What does AJ have issues with? At first he would not eat anything with an acidic nature; apples, pears, peaches, etc. He craved milk and graham crackers because they coated his stomach. We then tested and treated him for H Pylori, a bacterial infection that increases acid in the stomach and could eventually have caused ulcers. After that we found that he was lactose and gluten intolerant (due to the H Pylori).

We eventually did additional allergy testing and found that he was allergic to oats and bananas (bananas can be quite serious because they are cross reactive with all pit fruits and with latex). Over the last two years we have found that although some foods do not show up on his allergy tests he is cross-reactive to them because of the bananas. He is also allergic to kiwi, chestnut, avocado, peppers, mangoes, SHELLFISH, and we think peaches. All of those foods cause him stomach problems. Chestnuts and peppers caused a rash.He also has trouble with foods called salicylates. We found this out because we did an elimination diet to determine his food intolerance and allergies (because he was having so many digestive problems). Foods high in salicylates: Food Guide

The great thing lately is that we have been able to add some things back into his diet and he loves the variety. We have added back some corn in the form of chips (crunchies), some more veggies (cucumber, cooked sweet potato, and he loved onion but had trouble with it), whole milk, and cheese.

Yes, I said WHOLE MILK and CHEESE.

AJ is on a casein free diet because of his lactose issues but we have recently found that he can have Kefir, a form of yogurt that he used to have in Russia. I have been trying to get him to eat it since he got home but he has refused…until they started making ProBugs for kids. It has all the benefits of whole milk but no lactose! Head to the LifeWay home site to learn more about it and play some games!

If your store does not carry it just ask. I did and they now get it for us!

And, I found out that hard cheddar has no lactose either! And, he loves it on his pizza.

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Foodie Update

Life without Diet Coke? NEVER.

I’m tagging Melody over at Slurping Life because I know she feels the same way about Chocolate and Red Wine.

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Seven Things, Day Four