Comments on: Should We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies? http://thesavvyceliac.com/2008/12/23/delay-gluten/ Gluten-free lifestyle for the Savvy Celiac Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Should We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies? | Newborns Kingdom http://thesavvyceliac.com/2008/12/23/delay-gluten/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Should We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies? | Newborns Kingdom Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:59:51 +0000 http://thesavvyceliac.com/?p=644#comment-213 [...] We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies? Written by This chap added an interesting post on Should We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies?Here’s a small [...] [...] We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies? Written by This chap added an interesting post on Should We Delay Introducing Gluten to our Babies?Here’s a small [...]

]]> By: flybrand http://thesavvyceliac.com/2008/12/23/delay-gluten/comment-page-1/#comment-48 flybrand Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:33:18 +0000 http://thesavvyceliac.com/?p=644#comment-48 This was a big issue for my wife and I. It drove me to attend the last annual Celiac Symposium in New York City in 2007. This is a physician conference (I'm not a physician but have a biology background). There were two different studies we found helpful; (1) The first had been conducted in Scandinavia and talked about a large population (I recall it being about 8,000) of infants being observed. Avoiding early introduction of gluten didn't reduce the likelihood of Celiac. Early introduction of gluten did show a reduced likelihood of Celiac symptoms. The oldest children in the study were in their late teens at the time the presenter had last updated her survey. (2) A different survey had been done by a researcher in the mountain West (CO I believe) who followed a smaller population (<50) children to see the combination of nursing strategy and amount of gluten that they were given. I believe all of them had a genetic disposition to Celiac. The summary was that the group that nursed for a fairly long time (up to about 1 year) and was simultaneously exposed to a medium (yes, not a very scientific measure) amount of gluten had the lowest likelihood of becoming symptomatic. We walked away with the following plan; (i) nurse our child for as long as possible, with the goal being out to one year, (ii) systematically introduce gluten in his diet at about 3 months. This wound up being a moot point, as we did the cheek swab DNA test by Kimball genetics the day he was born and he was not genetically pre-disposed. This was a big issue for my wife and I. It drove me to attend the last annual Celiac Symposium in New York City in 2007. This is a physician conference (I’m not a physician but have a biology background).

There were two different studies we found helpful;
(1) The first had been conducted in Scandinavia and talked about a large population (I recall it being about 8,000) of infants being observed. Avoiding early introduction of gluten didn’t reduce the likelihood of Celiac. Early introduction of gluten did show a reduced likelihood of Celiac symptoms. The oldest children in the study were in their late teens at the time the presenter had last updated her survey.

(2) A different survey had been done by a researcher in the mountain West (CO I believe) who followed a smaller population (<50) children to see the combination of nursing strategy and amount of gluten that they were given. I believe all of them had a genetic disposition to Celiac. The summary was that the group that nursed for a fairly long time (up to about 1 year) and was simultaneously exposed to a medium (yes, not a very scientific measure) amount of gluten had the lowest likelihood of becoming symptomatic.

We walked away with the following plan; (i) nurse our child for as long as possible, with the goal being out to one year, (ii) systematically introduce gluten in his diet at about 3 months. This wound up being a moot point, as we did the cheek swab DNA test by Kimball genetics the day he was born and he was not genetically pre-disposed.

]]> By: thriftygluten-freemom http://thesavvyceliac.com/2008/12/23/delay-gluten/comment-page-1/#comment-45 thriftygluten-freemom Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:11:32 +0000 http://thesavvyceliac.com/?p=644#comment-45 Amy Hmmm. This makes me think. I was breastmilk only for the first 6-8 months with both my kids. We did try a little rice cereal at 4 months, but gave it up. (One officially diagnosed with cd and the other probably has it too. ) But, what about the elders of the family who probably had it and all the older people I meet with cd? The childrearing beliefs at that time didn't delay solid food like my crunchy, attachment parenting, long-term breastfeeding circle did. Glad that all angles of cd and how we get it are being pursued agressively these days. Wendy Amy
Hmmm. This makes me think. I was breastmilk only for the first 6-8 months with both my kids. We did try a little rice cereal at 4 months, but gave it up. (One officially diagnosed with cd and the other probably has it too. ) But, what about the elders of the family who probably had it and all the older people I meet with cd? The childrearing beliefs at that time didn’t delay solid food like my crunchy, attachment parenting, long-term breastfeeding circle did. Glad that all angles of cd and how we get it are being pursued agressively these days.
Wendy

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