If 4/5 of your family is gluten intolerant, what do you about the 5th family member?

[Nosy]

4/5 of our family is definitely gluten intolerant, one kid is probably okay. We maintain a gluten free house and eat gluten free when we go out. I have been told that I'm cheating the other kid out of gluten because I don't let him have it either. This kid does have asthma so I do think that any inflammatory food is probably not healthy for him. What do you do in your family in this situation?

[mum4boys]

I would roll my eyes at whoever said you were cheating your non gluten intolerant kid. I am not a short order cook. There is plenty of opportunity in their life to experience gluten without you providing it.

[deditus]

Gluten free house. We don't go out to eat because of too many other intolerances.
If that person is old enough to "cheat" out of the house than there is probably nothing you can do about that, but I would maintain a gf household.

[tanyalynn]

Am I cheating my kids out of eggplant because I don't make it? What about millet, or buckwheat? I don't happen to use them, they're not problematic, I just use other GF grains. They need to get a life.

When the kid's old enough to make food choices away from home separate from the family, then we'd start talking, see how they feel, consider if they want to actually trial it (either just one day, or a few months).

And yeah, if that child has asthma, I'd really not want to add something in that's so problematic for so many people in so many different ways.

[2rubies]

I will tell you that my DH doesn't feel cheated. We have a gluten-free house because 3/5 of us seem to have issues with gluten. I figure it can only help the other two to avoid it, not hurt them. And DH gets his gluten "on the outside"

I'm laughing about the eggplant comment! I'm afraid my children may never know what peas taste like- bad memories from my childhood!

[karika]

gluten free. in your case it sounds like majority rules. protecting your family's health is best. gluten is probably not meant to be ingested by humans anyway. I bet your children get lots of nutritious made at home foods and that is not cheating them of anything! People that don't are the ones cheating their own health. dd1s father will not go GFCFSF with us, but he is a grown up. I just ask him to eat it stealthily to keep dd1 from begging for cheese I cannot let her have, and in most cases he eats our food with us also. He won't believe me about cc issues yet either, so I have to be diligent. If it was a child I would for sure be gluten free all around. when our children get older and make their own decisions, I suppose letting them have snacks in their room that are off limits to others, or a special cabinet may make sense. I believe gluten free is just healthier, so dd2 and I eat this way too, along with dd1.