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Jane, I have four children, and the oldest three are visual learners, meaning that they learn almost by osmosis. We homeschool, and they were all incredibly easy to teach and high performers. Sierra, who is 14 now, is a kinesthetic learner. Instead of her painlessly learning to read at 3 or 4, we dropped everything else until we succeeded in making her learn to read when she was 7.
Sierra started doing annual testing at age 8, and was consistently two, three, or more years behind her grade level. She went gluten-free in March of her 7th grade year, and when she tested in that May, her scores were on the 10th grade level. I wondered if they would be better because in the two months being gluten-free she had gone from having to be reminded over and over to do her homework to not only doing it without being reminded but being ahead in her work in some subjects.
Hope this helps!
Marliss Bombardier
Dum spiro, spero -- While I breathe, I hope
Psoriasis - the dark ages
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - Dec 2001
Collagenous Colitis - Sept 2010
Granuloma Annulare - June 2011
Jean wrote:Tex, I wonder with this number being fairly low, could this be the reason I did not get a reaction to beef even though it was listed as most reactive?
Possibly, or your reaction may be similar to mine. Beef did not cause me to have D. Instead, it caused minor bloating, after a few hours, along with upper back and shoulder pain, which would lead to a mild to mediocre headache a few hours to a half-day later. After about a day, the symptoms would be gone. Early on, I never even noticed the symptoms. After I got my diet mostly correct, and most of my other issues under control, then I happened to notice those symptoms after I would eat beef. At least a couple of other members have posted that they had a similar experience with beef.
With a score of 11, your most reactive foods will almost surely be more likely to cause obvious symptoms than your least sensitive foods, but sometimes situations such as these can be tricky, so there are no hard and fast rules. Just as with the MRT results, careful trial and error testing can help to confirm ranking results, and verify that low risk foods are safe, (and that higher-risk foods are not safe, if you care to investigate the riskier ones).
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.
Thanks, Tex. I need to pay more attention to my reactions. I was thinking that if a food didn't cause D or make me feel bloated it was fine. Need to start some fine tuning!
That's a truly impressive turnaround. You really should write a book about her life and her experiences. It could benefit a lot of families.
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.
MBombardier wrote:Barb, I know just how you feel about spending all that money and having results that may or may not line up with experience. But I am sure that they will prove helpful anyway, in some form or another. The best money I spent was on the gene testing. I found out that I have two genes, and passed down one to each of my kids. My oldest has autoimmune hepatitis, which is liver damage caused by gluten, and she would not have had that diagnosis if she had not told the MD about my gene testing. My youngest, who struggled with severe ADD and acne, improved enormously in both areas when we took her off gluten because of my gene testing.
I kept a food journal for a while when I thought I was reacting to everything, but then I just went back to the standard chicken soup with carrots and applesauce because keeping a pooh diary is so time-consuming. I finally decided to focus on what I can eat, which is basically Paleo. Nowadays, when it sounds like WWIII in my gut I know I have eaten something I shouldn't, and it's usually quite easy to figure out the culprit.
My lifesaver has been Pinterest. There are some really talented cooks out there who are dealing with the same intolerances we are, and who blog. Sooner or later, their recipes are pinned, and I see them. My profile there is MBombardier if you are on there and want to look at my boards. I've pinned many more recipes than I have tried, of course.
It's coming up Spring, and last year I had a horrible time with my food when I was reacting to the usual allergy suspects. But I have high hopes that this year things will be better. We'll see...
I love your Cockatiel picture. We have a gorgeous lutino which doesn't have a bald spot. She can't be shown because she doesn't have a leg band, but I have considered breeding her. She is spoiled rotten.
Thanks for your comments....it's really eye-opening to read all of these stories. I didn't have the gene test because we have no children, however my 2 nephews and niece have TERRIBLE allergies and asthma. One nephew can't each much at all but he says that gluten did NOT show up for him (however he didn't have the stool sample...he had some special blood tests). I would guess that he IS gluten intolerant though. He has terrible skin issues and asthma. I would guess if he would go GF, he would be alot better.
I'll check out the Pinterest. I have to take this steps in small amounts. I did find a GF bread in our local grocery store that actually tastes pretty good but it's $5.99 for a small loaf....gee.... why is this stuff so expensive? Do you make your own bread or purchase it?
