Belated Update: The Sequel

It got worse.  Turns out that phytic acid is in most of the things that are good for you to eat.  It's in seeds, nuts, grains, brown rice, berries, beans/legumes...  That discovery wasn't the worst part, though.

No, the worst part was the day I realized that Mr. Adorable wasn't the only one who was allergic to phytic acid.  So was his older sister, who had been suffering undiagnosed for 7 years.  (Sorry, kiddo!)

After that realization, things changed in my kitchen.  We discovered that if we were careful, my two youngest kids could still eat all the things we love.  We lower the phytic acid content in the foods we eat however we can (by sprouting, soaking, cooking, and/or sometimes simple portion control), keep an eye on their daily phytic acid intake, and make sure they get lots of vinegar, kefir, and yogurt in their diets to combat the phytic acid their growing bodies do have to process.

It's a lifestyle.

Belated Update

Remember this post? I was so proud of myself for figuring out what my son is allergic to that I couldn't wait to share it with the blog world, and I put up that post the next day.

In contrast, it's taken me almost two years to get around to writing this post...yes, this one. The "I-was-only-partly-right-which-also-means-I-was-partly-wrong" post. It's been a little bit harder (for my pride, among other things) to find the time to write this one, and it would have been a lot of work to go back and edit the other. (Although if I had rewritten it, I wouldn't have to admit that I was wrong...Ah ha! That's it! I'm writing this post because I'm honest. NOT because I'm lazy. Yep. That's the motivation behind this. I'm glad we cleared that up. Now, moving on...)

Not long after posting "Grandma Was Onto Something" I discovered that there was much more to Mr. Adorable's allergy than to just the bran of the wheat tribe Triticeae. Such a painful discovery for him; such a humbling discovery for me.

My laziness played a key part in the discovery. After concluding that it was the Triticeae wheat bran that was the issue, I quit soaking the oatmeal we were eating almost daily for breakfast. Suddenly, Mr. Adorable began having allergic reactions almost daily again. I was more than a little confused. Oatmeal doesn't have the Triticeae bran in it, so by my calculations it should have been safe for him to eat.

Until I realized that they had something very basic in common. Phytic acid.

And that's a whole 'nother issue entirely...and it'll have to wait until another blog post.

Because it gets worse...