Reintroducing Food After Child Has Been on Elimination Diet Due to Allergies

Hi,

I would suggest that you do start with yogurt for dairy, than after a week switch to milk. For wheat, I used Cream of Wheat as my first reintroduction. I was able to tell I was having a reaction to it within an hour. I would suggest you read "The False Fat Diet" by Dr. Elson Haas. He doesn't address children's issues specifically, but he does have excellent information on allergies, food reactions and elimination diets or fasting procedures. Best of luck to you.... N.

My doctor didn't recommend one way or the other as for the purest form or not.

The recommendation they did give us for our wheat, soy, peanuts, and tree nuts was to do one thing at a time for a week before introducing something else that my son is allergic to. This way you know for sure what, if any, your child is reacting to.

Good luck!
C.

You should listen to the person that has M.D. after their name. BUT you should definately start with VERY small amounts and only when you can watch very closely for reactions.

I REALLY think that you should get a second opinion because some of the things that you say the Dr. said seem kind of contradictive. First, it seems odd that if a child is allergic to something, you would feed it to them anyway. How bad is the allergy? Is it anaphalactic shock material? If so, I wouldn't give the child anything that causes an allergic reaction.

You should reintroduce all foods in their purest form. If it's wheat - then wheat bread, dairy should be milk, egg should be egg. They should be amounts large enough to produce a reaction (like 1/2 a cup of milk) - but not too much (like don't give him dairy all day), because you need to see if he has a reaction. Introduce each food no sooner than a week apart. Especially if he has skin symptoms b/c you need to be able to see the reaction and know confidently what is causing it. If he has GI issues, you need to have time for the food to digest and see the end results. If he is ana to any of the foods or has had respiritory (sp) issues w/ any foods then you should only challenge foods in the doctors office in the event he goes into anaphalactic (sp) shock.

Good luck!

--S.