AmityMama.com - View Single Post - Strengthening respiratory system of a 20 month old?

MotherMoon · 03-01-2004, 12:15 PM

Wheat is supposedly the second most common allergen behind dairy. I always thought it was soy. For some reason, you just hear more about soy. Maybe because so many use it as a replacement for dairy. But here are teh common allergens in no order:

dairy
wheat
corn
soy
yeast
egg
peanut
tree nuts
food dyes

All can produce a variety of symptoms from upset stomach, hives, runny nose, wheezing, shock, etc. No one thing effects anyone the same. Also, sometimes the child will dislike a particular food a lot or may crave it a lot and be intolerant of it. And symptoms may change. I no longer have respiratory symptoms to dairy. I have joint pain, diarrhea, cravings. My oldest had stomach symptoms to dairy as a baby. Now hers are respiratory.

Also, dairy is in most processed foods. It can be listed as a spice, flavoring or caramel color. Wheat is disguised under those same terms as well along with terms like starch, thickener, etc.

03-01-2004, 12:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
MotherMoon Super Crunch in AL iTrader: 3 / 100% Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: somewhere between complete exhaustion and utter euphoria Posts: 5,883	Wheat is supposedly the second most common allergen behind dairy. I always thought it was soy. For some reason, you just hear more about soy. Maybe because so many use it as a replacement for dairy. But here are teh common allergens in no order: dairy wheat corn soy yeast egg peanut tree nuts food dyes All can produce a variety of symptoms from upset stomach, hives, runny nose, wheezing, shock, etc. No one thing effects anyone the same. Also, sometimes the child will dislike a particular food a lot or may crave it a lot and be intolerant of it. And symptoms may change. I no longer have respiratory symptoms to dairy. I have joint pain, diarrhea, cravings. My oldest had stomach symptoms to dairy as a baby. Now hers are respiratory. Also, dairy is in most processed foods. It can be listed as a spice, flavoring or caramel color. Wheat is disguised under those same terms as well along with terms like starch, thickener, etc. __________________ Michelle -- Mom to Beth, 11 and Sam, 8 I couldn't have said it better myself - Sharing Pie - Not what our country was founded on Living Gluten and Dairy Free - my blog of recipes Last edited by MotherMoon : 03-01-2004 at 12:16 PM.