My daughter has celiac disease. Do you know of any stores that cater to people with gluten allergies?
My newborn daughter has been diagnosed with severe celiac disease. Right now we are getting her special food from Baby Care. Do you know of any stores besides this that will provide top-notch food for Ella? Besides stores, do you have any other suggestions to help me take care of Ella and make sure all of her needs are met?
Thank you so much for any help or suggestions you can provide.
xXo
Hi. I find it amazing your newborn has been diagnosed. Mind if I ask how? Celiac usually takes a VERY long time to get diagnosed and if your doc was that good to think about checking for it, let me know bc the local Celiac groups would want to know!!
First off, you dont mention her age, but most infants dont eat gluten anyway until at least 6-9 mos of age. As for baby jar food, just be sure to read the ingredients.
This site will be very helpful for you, print out this list of forbidden foods, take it every time u shop and in no time youll be a pro at reading labels!
http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=12&sid=91hH9H1kz5Dh1Cz-11107572178.34
Once she starts eating ’solids’ (other than baby food) u will find it harder bc she wont be able to eat things like teether biscuits, but it is doable.
These are the best stores, sites, and brands Ive found:
Whole Foods Market
Wild Oats
Trader Joes
and you should have a local health food store in your area.
U really dont need to buy special baby food, just read the labels on gerber, etc, brands. Watch stuff that’s obvious like macaroni, etc, and watch the cereals. Only use plain rice cereal. U can also (when she’s old enough) buy gluten free oatmeal from www.creamhillestates.com. Regular Quaker and other brands of oatmeal are not gf.
You may want to just make your own baby food, veggies,a nd fruits.
Again for more ‘toddlery’ foods try these sites and items:
www.glutenfree.com
www.glutensolutions.com
www.amazon.com (great for buying in bulk when u find something u like)
www.kinnikinnick.com
Brands:
Glutino breakfast bars–much like nutrigrain bars
Envirokidz VANILLA animal crackers–they are gf cookies
Glutino "ritz style" crackers (thats how they’re described ont he website.)
Most applesauces will be GF, as will canned fruits (stick to ones in fruit juice, not syrup).
You will prob find this group helpful: Yahoo Health Groups "SillyYaks"
I hope this helps, my child isnt Celiac (at least he’s tested neg so far) but I am so Im not totally up to date on baby friendly GF stuff!
Remember unless she has an actually ALLERGY to gluten or she suffers from DH (the rash associated with Celaic) she does not need special GF bath and body products. BUt if u just like to be careful, California Baby is a great line that’s very allergen free friendly. U can find it at whole foods.
remember if u nurse, some women find the baby does better if they also eat GF also. just a thought.
Also remember Celiac is EXTREMELY hereditary, you and your spouse should be tested immediately for Celiac.
For more info, seet hese sites and books or email me.
www.csaceliacs.org
www.celiac.com
www.celiac.org
"Celiac Disease a Hidden Epidemic" by Dr Peter Green
"Living Gluten Free for Dummies" by Danna Korn
i see alot of gluten free stuff in the organic section of my grocery
References :
Many diabetic stores will have food items that are gluten free. You can try looking up some of those stores, or you can even ask them where you might be able to get gluten free foods.
You might also try looking into Asian foods, as then have a tendency towards using rice flour instead of wheat flour.
The link is to a wiki page on flour, it has some useful info for ya.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour
Organic and health food stores will have what you need.
References :
my neice was just diagnost with diabetes in january then celiac a couple months after. you would be shocked with the amount of foods out there that are gluten free. wal mart has lots, even london drugs in the pharmacy section has stuff. check your local super market, and its a matter of talking to the workers their and pharmacy’s. it was unreal, now that we have to read lables, the amount of things in the normal stores have gluten free things. good luck to you
References :
Not sure where you live or if these stores will be applicable but…. Shaw’s grocery stores have a large organic section with gluten free items. Stop and Shop stores have recently started carrying gluten free items as well. Try the Internet you will have more luck there probably.
References :
http://www.glutenfree.com/
Hi. I find it amazing your newborn has been diagnosed. Mind if I ask how? Celiac usually takes a VERY long time to get diagnosed and if your doc was that good to think about checking for it, let me know bc the local Celiac groups would want to know!!
First off, you dont mention her age, but most infants dont eat gluten anyway until at least 6-9 mos of age. As for baby jar food, just be sure to read the ingredients.
This site will be very helpful for you, print out this list of forbidden foods, take it every time u shop and in no time youll be a pro at reading labels!
http://www.celiac.com/st_main.html?p_catid=12&sid=91hH9H1kz5Dh1Cz-11107572178.34
Once she starts eating ’solids’ (other than baby food) u will find it harder bc she wont be able to eat things like teether biscuits, but it is doable.
These are the best stores, sites, and brands Ive found:
Whole Foods Market
Wild Oats
Trader Joes
and you should have a local health food store in your area.
U really dont need to buy special baby food, just read the labels on gerber, etc, brands. Watch stuff that’s obvious like macaroni, etc, and watch the cereals. Only use plain rice cereal. U can also (when she’s old enough) buy gluten free oatmeal from http://www.creamhillestates.com. Regular Quaker and other brands of oatmeal are not gf.
You may want to just make your own baby food, veggies,a nd fruits.
Again for more ‘toddlery’ foods try these sites and items:
http://www.glutenfree.com
http://www.glutensolutions.com
http://www.amazon.com (great for buying in bulk when u find something u like)
http://www.kinnikinnick.com
Brands:
Glutino breakfast bars–much like nutrigrain bars
Envirokidz VANILLA animal crackers–they are gf cookies
Glutino "ritz style" crackers (thats how they’re described ont he website.)
Most applesauces will be GF, as will canned fruits (stick to ones in fruit juice, not syrup).
You will prob find this group helpful: Yahoo Health Groups "SillyYaks"
I hope this helps, my child isnt Celiac (at least he’s tested neg so far) but I am so Im not totally up to date on baby friendly GF stuff!
Remember unless she has an actually ALLERGY to gluten or she suffers from DH (the rash associated with Celaic) she does not need special GF bath and body products. BUt if u just like to be careful, California Baby is a great line that’s very allergen free friendly. U can find it at whole foods.
remember if u nurse, some women find the baby does better if they also eat GF also. just a thought.
Also remember Celiac is EXTREMELY hereditary, you and your spouse should be tested immediately for Celiac.
For more info, seet hese sites and books or email me.
http://www.csaceliacs.org
http://www.celiac.com
http://www.celiac.org
"Celiac Disease a Hidden Epidemic" by Dr Peter Green
"Living Gluten Free for Dummies" by Danna Korn
References :
I run a Celiac support group in Louisiana
Your first step would be to contact the national Celiac disease organizations. I can only tell you that locally, the natural foods health stores cater to people who have special dietary needs. Both of my major grocery stores (Cub, Rainbow Foods) also carry many gluten free products in their natural foods section.
References :
http://www.celiac.org/
http://www.ceceliasmarketplace.com/?gclid=CNKkx7mC9I8CFRkEIwod52WQJA