Help! Food sensitivities and new diet!

[Wendi]

Okay, we got ds's test results back from the naturopath today. There are quite a few things he's sensitive to, including:

cheese
chocolate/cocoa
milk
rice
sugar
tomato
yeast

These are the tough ones. He's also sensitive to zucchini, millet, and a few other things I think it will be easy to live without.

We are at the coffee shop right now, where I had them make up a strawberry smoothie with soy milk, and it rates a big thumbs up from ds.:001_smile:

The yeast sounds like a hard one to avoid. Is it possible to buy bread products made without yeast? Or will ds be eating a lot of tortillas? :confused:

I know we can substitute soy cheese and milk, and try carob for a "chocolate" taste. But sugar? :001_huh: :eek:I guess we'll be baking our own cookies with honey, huh?

Any help? Good websites? Encouragement? :001_huh:Thanks in advance.

Wendi

[Wendi]

I KNOW someone can help me here! Please??

Wendi

[Cricket]

I know some rice flour breads are made without yeast. They aren't that good though. Oh, I see rice is on the list. We've never had to eliminate that many things. Sugar? I would be miserable! There is a website where you can search for recipes by choosing from the list of foods you want to avoid. I'll see if I can find the link. I didn't see it when I googled and I don't remember what it was called.

[Mama Lynx]

What kind of sugar, specifically? For instance, I am intolerant to cane sugar, but can have beet sugar.

Yes, lots of tortillas :) And quick breads. Yeast extract is in practically everything prepackaged/processed. (Like canned soups!)

You *can* buy yeast-free bread, but it's awful. Blech. But then again, my only experience with those is with the rice flour breads, which you would not be eating.

There's still a good deal of pasta he can eat, though.

There is no good dairy-free cheese. It simply doesn't exist. :(

(I am currently gluten/dairy/egg/yeast/cane sugar/mushroom/nut and most beans - free.)

[Wendi]

I was looking online for soy milk brands, and some of them contain sugar or brown rice syrup! This is going to be tricky.

I am getting stressed.

Wendi

[GailV]

For the yeast, you might look into recipes and suggestions for Candida -- I think many people with Candida try to avoid all yeast. They also try to avoid a lot of sugars.

The most helpful thing for our family is to look at the long, long, long list of things that he CAN eat. Really, there are more "okay" foods than "avoid" foods. And it's a great chance to explore new cuisines.

Edited to add: Raw foodists would be avoiding most of those foods, too. You might get some ideas from raw-food websites.

[Karin]

I know we can substitute soy cheese and milk, and try carob for a "chocolate" taste. But sugar? :001_huh: :eek:I guess we'll be baking our own cookies with honey, huh?

Any help? Good websites? Encouragement? :001_huh:Thanks in advance.

Wendi

I lost my first post, so most of my helpful info is gone, but here are a couple of book titles.

The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook by Marjorie Hurt Jones, R.N. Has lots of helpful info at the beginning and lots of recipes that you can modify as needed (she even lists alternatives.) While she doesn't use wheat, she has recipes that use Spelt, and you could probably use wheat if you wanted. This is a great book for showing alternative ingredients.

IThe All Natural Allergy Cookbook by Jeanne Marie Martin. This one is gluten free, so may not be helpful to you, but it's also dairy free.

I have 2 more. They're gluten and dairy free, plus show how to be egg, yeast and refined sugar free, so if you'd like the titles, let me know.

[GailV]

Another substitute for cow's milk is canned coconut milk. You'll need to mix in some water to get a decent consistency -- I think it's about a 2-to-1 ratio of water to coconut. It's easier to mix it in if you dump it into a pan on the stove, warm it a bit, and use a whisk. Also, you may want to sweeten it a bit if you're making it into a smoothy or somesuch. I use maple syrup for a sweetener.

And make sure to read the can label to make sure all additives are okay.

[Wendi]

I found one of the cookbooks, and some others that look helpful, at my library website. I'm going to stop by there tomorrow to check them out.

I'm still feeling rather stressed out this, but I know it will be okay.

Wendi