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He is just now on a GF diet. My plan is one month of the entire family GF and

see how we are all doing. Not a vegan diet. I would like to work towards that,

but sometimes we have to take baby steps. At night now I read to the 3 boys and

then we do streching and breathing exerices. Karen

 

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Jae Jones <recyclednew

Re: Re: cooking from scratch

 

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Have you started him on the gf vegan diet yet? Omega 3s are a good

recommendation to try as well. If he continues to have the rash and

emotional issues, I'd explore the possibility of other

allergens/sensitivi ties. Yoga and meditation may help him find a sense of

emotional balance and calm. I haven't read the book that Sally recommended

but it sounds like a good book. I'll have to check it out. Good luck with

your son. I hope you figure it out and he gets better. A lot of stuff like

this is trail and error, but at least your trying to be a good mom and help

him get better. I hope you find an answer!

 

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Karen Peeler <peelerk > wrote:

 

>

>

> James is basically healthy. He has a rash on his face that does not seem to

> ever go away. He has had some problems with going to the pee way to much. He

> tends to be a little too much like his Dad and get upset very easy. Karen

>

>

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> wrote:

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> Friday, January 1, 2010, 11:17 PM

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>

>

>

> Sorry you had to go through that. I'm glad your making positive changes,

> moving forward and feeling better. I hope the diet helps your middle son.

> Is

> he otherwise healthy? I know growth can be affected by gluten. When I was 3

> years old I wore clothes my sister wore when she was 6 months old! I'm 5'9 "

> now, so there is hope!

> I don't know if there's a such thing as a perfect diet. All we can do is

> try

> to be more mindful about what we put in our bodies and make healthy choices

> most of the time. I made donuts last night, which is an occasional treat.

> It's ok to treat yourself once in a while. I'm talking about the people who

> consider a dozen donuts or a whole cake as a treat, and eat like that

> constantly! I ate 3 mini donuts, which are healthier than the average

> donut,

> and I started getting sick on the sugar! As a kid my died was probably 90%

> sugar, but after you detox, you really notice how bad it makes you feel and

> it's easier to make healthier choices. It's not the end of the world if you

> eat some junk food! I've know people who have tried to diet to loose weight

> and then they gave into a craving and ate 3 cookies after fighting the

> craving for a month. Then it's forget about the diet I'll be fat forever!

> We

> are only human and we have cravings and desires. I say when your really

> craving something, enjoy it, but don't over do it. If you fight the

> cravings

> for a long time, your more prone to overindulging when you do give in.

> Also,

> when your retraining yourself to shift your eating habits, very few people

> succeed cold turkey. It takes time to adjust to change.

> Sounds like your doing a great job and taking a proactive step towards good

> health. I wish you and your family the best of luck and health!

> Take care...

>

> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Karen Peeler <peelerk > wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > Jae, I feel you pain about having a mom who did not feed me the right

> > things. My mom told me that as a kid they tested me for allergies and it

> > came back I was allergic to everything. They never did anything so for

> > years, I keep eating crap. I felt so bad for so long. My diet is still

> not

> > perfect, but I'm working on it and I can feel the difference. I'm

> actually

> > working on getting my kids and husband on a gluten free diet also. My

> middle

> > son is not growing at all and it is really worrying me. Karen

> >

> >

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> 40gmail.com> >

> > wrote:

> >

> > Jae Jones <recyclednew@ gmail.com <recyclednew% 40gmail.com> >

>

> > Re: [Vegan-and-Gluten- Free] Re: cooking from scratch

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> > Friday, January 1, 2010, 12:33 PM

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Medical schools are funded by pharmaceutical companies and therefore

> > doctors

> > are taught one pill, two pills, red pill, blue pill! Diet makes no money

> > for

> > the medical community! Unless of course the decide to cover our food

> under

> > insurance! Now that is something I'm all for! It will be a win-win for

> all!

> > The doctors will make money for prescribing us food, and we won't go

> > bankrupt trying to feed ourselves and our family!

> >

> > My understanding of celiac, from all that I've read, is that although

> > classified as an autoimmune disease, we are actually born with it. It's a

> > genetic predisposition, although most of us didn't realize it or get

> > diagnosed until adults. I had issues with food since birth and a recent

> > comment my mother made led me to believe that she actually knew all along

> > but chose to continue to feed me poison because she didn't think she

> could

> > afford to feed me a special diet, even though she was getting wic and

> food

> > stamps when I was an infant! As a baby and child I would lay in my bed

> for

> > ours with my knees to my chest crying in so much pain I thought I was

> going

> > to die! At times I wished I would die because the pain was so unbearable!

> I

> > believe diet is the only cure! I don't care how many pills or research is

> > done, I don't want to eat poison! I see gluten as poison! And a lot of

> > things I've been reading recently is leaning towards the hypothesis that

> > wheat and gluten containing foods are not really edible foods for humans!

> > I've seen research links to cancers and all kinds of health problems! I

> > don't think it's so much an autoimmune disease as it is our species being

> > greedy and cheap and trying to make bulk food at ridiculously low cost

> with

> > no regard for the lack of nutrition it provides. I just started reading

> the

> > gene smart diet, which makes a lot of valid points, and some obviously

> > argumentative statements (like you have to eat fish for omega 3s, which

> we

> > all know is not so!) But in the beginning they talk about malnutrition in

> > Africa. There are lots of grains available, yet these people are dying

> and

> > diseased because of malnutrition! Malnutrition literally means bad

> > nutrition! Are we so addicted to junk food that we need to spend billions

> > of

> > dollars researching and designing a pill so that we can eat the crap with

> > minimal noticeable side effects? What is wrong with just eating real

> food?

> > All that crap we are brainwashed into believing as normal food is killing

> > us! Obesity, diabetes, asthma, anemia, osteoporosis, cancer, COPD, IBS,

> the

> > list goes on and on! Why? Because we have to have that cake and pizza and

> > double bacon cheeseburger! And people can't just enjoy crap as an

> > occasional

> > treat! Super size it, use a coupon so you get an extra one free, and eat

> 2

> > days worth of calories at one meal, all empty calories! Then wash it down

> > with a diet coke, like somehow that diet coke makes it all ok because

> diet

> > is in the name! It's disgusting and appalling how so many people think

> this

> > is normal! We have such a wonderful opportunity! We are truly blessed

> with

> > celiac disease because it gives us a kick in the but to revamp our views

> > about food and really make profound shifts in our consciousness and our

> > health! We shouldn't be looking for the get out of jail free card because

> > we

> > are not the ones imprisoned! Turn around and see that your on the outside

> > of

> > the bars and there is a world of opportunity before you! Don't fight

> > celiac,

> > embrace it it with reckless abandon! It's a gift, not a curse!

> >

> > Have a happy, healthy New Year!

> >

> >