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gluten free and Kids

A little girl’s story of pain caused by allergies

March 10, 2010

Nine-year-old, MJ began experiencing severe stomach ages, bloating and cramping everytime she ate her favourite foods such as cheese on toast and watermelon. Her stomach pains were so intense she retreated to her bed to sleep and refused to eat those foods again. After six months of stomach aches, MJ’s mother took her to a [...]

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Autism and Gluten

November 26, 2009

9 Years of Non-Communication
A 9 year old boy was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. The boy never started talking, found it difficult to stay focused, and had trouble responding to communication. From the age of 7 he finally started saying words spontaneously. When the boy was 9 his parents started him on [...]

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Tests Show a Gluten-Free Diet Can Reduce Thyroid Dysfunction Part 2

October 8, 2009

In my last post, Gluten-Free Diet Can Reduce Thyroid Dysfunction, I started to discuss some of the tests that have been conducted on celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid dysfunction. In today’s post I will conclude these findings.
A 2001 study involving 241 untreated celiac patients and 212 controls uncovered the following information; people with thyroid disease [...]

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Tests Show a Gluten-Free Diet Can Reduce Thyroid Dysfunction Part 1

October 1, 2009

For many years people were aware of the link between celiac disease and thyroid dysfunction but recent tests uncovered some interesting developments. In 2001, scientists conducted tests to measure the prevalence of coeliac disease in people with autoimmune thyroid dysfunction. They tested blood from 200 individuals with autoimmune thyroiditis, 50 who were found to have [...]

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Gluten Free Success Stories

August 28, 2009

Thank you for your feedback on the stories in my last post.  This post continues the stories of different ways gluten sensitivity can manifest itself.
Overcome developmental delay.
A 4-year-old boy was not developing mentally or physically in a normal manner. He could not talk, but screamed incessantly as his only way to communicate.
Within 2 weeks [...]

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Celiac Disease and Kids. Gluten Free Health as an option

July 25, 2009

People with celiac disease can’t eat gluten, which is found in many everyday foods, such as bread. Find out more by this video about gluten free food for kids.
The gluten-free diet presents unique challenges for children with celiac disease and their families. Prior to diagnosis, children may be quite ill, suffering from poor growth and [...]

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Celiac Video Dealing with Celiac Kids video

April 21, 2009

On my last video I talked about children and Celiac Disease.
On this video I talk about how to deal with kids with Coeliac disease in social events, like birthdays and parties.

Best Regards
Paul Smith
glutenfreehealth.net

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Gluten Free Celebrations for Gluten Sensitive and Coeliac Celiac Disease Kids

December 29, 2008

It’s that time of the year again!
Christmas, New Year, Birthday Parties and holidays generally can be a very exciting time for kids. However, for children with Gluten Sensitivity including Coeliac / Celiac Disease a little more attention and thought is required to make sure these festivities are just as special.
All children should be able to [...]

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ECZEMA: Another Aspect of Gluten Sensitivity?

November 25, 2008

Eczema afflicts possibly one person in five per head of population and up to one child in ten.
Eczema, and related afflictions such as psoriasis and dermatitis, can affect people of all ages from newborn, breastfed babies to elderly adults. In infants and toddlers more than 80% of eczema, some extremely acute, is caused by allergic [...]

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Gluten Sensitivity – As many as 1 in 10 affected

November 13, 2008

It seems that at least one person in ten may suffer from some type of gluten sensitivity. The symptoms may range from trivial to life threatening.
You may be gluten sensitive if gluten provokes your symptoms and if your symptoms diminish or disappear when gluten is withdrawn from your diet only to flare again upon re-exposure [...]

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