So we left the doctor with a bag of supplements, blood draw orders, and a plan for G’s new diet. The run down:
Non Fasting Labs: CBC, C reactive protein, celiac serology, Vitamin D level, Red blood cell elements.
Fasting Labs: chemistry panel, fatty acid profile, carnitine profile, Plasma amino acids, SAGE food allergy testing.
Diet plan, week one: Start by eliminating all dairy products, introduce gluten free products, reduce sugar, avoid corn syrup, and avoid all food dyes.
Diet plan, week two: Eliminate all gluten and minimize corn and soy.
Start supplements: Probiotic, Vitamin , Magnesium, aloe vera juice, multi vitamin, and enzymes.
Completely overwhelming at first. But we started slow. I started by purchasing every alternative milk I thought G would like. Coconut, soy, rice, hemp, almond. Almond and Coconut were the winners with coconut being the preferred. I also bought two cook books and what seems to be a million types of flour alternatives. But the most important purchase so far, an ice cream maker…the child must have some fun with all this. So we begin with our first homemade GF/CF recipe… vanilla ice cream!
My plan is to try and create as much of his favorite foods here at home so that he doesn’t miss his treats as much. Being a sugar kid, ice cream seemed to be a good start. Thank goodness for coconut milk! I will post my ice cream recipes that we have tried so far.
All in all eliminating dairy is fairly easy, next comes the elimination of gluten. I fear that may be more challenging.
