What do I feed my child?

While all our children exhibit a variety of different symptoms and need individualized advice on diet and nutrition, many of us start in the same place–eliminating food allergens from the daily diet.  This can be an incredibly difficult step to take as some of the most common food allergens (e.g., egg, dairy, wheat, soy, nuts) are in so many of the foods we commonly eat, especially processed foods.  Eliminating allergens from the diet is a critical step in the healing process because it reduces inflammation and excess burden and stress on the immune system.  

Below are links to websites and books that offer advice and recipes for people following restricted diets. If you have any favorite websites or books that you would like to share, please email your suggestions to info@epidemicanswers.org

General “Allergy-Free” or Low Allergen 

http://www.cookingallergyfree.com/

http://www.eatingwithfoodallergies.com/allergyfreerecipes.html

http://www.foodallergykitchen.com/pages/recipes.php

http://yummyallergenfree.blogspot.com/

Gluten-Free and Casein Free 

http://www.newdiets.com/

http://gfcfexperience.blogspot.com/2007/08/gfcf-recipe-experience.html

http://gfcfrecipes.blogspot.com/

Gluten-Free

http://www.glutenfreechecklist.com/index.aspx

http://glutenfreemommy.com/

http://www.glutenfreehomemaker.com/2009/02/gluten-free-recipes.html

http://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/gluten-free-kid-friendly-recipes

http://myglutenfreecookbook.blogspot.com/

http://www.celiacchicks.com/

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2007/01/cooking-baking-gluten-free-tips-for.html

http://www.glutenfreecookingschool.com/recipe-index/

Dairy-Free

http://www.godairyfree.org/Table/Recipes/

http://www.avoidingmilkprotein.com/recipies.htm

Egg-Free

http://www.EgglessCooking.com/

Peanut-Free

http://www.peanutallergy.com/nut-free-recipes

Cookbooks

Food Allergy Survival Guide http://www.foodallergysurvivalguide.com/

The Sensitive Chef http://www.thesensitivechef.com/

The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook http://www.wholelifenutrition.net/

The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Foods-Allergy-Cookbook-Homestyle/dp/1890612456

What’s to Eat?  What Else’s to Eat? http://www.foodallergycookbook.com/index.htm

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