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...to consider. The good news is that under close medical supervision, you may be able to continue breastfeeding your child, while on a food elimination diet. In a standard elimination diet, the lactating mother removes all dairy and soy protein from her diet. It is essential for the mother and baby to get the nutrition needed, so a doctor or dietitian supervision is crucial for the success of the elimination diet. Avoiding dairy and proteins...

...Q: My child has multiple food allergies including milk, eggs, and soy. With such a restricted diet, I am worried about his nutrition. Is he getting enough nutrients in his diet? A: As we know, there is no cure for food allergies. The only way to manage them is by eliminating the specific allergen from the diet. Most food-allergic children are at an increased risk of nutritional deficiencies especially when they have allergies to...

...some nutritional formulas have prebiotics added. Prebiotics can also be taken as a supplement to the diet, for example a powder that you stir into foods or beverages. How do you define prebiotics? While all prebiotics act like fibers, not all fibers are prebiotics. Here is a list of characteristics that have been used to define them: (2) a non-digestible food ingredient (meaning that our digestive enzymes can’t break it down) that beneficially affects the...

...tube-fed pumped breastmilk. Within just a few days, he began showing signs of dairy protein intolerance, including excess fussiness and gassiness just after eating, arching, vomiting, mucus in his stools and diarrhea. His mom eliminated dairy from her diet and that seemed to improve his condition some and he started gaining a little weight. After a couple weeks, Roland was weaned from the tube and sent home. Unfortunately, once at home, his symptoms continued to...

...Avoid Related Foods? Should you? A guide for food allergy management Learning that you or your loved one has an allergy to food sparks a long list of questions. One common question many families have is “If my child is allergic to one food, what else might they be allergic to?” Another common problem is, “Where should I start when either trying new foods or adding foods back to my diet?” If you have...

...may be tempted to try out a gluten free diet. However, it is important to ask your doctor for celiac disease testing before going on a gluten free diet. If you have celiac disease the treatment requires strict adherence to a gluten free diet, while those with gluten sensitivity can often have small amounts of gluten on occasion without experiencing negative effects. Therefore, it is important to have a correct diagnosis to ensure that you...