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M&ms No Longer gluten-free?

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cshaw Newbie
cshaw
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Hi, I'm new here so bear with me.

My 5 yr old son was DX with celiac disease in late Nov 05 via blood work up and endoscopy. He has been gluten-free ever since, and doing REALLY well. A few days ago he started having diarrhea. I was hoping it was just a cold, something other than gluten, since I am his primary sorce of food. I'm becoming convinced that somewhere he consumed gluten, so I've been going back over foods that he ate. In the process I did a check on M&Ms (which I was under the impression were gluten-free) I called MaterFoods, who distributes Mars, who distributes M&Ms. There 800# lists gluten-free brands. They DO NOT include M&Ms!!! I have since sent emails to verify if they are gluten-free or not. Has anyone else heard of a change in M&Ms?

Needless to say I feel terrible making him sick :( I know accidents happen but still...

Thanks for listening,and for any comments

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lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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M&Ms are gluten-free. There was a mistake in the list that they obviously haven't corrected yet. M&Ms are definitely gluten-free.

richard

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

You can read all about it, too! There were 3 pages of M & M 's recently--

Open Original Shared Link

You have to get to post # 27 for the actual answer--but as Richard said, they're fine. :D

Guest nini
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Yep, M&M's are not the problem...

sometimes it's dairy that causes the problem especially in newly dx'ed Celiacs... The tips of the villi is where the lactose is absorbed/digested, and if the villi are flattened then dairy cannot be properly digested and therefore the person is considered "lactose intolerant" the theory is that as the villi heal, this goes away and you can tolerate dairy again. Some people are just intolerant to dairy/casein in general and will never be able to have dairy

cshaw Newbie
cshaw
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Thank you for such quick and complete responses. Glad to hear (and read) that it isn't M&M's. Now I need to keep digging to see what else it could have been. Milk and water are the only two things he drinks. I'll look into milk as the culprit also. Thanks again - this can be tiring ya know?

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Thank you for such quick and complete responses. Glad to hear (and read) that it isn't M&M's. Now I need to keep digging to see what else it could have been. Milk and water are the only two things he drinks. I'll look into milk as the culprit also. Thanks again - this can be tiring ya know?

yes it can be tiring, but eventually you'll get the hang of it and it gets better...

Gracie's Mom Newbie
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Yep, M&M's are not the problem...

sometimes it's dairy that causes the problem especially in newly dx'ed Celiacs... The tips of the villi is where the lactose is absorbed/digested, and if the villi are flattened then dairy cannot be properly digested and therefore the person is considered "lactose intolerant" the theory is that as the villi heal, this goes away and you can tolerate dairy again. Some people are just intolerant to dairy/casein in general and will never be able to have dairy

This is my first time logged on. I have a 4 year old that had some positive gliadin tests and all the symptoms of Celiac's. So I have been looking up diets - first time - and was curious about milk. I have to say this post explained quite a bit. Now I understand why some of my lists say milk is okay and others refer to wheat and dairy as being a no-no.

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