Wheat allergy?

Question

My daughter is only seven and allergic to wheat, peanuts, soy, milk and eggs. The milk and eggs are mild but i still can not find a lot of recipes that are suitable for her. Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

Re-post under "Food and Drink--Recipes and Cooking".

Answer 2

There is a disorder known as celiacs disease where your body cannot breakdown wheat, rye and oats. More specifically, the body cannot break down the protein gluten, found in these foods.

Althought it sounds quite stressful, celiacs is become more common by the day. Speciality food stores make gluten free pasta, bread, etc., and there are numerous cookbooks out there for people with this disorder.

This is one cookbook of many:
http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Wheat-Dairy-Free-Cookbook/dp/0722540272

Also, this website is fabulous if you do not have a specialty store near you or have the time to get to one. The food can be delivered right to your home!

http://www.wheatfreefood.com/

Any more questions look up celiacs disease--it's not bad to manage but you must strictly adhere to the 'wheat free' rules to maintain life long health.

Answer 3

Read all labels and find GLUTEN FREE FOODS.
www.thaikitchen.com makes rice noodles, but read the spice packets to make sure they don't have gluten which is the wheat allergy added, eggs or soy.

gosh soy is in almost everything.

have you tried adding bean-o to her food.

Try Dr. Phil's diet site, it's gluten/wheat free.

Answer 4

Oh God, i had something like that yrs ago. my mom had to convert everything to rice. rice flour in everything like breads, etc. Go to a holistic food market and they can steer you away from wheat. apparantly it's a common allergy.

Answer 5

go to only organic /nature food stores..they will know best....they have recipe books there too. It wil cost more but its worth it. i think there is a supermarket w/ health foods opening soon...so it will get easier to shop for her