My last child, as an infant, had blood streaked mucous in her stools and was
also very miserable (cried alot).  I did some research on allergies (having
allergies in my family--brother with celiac).  What I found out to my shock
is that most people who have allergies are not just allergic to one food!!
Most people have multiple food allergies.  So eliminating one product maybe
helpful but the problem continues. I knew dairy was the culprit--being the
number one food allergen in the USA, but that didn't resolve my infant's
misery or blood streaked mucous stools (although lessened the problem).
After much thought, I remembered that as a child I refused milk and my mom
started instead giving me orange juice.  Living in Florida among many orange
tree groves I had noticed that when they are in blossom, I literally feel
sick.  Citrus is another top allergen.  So I eliminated citrus (citric acid
is in alot of products) and the situation improved dramatically.  She wasn't
100% better but the blood and the green stools went away.  I realized their
was probably a few more foods that might have been a problem but at that
point I was too overwhelmed to eliminate anything else.  Instead I tried hard
to not eat the same foods every day (day after day).  I can't say that this
is an easy answer.

Enzymes might have been the answer but I hadn't read or heard about that
solution.  I would like to mention that pancrease as well as many other
enzymes have the possibility of being genetically engineered.  World-wide the
enzyme market is $1.3 billion industry.  For further information see
http://www.safe-food.org/-consumer/enzymes.html

Manufacturers of genetically engineered enzymes are not required to notify
the FDA that the enzymes are modified.  Even the FDA admits that the list of
GE enzymes is "probably incomplete." For some people this may be important to
know and I recognize for others it really doesn't matter. It matters to me
because I think we have no idea what the long-term effect will be on our
health and to the environment.  Of course the problem is that since there is
no labeling law or requirement to notify the FDA, one will not know whether
you are getting the real thing or the modified organism.   Consumers need to
be aware of what they are ingesting as foods and as medicines, as we are now
living in an era where all of this is getting very questionable...  Valerie
W. McClain, IBCLC

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