Livi’s Story (as told by her mother)…
Our daughter Olivia was diagnosed with high functioning autism at two and a half years of age. Immediately, we were advised to put her on the gluten free/casein free diet. It was quite a challenge because the only foods she wanted to eat were made up, of course, of milk and wheat.
At the time, we lived in a small town that did not have these specialty replacement foods readily available. We heard about Earth Fare and traveled more than an hour each way when we could to stock up on some of her favorites. The variety was wonderful. We could not believe there were so many options and that they were reasonably priced!
We started to see some significant progress but found ourselves giving in from time to time to let her have some of her favorites that were not on the diet, especially at school parties and holidays – the times when it was the hardest to keep the “old” foods away from her.
Recently, she was also diagnosed with celiac disease so we have to be 100% gluten free these days and I honestly don’t know how we would do it without Earth Fare! She loves going to the store and picking out her own food and snacks and I love knowing that they will help to keep her healthy and happy.
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