We’ve been extremely busy this month, and have been missing the ability to have easy meals – like ordering a pizza. After a bit of work, we finally came up with an easy GFCF dinner we were able to buy at our neighborhood grocery store. (Disclaimer: it’s a ‘gourmet’ grocery store for all of the rich people on the other side of the tracks…. you won’t find this stuff at 1) Course one: Ian’s Sweet Potato Fries or Alphatots. They
With some serious cardiovascular and psychiatric problems – including sudden death – related to these drugs, the FDA has mandated warning labels and patient guides. What a scary position for the parents who are using these drugs with their children. I am so glad that the strongest thing we have Dorothy on is Singular, which seems fairly safe. We have been so blessed to have found other very effective ways to deal with her issues, rather than to over-medicate her.
I was asked on one of the forums to discuss our experiences with the Low Oxalate Diet (LOD) – and thought I would post them here as well. I have to start with a disclaimer that we don’t fully follow the low oxalate diet… When we were last at our DAN Dr. (Dr. Bradstreet in FL), he recommended cutting back on our oxalate consumption – challenging us to cut our intake in half. His common sense advise was to cut
As we were refreshing our budget for this year, I tallied up our monthly supplement costs, so I could try and work it in. Here’s what we are currently giving her: Dorthy’s Meds $/mo Oxytocin $50 Glutithione $80 Seratonin $120 Singular $10 selenium $3 Multiple Mineral $16 Krill $20 charcoal $5 digest right $30 Cal-mag $20 melatonin $5 Super-Nu $17 $376 Now, that is a good chunk of change for us – over the holidays, we were watching TV at
Sometimes it just seems that you need a little chocolate to get through the day – my DW is often quoted as saying “there isn’t enough chocolate in the whole world” after an especially trying day with Dorthy. When first going GFCF, chocolate was one of the things I missed the most – which is why these chocolate chips were truly a find. They are, of course loaded with sugar, and contain soy – so they are a sometimes treat
We have enjoyed so many other Enjoy Life products that I thought I’d give their “granola” cereal a shot. My first surprise was that the cereal was black – they looked very much like crumbled asphalt. I didn’t expect that at all, but it wasn’t enough to throw me off my mission. (this may be enough to make them a no-go for a child who judges food more by look than by taste). After adding rice milk, I took a
Dorothy had a big, overnight, school trip out of state recently, and one of the big challenges to her going was the food (of course!). She is on a strict GFCF diet, and is allergic to 40 other foods – making her ability to eat at the buffet or fast food non-existant. In order to allow her to go on the trip, we provoided all of her food for her. The lunch below is a great example of what we
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4EqjJG_LA This is how we get our kids to eat hard boiled eggs, even though they ‘hate’ them! Check out our GFCF Lunchbox Ideas page for more great ideas.