Safe Foods<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nWhole Foods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Fresh \tand frozen vegetables, cooked by you or raw<\/li>\n
- Fresh \tand frozen fruit<\/li>\n
- Whole \tspices and condiments (salt, pepper, herbs–anything that is grown \ton a plant), read mixes carefully<\/li>\n
- Organic \tchicken pieces with nothing added, ground beef, ground pork, and \tsteak<\/li>\n
- Bulk \tgrains you buy and cook yourself: rice, oats, etc<\/li>\n
- Real \tbutter, honey, sugar, and maple syrup<\/li>\n
- Whole, \t2%, or raw milk, half-and-half (most whipping cream or heavy cream \thas carrageenan)<\/li>\n
- Most \tkinds of whole, “brick” cheese (avoid American or “cheese \tfood”)<\/li>\n
- 100% \treal juices, without calcium added<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Processed Foods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Beeler’s \tsausages (most mixed meats will be suspect)<\/li>\n
- Applegate \tFarm beef hot dogs (but not lunch meats)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Rudi’s \tOrganic Breads, buns, and bagels (has questionable ingredients but \the has never reacted; it’s our staple)<\/li>\n
- Homerun \tInn Classic or Thin-Crust Pizza (Signature looks OK but we haven’t \ttried it)<\/li>\n
- Cheerios, \tGorilla Munch, and regular or cinnamon Puffins<\/li>\n
- Stacey’s \tOrganic Tortillas, or tortillas with simple ingredients, no malted \tbarley, and no aluminum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Amy’s \tfrozen Mac-N-Cheese, regular or gluten-free but not dairy-free<\/li>\n
- Natural \tpeanut butter, almond butter<\/li>\n
- Udi’s \tNatural Granola<\/li>\n
- Muir \tGlen basic pasta sauces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Snacks and Treats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Plain \tpotato and corn chips (label should say simply, Potatoes\/Corn, oil, \tsalt)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Natural \troasted\/salted nuts without “flavors” (he loves cashews)<\/li>\n
- Arlene’s, \tHaagan Das, or Breyer’s all natural (not extra creamy or special \tflavors) vanilla, chocolate, mint c\/c, strawberry \u00a0ice ream. \t\u00a0(ALL OTHERS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE REACTIONS)<\/li>\n
- Oreos<\/li>\n
- Hershey’s \tregular milk chocolate<\/li>\n
- Plain \tor nut M&Ms (limited quantities as coating has dextrose)<\/li>\n
- Most \tdark chocolate from health food stores<\/li>\n
- Hard \tcandy is usually safe<\/li>\n
- Twizzlers \tor Red Vines, sno-caps (movie theatres)<\/li>\n
- sprite\/7-up\/equivalent \t(no DIET drinks whatsoever)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sauces and Condiments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Kikkoman \tsoy sauce, no other brands unless you check ingredients<\/li>\n
- Annie’s \tKetchup<\/li>\n
- Annie’s \tCowgirl Ranch (only safe creamy dressing we’ve ever found!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pantry Staples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Whole \twheat or white 100% wheat flour (no malted barley)<\/li>\n
- Aluminum-free \tbaking powder; baking soda<\/li>\n
- Bearito \trefried beans (most refried beans are OK, check labels)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Restaurants<\/strong><\/h2>\nNote<\/strong>: Ask for everything without sauce. If food comes with any kind of sauce on it, or if the fries have specks of pepper and taste really yummy, send it all back.<\/p>\nAlmost \tall bread products at restaurants will contain malted barley flour. \tWe compromise and eat malted barley flour when we are out but avoid \tbringing it into the house.<\/p>\n
\n- Plain \tburgers at real restaurants (not fast food; they add protein; \tcafeterias in museums etc might be OK if patty is 100% beef). It \tMUST be ordered \twithout any seasoning other than salt on any of the bun, burger, or \tfrench fries, and with Cheddar or Jack, NOT American<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note<\/strong><\/strong>: waiters<\/strong> will often tell you they don’t think the burger is seasoned, but they will most likely be wrong and they must tell the kitchen; the kitchen will think the seasoning has no MSG but if they don’t mix it from salt and dried plants, it will always<\/strong> have something \u2013 the kitchen needs to just leave it off. If seasoning is pre-mixed into the burger, have them check the children’s burger or make something else. If the fries are pre-seasoned or breaded, have something else.<\/p>\n\n- Small amounts of real white bread (not garlic bread, biscuits, corn bread, etc) with real \tbutter<\/li>\n
- Broccoli \twithout seasoning<\/li>\n
- Baked \tpotato with only butter (or ask them to check the sour cream for carrageenan)<\/li>\n
- Grilled \tsalmon without any house seasonings or sauce (he adds sliced lemon)<\/li>\n
- The \tbowls at Chipotle Mexican Grill are all safe; tortillas have \taluminum<\/li>\n
- Mexican \tfood is usually pretty safe if they make everything from scratch. \tChicken chimichangas are often fine, nachos made with grated cheddar \tand beef are options. No Nacho cheese, nothing with broth, no soups. Ask them to check the sour cream for carrageenan.<\/li>\n
- Most \tchinese\/asian food in Colorado is relatively safe. Ask the staff (or \tlook on the menu) if they use MSG at all in the restaurant. (“We’ll \tleave it off” is not enough, as it will be in the bases).<\/li>\n
- Kikkoman \tsoy sauce, no other brands unless you check ingredients.<\/li>\n
- Traditional \tIndian restaurants are usually OK; avoid garlic Naan and sauces.<\/li>\n
- The \tonly take-out pizza I’ve found that is safe is Falbo Bros, without \tmeat or Parmesan. Pizza is very tricky to make tasty and safe. I \twould love to find more safe pizza options, but doing so involves \tgrilling the manager who rarely knows what is in the mixes that they \tget from a corporate office. Here are the questions to ask; you \tcan stop if you get a \u201cno\u201d: Do you grate your cheese fresh \tfrom a block each day? Do you make your own sauce from tomato paste \tand sauce and spices? If so, can you tell me exactly what is added and what is in your seasoning \tmix (watch for yeast, maltodextrin, parmesan, protein, etc)? Lastly, what are \tthe ingredients in your plain white dough? (watch for cysteine as well as others).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pre-made Desserts<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Best \tto skip dessert. Cake is sometimes OK but frosting is usually a \tproblem. The richer the dessert the more likely it is to have \tproblematic ingredients. Avoid cheesecake, mousse, custards, \tcaramel, whipped cream.<\/li>\n
- More \tlikely to be safe options if you must have dessert: berries drizzled \t with chocolate sauce; soda with maraschino cherries; bread with \tbutter and honey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I can’t write a list that is safe for everyone, but since our son is pretty darn sensitive, more sensitive than anyone I know in person, this list should be a good starting point for anyone that is trying to eliminate all FGA. Do you our label checking, of course, and do let me know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excitotoxins","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stroyan.net\/lisasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}