Hey Suzanne, I have looked into oxalates and she does have elevated
levels. She takes Vit K2, VSL #3 and calcium citrate to combat the
oxalates but I really don't think we do enough. Honestly all our
foods are high oxalates. We eat tons of leafy greens. I am STILL
working on a rotation diet (hangs head in shame); I just really
struggle with the specifics! I hadn't put 2 and 2 together with the
oxalates/kidney function. That makes alot of sense! I will
continue tweaking my rotation diet and see if I can see clearly to
deal with the oxalates.

Thank you so much for that info. Sometimes I forget about the
obvious. :)

Wyndie

--- In foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com, szmidford@... wrote:
>
> Wyndie,
> Are you looking at oxalate issues? Quinoa is extremely high
oxalate, which can affect kidney function. Just a thought. Oxalates
are hypothesized to increase intestinal permeability also, which is
leaky gut... Allergies. That's just Susan Owens' theory, but we have
seen some improvements with allergies when we control oxalates. I
know you are very limited on foods, but you may want to think about
reducing total oxalate intake on a day-by-day basis, which might
help while not completely eliminating quinoa. A strict low oxalate
diet is very hard to do, so I'm not suggesting that, for most of us
it would be too calorie restrictive.
>
> Suzanne
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Wyndie" <mileski5@...>
>
> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:29:17
> To: <foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [foodallergyautism] Re: Ketotifen
>
>
> Wanted to update... the kids have been on ketotifen for 3-ish
months
> now. Things are looking good although I'm not seeing signs of
being
> able to add new foods very often. I'm impatient though...
>
> The heavy urination now comes back on occassion and I've narrowed
it
> down to 1) food allergy and 2) blood sugar problems. Faith will
wet
> heavily if she eats quinoa often. I started giving her chromium
> picolinate for the glucose regulation and that seems to have
> helped. Some nights she still wets thru her diaper several times
> but it's not a nightly thing anymore.
>
> Still wishing for a magic cure for food allergies...as you can all
> relate. LOL I hope all of you are doing well and seeing
> improvements of some sort!
>
> Wyndie
>
> --- In foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com, "eswee" <eswee@> wrote:
> >
> > Wyndie,
> >
> > Tell me about the heavy urination. My child is also in the same
> boat. I
> > can't understand why they don't all have to urinate what they
take
> in- so
> > how is it that the amount of nite urination can be reduced by
> anything but
> > urinating. I am very tired of changing sheets so I have been
> wondering
> > about this urination issue.
> >
> > How is the Ketotifen different than gastrochrom? I think that
is
> what its
> > called- Suzanne and I both tried it.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rob's mom
> >
> >
> >
> >_____
> >
> > From: foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> szmidford@
> > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:07 PM
> > To: foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [foodallergyautism] Ketotifen
> >
> >
> >
> > Wow! I have never heard of this. Do you have any med information
> on it? Any
> > links? What kind of a med is it? Is it new? Who spoke about it
at
> the DAN?
> >
> > Suzanne
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Wyndie" <HYPERLINK
> > "mailto:mileski5%40bellsouth.net"mileski5@>
> >
> > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:32:59
> > To:HYPERLINK
> > "mailto:foodallergyautism%40yahoogroups.com"foodallergyautism@
> yahoogroups.-
> > com
> > Subject: [foodallergyautism] Ketotifen
> >
> >
> > Wanted to give you guys some info... Last week, Faith lost every
> > food. She was reacting to everything; supplements, food, water,
> > air. I know you guys know how that goes. I had already heard a
> > little about ketotifen from Dr. Woeller and again at the DAN!
> > conference, so my doc wrote an RX for it and it got here 3 days
> > later (compounding pharmacy in WA). This stuff is AWESOME!!!!
It's
> > not convenient to give (30 minutues before meals) but it works
> > well. Basically it's an anti-histamine for the stomach. It stops
> > the stomach from reacting to the food; thereby reducing the
> > inflammation and if taken long term, is supposed to heal leaky
> > guts.
> >
> > After 1 day of being on this stuff, Faith slept thru the night
> > without waking up screaming about her tummy. She's been waking
in
> > pain every night for months! She also has been an extremely
heavy
> > urinator (to the point that I have to change her dipe every few
> > hours at night) and that has stopped too!!! Now she has a normal
> > amount of urine and she feels better. And this is just the
> > beginning. They say it takes about 3 weeks to get the full
effects
> > and today is day 3; so I look forward to her progress. I expect
> her
> > to be on it for a year at least as it will likely take that long
> for
> > her gut to heal, but wanted to pass this on b/c I know there are
> > several on here that are constantly reacting. I don't like RX's
> > much, but this one seems like the rare good one. :)
> >
> > I called my doc today and had him call in scripts for the big
kids
> > too. So we'll see what it does for them. I'll let you know if
> > miracles occur.
> >
> > Wyndie
> >
>