My five year old had a allergy test done yesterday.she can not have chicken,corn,and fish.ok, the chicken and fish is easy.but i need help with the corn.she can not have anything.i need help with what she can have.
I really don't think you all no what all corn is in.she can not go out to eat any more.she can not have anything that has sugar in it.she can only have cane and beet sugar.no more spite .no more breads.it is alot harder than you think.the chicken and the fish is the easiest.so if any of you know of ang great recipes that do not have corn in them .please let me no.thanks
The sooner you start cooking from scratch the easier the process will be. I have been living with children's allergies for almost 10 years now and have learned to cook all kinds of cool things. Good luck!
My mom has a corn allergy. It is really hard to eat out. but at home it can be easy. A lot of stuff has corn syrup in it. But most organic stuff does not. Like organic ketcup.
One thing she is doing is acupressure or acupuncture. This has has really helped her.
My mom found shopping in the organic section was best. She found a bread a tons of food that did not contain corn. Unforntuantly it not easy and you will have to read tons of labels. Try shopping at Whole Foods, Harrys, or Trader Joes. It won't be easy at first. But in time you will become a pro.
I have a son who was dx with food allergies when he was 3 months old. His were milk, wheat, food dyes, fish, shellfish, and tomatoes. The foodallergy.org is a fabulous site that will really help you figure out what your child can and can't have. The hardest part is for you at this age. My child is now almost 10 now it is hard for him because he is learning to read labels and figure out what he can have and what he can't have. It is a learning curve for you and your family. I wish you well and get educated, it might just save your child's life.
K.
Corn should be very easy to eliminate. You have Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, All the dried beans that you can cook, Green Limas these would all be in the carb family. You have not eliminated any of the fruits or green veggies so that would make it very simple. Sweet potatoes are much healthier for her than corn and they can be prepared in different ways. So can white and red potatoes. Many options of preparation. Is she also allergic to turkey? You are left with beef and pork but can get good protein from the dried beans. You may want to try the black beans & rice and the red beans & rice and see how she will like that.
Is your daughter having noticeable symptoms? I ask because about 50% of positive results are false positives. In other words, if the child has been eating the food fine without problems, then there is a good chance that it was a false positive. Both the skin and blood testing that are available are just guides. I'd pull the food for several weeks and then reintroduce and see if you find a reaction.
Corn is in just about every processed food, so it takes a lot of home cooking to avoid it. If you go to a health food store you might find a couple of cereals and products that are corn free, but even salt can be grown on corn cultures and so there are trace amounts of corn in tons of things. Good luck!
My daughter who is almost 22 months also has a corn allergy. You are so right about corn being in everything! I had no idea until this happened. Through our three children we have had to avoid eggs, milk, corn, soy, oats, peanuts, beef, oranges, etc., but corn and soy are definitely the hardest because they are fillers for so many things.
Here are some snack things that I have found that don't have corn in them... regular fig newtons, saltines, townhouse crackers,clubhouse crackers, oyster crackers, some vanilla wafers, and some graham crackers, arrowroot cookies in the baby section. I have also been able to find waffles in the health section that don't have any corn starch.
Some of these things may have corn syrup in them, but our allergist said that the liquid version wasn't as much of a concern (we don't have a severe allergy).
Hope this helps some!
I don't know much about food allergies, since my 6-yr old boy has none. But if you want to replace the protein beans are a great way! I've switched to adding more beans in our diet instead of meats since there is so much concern about meat products. Try all different types of beans - you can make them from scratch or buy in a can.
Don"t understand why you need help with corn and not fish and chicken
J.- You might want to try this web-site:
http://www.foodallergy.org
I am a member and have found there is a bunch of great information on the site!
Best Wishes!
