Comments on: Should the Whole Family go Gluten Free? http://www.myglutenfreechild.com/general/should-the-whole-family-go-gluten-free A gluten free diet: easy gluten free recipes and the celiac child Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Marcy http://www.myglutenfreechild.com/general/should-the-whole-family-go-gluten-free#comment-45 Marcy Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:13:48 +0000 http://www.myglutenfreechild.com/?p=144#comment-45 A driving factor of whether or not to go g-f as a fam might be the age of the other children in the family when one is diagnosed. In our family, my celiac was nearly 7 at diagnosis while his little brother was only 4. The younger brother has a milk allergy, and which forced us to wipe out dairy from our family meals several years before the celiac diagnosis. Celiac is more complex, and since I'm not a short order cook, our entire family took the plunge together. My husband eats gluten away from home, but there are no foods in our house with gluten. It's a tremendous simplifier. The boys believe that we are blessed that this has happened to our family because we are all so much healthier because of it. (I do a lot of gluten free PR in the house) An unexpected positive side effect is that I've never felt better in my life; going gluten-free has resolved many of my 'mysterious' health issues. Because there's a hereditary factor involved, going gluten free as a family may also have surprising benefits for other family members. As with all things, there is no perfect decision and if our kids were older or the diagnosis was reversed we may have played it differently. While we are happy with our gluten free life, I would be lying if I said I didn't miss delivery pizza, chick fil a, or girl scout cookies. A driving factor of whether or not to go g-f as a fam might be the age of the other children in the family when one is diagnosed. In our family, my celiac was nearly 7 at diagnosis while his little brother was only 4. The younger brother has a milk allergy, and which forced us to wipe out dairy from our family meals several years before the celiac diagnosis.

Celiac is more complex, and since I’m not a short order cook, our entire family took the plunge together. My husband eats gluten away from home, but there are no foods in our house with gluten. It’s a tremendous simplifier.

The boys believe that we are blessed that this has happened to our family because we are all so much healthier because of it. (I do a lot of gluten free PR in the house) An unexpected positive side effect is that I’ve never felt better in my life; going gluten-free has resolved many of my ‘mysterious’ health issues. Because there’s a hereditary factor involved, going gluten free as a family may also have surprising benefits for other family members.

As with all things, there is no perfect decision and if our kids were older or the diagnosis was reversed we may have played it differently. While we are happy with our gluten free life, I would be lying if I said I didn’t miss delivery pizza, chick fil a, or girl scout cookies.

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