(A + C) Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
(Combines Panels A and C at a discounted price)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 29 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 87 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 29 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 35 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 45 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Interpretation of Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods: Overall, there was only a modest amount of immunological reactivity detected to these antigenic foods in terms of fecal IgA production.
Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Oat
Grain toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Rice
Grain toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Corn
Meats:
Meat toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Tuna
Meat toward which you were next most immunologically reactive: Chicken
Meat toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Pork
Meat toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Beef
Nuts:
Nut toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Almond
Nut toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Cashew
Nut toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Walnut
Nightshades:
You displayed immunologic reactivity to white potato, the member of the nightshade family usually consumed most often and in greatest quantities. While this does not necessarily mean you would react to all other nightshade foods (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant), it is possible. In the realm of elimination diets for immunologic disorders, nightshades are usually eliminated as the entire food class (i.e., all four previously mentioned foods in this class). This is especially important to the clinical setting of arthritis.
Enterolab results in. Please take a look and give opinion
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Enterolab results in. Please take a look and give opinion
Diagnosed with MC - May 2012
Bummer! Looks as though you had positive results on all of the common food sensitivities.
At least now you know what foods you have to avoid. Recovery will require some careful meal planning, but it's doable.
Do you mind if I add your results to our compiled list here?
Tex
At least now you know what foods you have to avoid. Recovery will require some careful meal planning, but it's doable.
Do you mind if I add your results to our compiled list here?
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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Jan,
Your results are very similar to mine. You can check mine out on the Enterolab results thread. I am here to report that it is possible to eat well while eliminating all those foods. I have had no gluten, no dairy, no eggs, no soy for a year now. I also eliminated all the foods to which I had either a high or a moderate reaction, no chicken, rice, beef or corn among others. I still eat those that I had a low reaction to. It really isn't all that hard. It's more a psychological thing. I tell myself I am lucky to now know what to avoid. Looking at the way I eat as a gift I give myself rather than a deprivation really helps. Good luck.
Jean
Your results are very similar to mine. You can check mine out on the Enterolab results thread. I am here to report that it is possible to eat well while eliminating all those foods. I have had no gluten, no dairy, no eggs, no soy for a year now. I also eliminated all the foods to which I had either a high or a moderate reaction, no chicken, rice, beef or corn among others. I still eat those that I had a low reaction to. It really isn't all that hard. It's more a psychological thing. I tell myself I am lucky to now know what to avoid. Looking at the way I eat as a gift I give myself rather than a deprivation really helps. Good luck.
Jean
Jean is right. I'm the same and it is totally do-able but annoying at times. I ride the roller coaster of being good with knowing my limitations or becoming a total bear because I want to eat some of my old comfort foods. It has gotten easier and I don't miss the processed foods much anymore. It does take some planning- but is worth the effort.
Jan,
My diet is really very simple with not a whole lot of difference between breakfast lunch and dinner. I buy almost all single ingredient foods. For protein I eat only pork, lamb and cod. I buy either ground pork and lamb or pork roasts and lamb roasts. The ground meats I divide into 1/4 pound burgers, place each in an old fashion from freezer to stove top corning ware "grab it" container and cook it on the top of the stove slowly over low heat (that way I don't have to watch it very carefully) The roasts I do in a crock pot with a little water and seasoning. After they are cooked I divide them into about 1/4 pound servings and freeze the individual portions. Just this past week I splurged. I bought a duck and made something called Shanghai duck substituting coconut aminos for the soy sauce and honey for the sugar that is usually called for It is the fanciest dish I have made in a long time and a change from my usually simple meals. I wouldn't suggest it for someone trying to get things under control. The cod I also divide into 1/4 pound portions, put them in the same "grab it" containers and cook on the top of the stove with some coconut oil and seasoning.
My primary vegetable is kale. I like making kale chips. I also can eat swiss chard or collards which I steam and eat with coconut oil or olive oil. I eat a few different berries now (blueberries, goji berries and mulberries) but wouldn't suggest them for someone in the beginning. I also make a big pot of bone broth about once a week and have a cup or 2 every day. Since I can't eat chicken I order either pork bones or lamb bones from Slankers Meat (http://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/) where the price for the bones is fairly low. I also eat nut butters. I buy almond butter and make my own macadamia nut butter by grinding the nuts in a food processor and adding a little macadamia nut oil. This I eat straight from the jar with a spoon.
And that's pretty much it except for coffee and green tea. I pay a lot of attention to the quality of my food, grass fed or pastured meats, organic produce and nuts, only wild fish. I also don't go out to eat. It seems to be working so I figure however deprived this may sound to anyone else, it offers me a whole lot more freedom than living my life in the bathroom.
Hope that helps.
Jean
My diet is really very simple with not a whole lot of difference between breakfast lunch and dinner. I buy almost all single ingredient foods. For protein I eat only pork, lamb and cod. I buy either ground pork and lamb or pork roasts and lamb roasts. The ground meats I divide into 1/4 pound burgers, place each in an old fashion from freezer to stove top corning ware "grab it" container and cook it on the top of the stove slowly over low heat (that way I don't have to watch it very carefully) The roasts I do in a crock pot with a little water and seasoning. After they are cooked I divide them into about 1/4 pound servings and freeze the individual portions. Just this past week I splurged. I bought a duck and made something called Shanghai duck substituting coconut aminos for the soy sauce and honey for the sugar that is usually called for It is the fanciest dish I have made in a long time and a change from my usually simple meals. I wouldn't suggest it for someone trying to get things under control. The cod I also divide into 1/4 pound portions, put them in the same "grab it" containers and cook on the top of the stove with some coconut oil and seasoning.
My primary vegetable is kale. I like making kale chips. I also can eat swiss chard or collards which I steam and eat with coconut oil or olive oil. I eat a few different berries now (blueberries, goji berries and mulberries) but wouldn't suggest them for someone in the beginning. I also make a big pot of bone broth about once a week and have a cup or 2 every day. Since I can't eat chicken I order either pork bones or lamb bones from Slankers Meat (http://www.texasgrassfedbeef.com/) where the price for the bones is fairly low. I also eat nut butters. I buy almond butter and make my own macadamia nut butter by grinding the nuts in a food processor and adding a little macadamia nut oil. This I eat straight from the jar with a spoon.
And that's pretty much it except for coffee and green tea. I pay a lot of attention to the quality of my food, grass fed or pastured meats, organic produce and nuts, only wild fish. I also don't go out to eat. It seems to be working so I figure however deprived this may sound to anyone else, it offers me a whole lot more freedom than living my life in the bathroom.
Hope that helps.
Jean
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I am the same--no grains, no legumes, no dairy, no eggs, little to no sugar. After a while, it becomes second nature, especially when you start feeling well again.
I only eat a couple of times a day, usually, and eat the same at breakfast as I do at supper. I am staying with my son and d-i-l for a few weeks while my d-i-l works on keeping our second granddaughter where she belongs until she's ready to meet the world, and they eat breakfast foods. I was just thinking a couple of days ago about how far I've come from the days when eating leftovers for breakfast was just not done. I did manage to stick leftover fajita steak and veggies in my d-i-l's omelet yesterday.
I only eat a couple of times a day, usually, and eat the same at breakfast as I do at supper. I am staying with my son and d-i-l for a few weeks while my d-i-l works on keeping our second granddaughter where she belongs until she's ready to meet the world, and they eat breakfast foods. I was just thinking a couple of days ago about how far I've come from the days when eating leftovers for breakfast was just not done. I did manage to stick leftover fajita steak and veggies in my d-i-l's omelet yesterday.
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
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
Oh, I'm so sorry that you are showing so many reaction foods. It looks like you would be OK with Beef, walnuts, and corn products ( tortillas, polenta or grits, maybe corn chex with coconut milk?) if you are looking for a little variety. Once you heal and feel better, you might be able to test some of your medium reaction foods one at a time to see if you've healed enough to be OK. I have been able to add many things back in since my journey started..... just not any of the "big four"
Good luck Jan
Leah
Good luck Jan
Leah