Anyone know a website where you can order food for gf/cf diets

[DietDiva]

Someone posted a message with a link to a website where you can order food for special diets but I can't find this. Anyone know this?

I am looking for gf/cf breakfast cereals.

DS has been on a gf/cf diet for a few months now with good improvements to his behaviour and exzema cleared up. However, I relaised I had been giving him some cereal recommended for celiacs but still had a small amount of gluten in. So really he still had been getting a small amount of gluten nearly every day!

This morning he had gf toast and boiled egg instead of cereal. What a difference. He sat tonight and ate a meal with his knife and fork as good as an adult. DS has always ate with his fingers and has never been able to use a knife and/ or fork before (he's 8 yrs). Fingers crossed that the next few days keep getting better.

goodness direct.

or dietary needs direct

(sorry, on phone, so can't link)

hth

(btw the whole earth cornflakes - can get them in most supermarkets - are ok. it's a bugger about the traces, isn't it? make sure you look out for flavourings too (msg))

Thanks silverfrog. Going to order some food from dietary needs direct so I dont make any more mistakes.

most things on their website are ok -they mark by category, but do check, as there have been a couple of things over the years marked wrongly.

I have noticed some of the biscuits now have milk in them. It's not easy is it? thought if I used these websites it would make life a bit easier. Asda don't sell much gf food and Sainsbury's only have a small selection.

Don't think I'll use the celiac book again as it smisleading.

the problem with foods certified for coeliacs is that, by food standards, they are allowed a tolerance level of gluten (eg might be in the malt vinegar, might be a barley wash, as in cereals, etc) - which completely buggers up gf/cf

apart from cereals (which I solved by plain cornflakes, as before - I found a lot of the gf/cf ones were very sugary, and dd1 just moved on to sugars being an issue as her diet shot up in sugars), what are you after?

have you read the Marilyn Le Breton books? they are good for recipes

Your right, most of the cereals I have found do seem to have loads of sugar in. DS doesn't like the cornflakes. he loves boiled eggs or scrambled eggs on toast so may have to make more time in the morning to make these.

no haven't read Maryln le Breton book but do have and ADHD and autism cookbook by Pamela J Compart and Dana Laake. I've tried a few of the recipes and DS likes them. Will try and get hold of Maryln le Breton's book for more recipes.

Think the diets defintely worth a try especially if you start seeing a few positive results.

does he not like the cornflakes because he is not getting any high from them?

dd1 had rice porridge for a couple of years (she had been having weetabix pre-gf, so it was a reasonable swap consistency-wise)

it is only the last year or so (dd1 has been gf since before she was 3; she is now 6.5) that she has eaten cornflakes.

if yuo are seeing results, I definitely think it is worht a go - it's not as though it is a particularly unhealthy diet, although need to watch that fats are still included, as if cf then you lose loads of easy fats, which are quite important for kids

DS is really a good eater and will try most foods so don't want this to change. I've always thought the cornflakes weren't very tasty because he prefered more sugary food. He does love porridge but its not the same without the cows milk and he really misses yoghurts.

DS eats meat, fish, fruit, veg, chilli, curries etc so he's probably getting a more healthy diet than he used to. Have you found any sweets you can eat on this diet? When someone at school brings in sweets for birthdays etc I would like DS to have an alternative that I could take in for him so he doesn't feel left out.

I used to put the organix fruit pots into the porridge for dd1, to make it a bit tastier, and added raisins (which probaby swung it, tbh - she'll stil do almost anything for raisins!)

you can get som gelatine free haribo-type sweets in Holland and Barrett. they are quite nice, imo (and I am a haribo aficionado ). dietary needs direct has a section, i think. I use posh fruits sometimes instead, eg blueberries - both dds love those, and they are still a treat, iyswim?

also, lots more choc available than used to be.

my dds definitely have a better diet than they would otherwise - simply through me not having the option to buy easy alternatives in the shops. 95% of the supermarket is just not applicable to me (I also have cut right down on "chemicals" so not even the soap and household aisles have products I can buy!)

Organix fruit pots in the porridge sound good and another way to get ds to eat more fruit.

Someone told me that Starbursts don't have gluten or casein in them. Havent checked this out yet - do you know whether these are safe to eat?

We have a dietician who has helping ds to put on weight. When I used to ask her about any diets to help behaviour problems she was never any help. When I went back to see her and told her ds was doing the gf/cf diet she said oh yes, the sunderland university one. Couldn't believe she knew all about it and didnt help us. She's been really good since. I really think I get more advice reading the MN threads.

sorry, don't know about starburst. (I should - I eat enough of them!). I suspect that they have colourings/flavourings which knock them out fo rdd1 - even "natural" ones are a no-no for her.

our dietician was no use at all, and was completely negative about the Sunderland protocol - especially when I was putting dd2 on it and she wasn't gaining any weight. dietician was fixated on cow's milk, though, adn thought it was the answer to everyhting

I have spoken to the people at Espa when DS had the urine analysis and found them to be really helpful but in most cases I've heard you seem to have to find out the information yourself.

You must be doing a really good job finding this information then passing it on to people like me!

What do you do for your dds to make sure they have enough fats?

I just read lots and lots. And I talked ot ARU (as they were then) too when first reading about it all.

thanks I'll have to start adding olive oil to mash etc. Tried avocadoes a few time and ds wont eat them but they're supposed to be really good for you so might have to try and hide them in some other food.

must go and order some food from Dietary Needs direct. Thanks for your help.