Eggs....dairy....soy Allergies

Look into NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques).
Visit mommywood.com ~ the founder's daughters has severe allergies and they have great information.

My daughter has always been allergic to eggs (she is almost two) and we recently discovered she has a dairy allergy as well. I would recommend almond milk for both to drink since it is dairy and soy free.

You can get soy cheese for one and regular cheese for the other. Most of the replacements for dairy have soy so you will have to give them separate things sometimes. Most of my cooking is egg & dairy free.

To replace egg in any recipe, you can use a teaspoon of applesauce. You can use rice or almond milk to replace cow's milk.

If you are interested at all in alternative medicine, you could take them to an NAET practitioner. (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques) You can go to www.naet.com to find a practitioner in your area. I have recently started going as I have a ton of food allergies and I am feeling better after 3 sessions! I first heard about it on mamasource and thought it couldn't be real. After seeing it come up time and time again I decided to try it. I look forward to being allergy free! It is non-invasive and really simple. It is definitely child friendly. Let me know if you have any questions.

our family does not have an egg allergy but we stay away from most dairy and all soy if possible. Soy is not as healthy as most people think because of the way it is processed. it can cause a lot of problems in your system.
we drink almond milk. i use it to bake and cook it is good. original is good my boys like the chocolate made by blue diamond. i cut it with water if i feel it is too sweet. vanilla is good for cereal but the original is my fave. trader joes has it for a good price and Sprouts just had it on special buy one get one free. we bought a case :) there are some rice ice creams out now too. I think you can get egg substitute in a carton at traders as well.

good luck food allergies for kids are so hard because they tend not to eat a wide variety of food yet. we are right there with you ours are dairy, soy, and wheat.

Explore natural alternatives to avoidance tactic! there are so many ways to go back to eating reasonable everything!
Good Luck
V.

First I am a family wellness coach and yes, I believe children have allergies, but in my work I have found that over 85% of children diagnised with allergies actually have underlying issues and the doctors can't pinpoint it so they say its "allergies". We can chat it you like. I have some ideas, but I would need a bit more info about your kids.

B.
Family Wellness Coach

I don't know of a replacement for eggs. What I have learned about dairy allergies is that the processing, pasteurization and homogenization remove the enzymes that human's need to breakdown and digest dairy. If these are not life threatening allergic reactions your children are having to the dairy, I would test a small amount of raw, organic dairy products to see if the same reactions apply. If they do, I would switch the cow milk products for Almond or rice milk. They are nutritious and when used with other things like in cereal or in recipes, they may go completely undetected. Good luck and don't forget, some of the healthiest people in the world are vegetarians and many people successfully live vegan lifestyles. Best Wishes!

I've been there and still there with my daughter but know that it is so much easier and more choices now. For great diet information, go to www.tacanow.org and check out everything there under GF-CF Diet. It is all in one place for families written by families.

My daughter's food allergies came from vaccines. Are you aware that most of the vaccines are 'brewed' in chick embroyo and that the foods that your boys are allergic to are used in most vaccines? We stopped all vaccines for her at 18 months when I found out about the egg allergy. She is 13 now and once we found out about her other food allergies at the age of 10 through an IgG blood test (don't do the skin prick testing) and we took everything out of her diet, her asthma problems stopped.

Please make sure YOU have done the research on vaccinations for YOUR child. He is already immune system compromised, probably from vaccines. The AAP recommended schedule of shots for children is too many, too soon. Here are sites and books that I always recommend for people to start their research:

www.909shot.com
www.tacanow.org

Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders, by Dr. Kenneth Bock

The Vaccine Book, by Dr. Robert Sears

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Childhood Vaccinations, by Dr. Stephanie Cave

Evidence of Harm, by David Kirby

Keep up the great work Nat and keep asking those questions. They are good ones and important :o)

Dear L.,

Try almond milk or rice milk. I'd try almond milk first, as the rice milk contains too much sugar in my opinion. And see if you can get ORGANIC brands...there are a few, for example Pacific brand has one.

You might also look into acupuncture or homeopathic treatment for your sons to boost their immune systems and reduce their tendencies to food allergens.

Be well,

S.

my son had the same situation. Goat milk was the savior! HE LOVES IT. The egg..there is egg substitute at organic food markets. Good luck.

L.,

First of all, my condolensces. Allergies are very difficult to deal with, but not impossible. My son has allergies to wheat, soy, eggs, sesame, and peanuts so we've become quite adept at dealing. My friend recommended Whole Food Allergy Cookbook (it's not from the store Whole Foods)and while I don't use all the recipes it helps to get ideas. There are lot of good replacements and alternatives at any whole foods stores (Whole Foods, Trader Joes, etc..). For dairy or soy--there's always rice or almond milk to use. They have coconut ice cream products these days too. For your child w/ just dairy then there are a lot of soy products (soy cheese, etc..). For egg---there aren't any good replacements for good old fashioned eggs (at least none that I've found), but in baked goods there's something called EnerG Egg Replacer which is very good to use if baking. Good luck! You'll become very good at reading ingredients.

D.

Ener-G has an egg replacer that doesn't have dairy or soy in it. My niece who is anaphylactic allergic to almost everything can have it.

My 2 yo DD is allergic to wheat, nuts, and strawberries. I am allergic to wheat, almonds, peanuts, citrus fruit, apricots, chocolate and shellfish.

My favorite place to shop is Henry's Marketplace. They have a decent selection at better prices than Wholefoods or Trader Joe's, in my opinion.

We eat a lot of Gluten Free stuff. There are a few GF product that don't have either soy or dairy. You've just got to take the time to read EVERY label. A double benefit of eating GF is that most of it is organic just by nature.

Here are some of brands that we like:

Ian's frozen foods
Amy's frozen foods
Pamela's baked goods
Nana's baked goods
Ener-G pasta and baked goods
Wylde pretzels

If you are in the San Diego area, check out the GNI Bakery (Gluten Not Included) in Escondido. They can use the egg replacer in their baked items upon request. They do not use soy in their breads...not sure about the dairy though.

Is there an allergy support group near you?

A little P.S. to one of the other replies, -when buying non-dairy-"Cheese", check the ingredient list, because most of them still contain milk protein :-( Look for the word Caseinate.

L.,

My son is allergic to dairy and soy. There are things like rice milk and rice cheese. The rice milk isn't bad. Rice cheese tastes like cardboard. They do sell an egg replacer at whole foods. I forget what is in it. It is basically a powder like baking soda. I tried it and it didn't work so good. I tried it in cupcakes and they were really crumbly and had a weird texture.

We've basically went to a "whole food diet" the closer it is to its natural state, the less chance there is something in it my son can't eat. We eat meats, potatoes, rice, veggies and fruit and not much of anything else. The more things you are trying to avoid, the harder it is.

Good luck,
T.

L., your children don't have to live with this. Try NAET, it works. My baby had food allergies and now she can eat anything after several NAET treatments. Search for a practitioner in your area.

Good luck

Hey L.,
For milk substitutes you could try Almond Breeze or Rice Dream. Both are fortified with calcium and taste pretty good.
For a cheese substitute there is a product made from almonds. It doesn't taste just like cheese, but it's a decent substitute. It can be found with the cheese section in a health food store.
Also, to make sure your boys get adequate calcium you could supplement their diets with green veggies (such as broccoli, spinach, kale, bok choy, chard, etc.), a of tablespoons of sesame seeds (ground up), I believe almonds contain some calcium and certain juices are fortified with calcium.

I'm vegan so I know there are tons of alternatives to eggs and dairy. One book I recommend for kids meals is, "Better than peanut butter and jelly" they have baked muffins that are eggless (uses oil and applesauce in lieu of eggs) and there are other vegetarian/vegan books that offer baked goods and great meals without eggs and dairy. En-R-G Egg replacer leaves a 'taste' in baked goods. You might be ok with it or not. Like another reader said, be careful when buying 'veggie' cheese. Look for the 'vegan' label. Trader Joe's veggie shredded cheese has dairy in it as do some brands sold at Ralphs/Staters/etc. Also check out vegan recipe sites, just google it there are tons if you don't want to commit to buying a bunch of new cookbooks. http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-recipes/ is a good place to start off. Good luck!

PS. Ask your pediatrician about flu shots if you go that route as they are cultured in an egg base.