just curious. I

would love to be able to heal my son's gut and get rid of this

dreaded yeast.

Thanks,

Theresa

> My son is now 34 mos old, gfcf for 19mos. Recent rounds of tests

> show much improved gut health, thanks to enzymes, chelation, many

> supps to heal gut, etc. However, his panels still show problems

with

> casein (high IgM while on goat milk yogurt), none to gluten. I've

> always felt he could probably tolerate gluten, but never took a

> chance.

>

> Just ordered more Houston enzymes (we've used NoFenol between

meals

> for yeast control for awhile.). Question...what grains have the

> lowest gluten? Want to start low and work up. How do most people

re-

> introduce and what should I look for? He has had a few minor

gluten

> infractions and I never really noticed a problem behaviorally, but

> they were small things, like two soda crackers. Should I start

with

> say, a tiny thing a few times a week or really go for it and give

it

> a good challenge with gluten a few times a day? This is scary for

> me, I know his gut still has some problems, but improving so much

> that I feel it's time to expand his diet...Thanks for any

> insight...Kim

[Guest guest]

> Just ordered more Houston enzymes (we've used NoFenol between meals

> for yeast control for awhile.). Question...what grains have the

> lowest gluten?

Personally, I would start with wheat. Don't buy a pre-packaged bread

at first, because my son initially did not appear to tolerate gluten,

but actually he did not tolerate the corn syrup in the bread. I would

start by making cookies or pancakes with all safe ingredients, except

use wheat flour instead of whatever you usually use.

>>Should I start with

> say, a tiny thing a few times a week or really go for it and give it

> a good challenge with gluten a few times a day?

I would start small, because if he does have a problem, you don't want

him to go way over the top.

This is scary for

> me, I know his gut still has some problems, but improving so much

> that I feel it's time to expand his diet...

My son improved when I added back gluten with enzymes. But I still

had to restrict other things, like corn syrup.

Good luck.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Well, I don't think his gut is totally healed, but we're getting

there. For example, 19mos ago his food IgG panel had 28 reactions

that were +2 - +4. Awful. Four months ago he only had 2 reactions,

both +2, eggs and tomato. So we're making progress.

What I've done...gfcfsf diet, plus removal or rotation of allergic

foods.. SCD diet for 7 mos, now off but still very grain

restricted. Lots of enzymes with food and proteases between meals to

lower immune complexes. No Fenol between meals to help with yeast,

Candex on occasion. Permeability Factors by Tyler have lots of gut

healing nutrients in it, like glutamine, NAG, etc. Gamma Orazynol.

Lots of probiotics. Oral immune globulin for 6mos. Zinc, and

essential fatty acids. Most importantly...chelation. All this is

helping, but we are not quite 100%, but wanting to try gluten again.

Might want to test for celiac once back on gluten...

Good luck! Kim

> > My son is now 34 mos old, gfcf for 19mos. Recent rounds of tests

> > show much improved gut health, thanks to enzymes, chelation, many

> > supps to heal gut, etc. However, his panels still show problems

> with

> > casein (high IgM while on goat milk yogurt), none to gluten.

I've

> > always felt he could probably tolerate gluten, but never took a

> > chance.

> >

> > Just ordered more Houston enzymes (we've used NoFenol between

> meals

> > for yeast control for awhile.). Question...what grains have the

> > lowest gluten? Want to start low and work up. How do most

people

> re-

> > introduce and what should I look for? He has had a few minor

> gluten

> > infractions and I never really noticed a problem behaviorally,

but

> > they were small things, like two soda crackers. Should I start

> with

> > say, a tiny thing a few times a week or really go for it and give

> it

> > a good challenge with gluten a few times a day? This is scary

for

> > me, I know his gut still has some problems, but improving so much

> > that I feel it's time to expand his diet...Thanks for any

> > insight...Kim