Hey Amber, Tex is right. One food at a time. I had to do it this way because I couldn't get results from the Enterolab tests . Some people on this forum react to different meats. Some of us have big problems with night shades and others can't eat fruit ( because of the sugars). Hang in there sweetie and try to be patient. I hope you find your answers soon.
Leah
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Leah,
How do you do one food at the time? Like eat that one food for several days? I am not too clear on the method...I need to know for myself because I am far from having found the solution yet...I am eating very few foods but I may need to tighten up.. I am waiting to hear from enterolab to have a foundation.
Thanks,
Monique
How do you do one food at the time? Like eat that one food for several days? I am not too clear on the method...I need to know for myself because I am far from having found the solution yet...I am eating very few foods but I may need to tighten up.. I am waiting to hear from enterolab to have a foundation.
Thanks,
Monique
Diagnosed 2011 with LC. Currently on Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
Good question Monique. I guess you have to know what protein and cooked veggies are best for you to start with. For me, I could eat chicken ( and it's broth), rice, and cooked green beans with no ill effects. Once I knew that, I added one thing at a time to those few things. Beef is also very good for me. Apple sauce and a few canned peaches gave me my "sweet" when I needed one. Once I knew that rice was okay for me, I found a rice chip I could enjoy ... and so on. While I was doing this, I also started Entocort, so I stayed with mostly meats, rice, and cooked veggies for a good three months ( to give my gut time to heal). I seemed to get better as time went on because I was able to taper the Entocort. It slowly starts to give you C when you don't need it. As I was on less drugs, I was able to fine tune and test more things. I found some things that were good ( like corn tortillas) and some that were not ( like watermelon) without going into a full flare for too long.
We are all different though. Go slow! That's the best advise I can give and don't test foods when you aren't doing well.
I like your posts also!
Leah
We are all different though. Go slow! That's the best advise I can give and don't test foods when you aren't doing well.
I like your posts also!
Leah
Monique,
To make this work you have to start with what's known as an "exclusion diet" that excludes all of your food sensitivities, and then when you are stable (in remission), you test "new" foods one at a time. Of course, the problem is that many of us can't figure out an exclusion diet that actually works, because we have non-typical food sensitivities and we always have symptoms. When we're reacting, we can't accurately tell if we're sensitive to a "new" food or not — we can only do that when we have no significant ongoing symptoms. That's one of the reasons why the EnteroLab test results can be so beneficial, because they allow us to discover food sensitivities even though we're in the middle of an active reaction.
Tex
To make this work you have to start with what's known as an "exclusion diet" that excludes all of your food sensitivities, and then when you are stable (in remission), you test "new" foods one at a time. Of course, the problem is that many of us can't figure out an exclusion diet that actually works, because we have non-typical food sensitivities and we always have symptoms. When we're reacting, we can't accurately tell if we're sensitive to a "new" food or not — we can only do that when we have no significant ongoing symptoms. That's one of the reasons why the EnteroLab test results can be so beneficial, because they allow us to discover food sensitivities even though we're in the middle of an active reaction.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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tex wrote:Monique,
To make this work you have to start with what's known as an "exclusion diet" that excludes all of your food sensitivities, and then when you are stable (in remission), you test "new" foods one at a time. Of course, the problem is that many of us can't figure out an exclusion diet that actually works, because we have non-typical food sensitivities and we always have symptoms. When we're reacting, we can't accurately tell if we're sensitive to a "new" food or not — we can only do that when we have no significant ongoing symptoms. That's one of the reasons why the EnteroLab test results can be so beneficial, because they allow us to discover food sensitivities even though we're in the middle of an active reaction.
Tex
That's the problem I have, Tex. By eating a limited diet I have managed to stop the D but I still have a lot of gastrointestinal symptoms 242/7 that are hard to characterize and don't fall neatly into any of the available medical categories. I cannot tell if these symptoms are just the result of a lifetime of damage that will take more time to heal and/or perhaps remain with me forever, or whether I am still eating something that is making things worse and I need to adjust my diet more, although I only eat about 15 foods so it's not like there is a likely culprit. Enterolab did help immensely but questions still remain. Being able to live with uncertainty can be challenging but I am working on it. Meditation can help.
Jean