Corn free, oat free diet

After Karsen's appointment on Tuesday, our doctor handed us a paper, a list of corn allergens. Here's what it said:

Corn allergen list

Acetic acid
Alcohol
Alpha tocopherol
Artificial flavoring a
Artificial sweeteners
Ascorbic acid
Astaxanthin
Baking powder
Barley malt
Bleached flour
Blended sugar (sugaridextrose)
Brown sugar
Calcium citrate
Calcium fumarate
Calcium gluconate
Calcium lactate
Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA)
Calcium stearate
Calcium stearoyl lactylate
Caramel and caramel color
Carbonmethylcellulose sodium
Cellulosemicrocrystalline
Cellulous, methyl
Cellulous, powdered
Cetearyl glucoside
Choline chloride
Citric acid
Citrus cloud emulsion (CCS)
Coco glycerides (cocoglycerides)
Confections sugar
Corn alcohol, corn gluten
Corn extract
Corn flour
Corn oil, corn oil margarine
Corn starch
Corn sweeteners, corn sugar
Corn syrup, corn syrup solids
Corn, pop corn, cornmeal,
Cornstarch, corn flour
Crosscarmellose sodium
Crystalline dextrose
Crystalline fructose
Cyclodextrin
DATUM(dough conditioner)
Decyl glucoside
Decyl poly glucose
Dextrin
Dextrose (also found in IV solutions)
Dextrose anything (such as monohydrate or anhydrous)
D-glauconic acid
Distilled white vinegar
Drying agent
Erythorbic acid
Erythorbic acid
Erythritol
Ethanol
Ethocel 20
Ethylcellulose
Ethylene
Ethyl acetate
Ethyl alcohol
Ethyl lactate
Ethyl maltol
Fibersol-2
Flavorings
Food starch
Fructose
Fruit juice concentrate
Fumaric acid
Germ/germ meal
Gluconate
Gluclonic acid
Glucono delta-lactone
Gluconolactone
Glucosamine
Glucose
Glucose syrup (also found in IV solutions)
Glutamate
Gluten
Gluten feed/meal
Glycerides
Glycerin
Glycerol
Golden syrup
High fructose corn syrup
Hominy
Honey
Hydrolyzed corn
Hydrolyzed corn protein
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
Hydroxypropyl methycellulose pthalate (HPMCP)
Inositol
Invert syrup or sugar
Iodized salt
Lactate
Lactice acid
Lauryl glucoside
Lecithin
Linoleic acid
Lysine
Magnesium fumarate
Maize
Malic acid
Malonic acid
Malt syrup from corn (barely malt is fine)
Malt, malt extract
Maltitol
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Mannitol
Methyl gluceth
Methyl glucose
Methyl glucoside
Methylcellulose
Microcrystalline cellulose
Modified cellulose gum
Modified corn starch
Modified food starch
Molasses (corn syrup may be present)
Mono and Di glycerides
Monosodium glutamate
MSG
Natural flavorings
Olestra/olean
Polenta
Polydetoxrose
Polylactic acid (PLA)
Polysorbates (e.g. Polysorbsate 80)
Polyvinyl acetate
Potassium citrate
Potassium fumarate
Potassium gluconate
Powdered sugar
Pregelatinized starch
Propionic acid
Propylene glycol
Propylene glycol monostearate
Saccharin
Salt (iodized)
Semolina (unless from wheat)
Simethicone
Sodium carboxymethylcellulose
Sodium citrate
Sodium erythorbate
Sodium fumarate
Sodium lactate
Sodium starch glycolate
Sodium stearoyl fumarate
Sorbate
Sorbic acid
Sorbitan
Sorbitan monooleate
Sorbitan Tri-oleate
Sorbitol
Sorghum (not all is bad, the syrup and/or grain CAN be mixed with corn)
Starch (any kind that is not specified)
Stearic acid
Stearoyls
Sucrose
Sugar (not identified as can or beet)
Threonine
Tocopherol (vitamin E)
Treacle (aka golden syrup)
Triethyl citrate
Unmodified starch
Vanilla, natural flavorings
Vanilla, pure or extract
Vanillin
Vegetable anything that's not specified
Vinegar, distilled white
Vinyl acetate
Vitamin C and vitamin E
Vitamins
Xanthan gum
Xylitol
Yeast
Zea mays
Zein


Are you tired? I am.
I decided after reading this I am growing and making all of our own food. Ok, slight exaggeration. But really, how much crap can you put in food and call it food? The things I didn't realize? Brown sugar, white distilled vinegar, bleached flour (not that it's good for you), honey, iodized salt, vanilla, and yeast! Ahhhh! Is there a corn free store??? I did however find a corn free yeast, it's red star (it's just yeast, like it should be). What was worse, as I was shopping today, if I found something corn free it had oats. Looks like I will be making all of our own bread and crackers. Oye!

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.....

Good bye eating out (anywhere, can't even go to people's houses) hello crunchy mama... Although let's be honest, I'm kind of already crunchy. Cloth diapering, Chaco wearing, ergo carrying mama over here. ;-)