I see that Gluten and Soy are for sure culprits...but with cow's milk being an 8..can I consider it safe to go back to?
Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 35 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 8 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 4 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 18 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Expanded Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 8 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+)
Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Oat
Meats:
Meat toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Tuna
My Entrolab results are in..
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ladyathome
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Yes, you will be able to resume eating dairy products after you are in remission, but please remember that everyone who has enteritis (intestinal inflammation) is unable to produce adequate amounts of lactase enzyme (which is necessary for digesting lactose), so until your inflammation diminishes, you will continue to be lactose intolerant (so you will need to avoid dairy products until you are in remission). Of course, if you just can't wait until you are in remission, you may be able to use lactose-free dairy products.
This has nothing to do with casein, as you are probably aware. Lactose is the most common milk sugar in dairy products, whereas casein is the most common protein in dairy products. IOW, for most of us, lactose intolerance is temporary, but if we happen to be sensitive to casein, that is almost always a permanent sensitivity.
Like many of us, it appears that you may also need to avoid oats, and possibly tuna. IMO, if oats causes a reaction then it will almost surely prove to be a permanent problem, whereas tuna may possibly be only a temporary problem (but that will need to be determined by trial and error testing after you have been in stable remission for a while).
Do you mind if I add your test results to our collection?
Tex
This has nothing to do with casein, as you are probably aware. Lactose is the most common milk sugar in dairy products, whereas casein is the most common protein in dairy products. IOW, for most of us, lactose intolerance is temporary, but if we happen to be sensitive to casein, that is almost always a permanent sensitivity.
Like many of us, it appears that you may also need to avoid oats, and possibly tuna. IMO, if oats causes a reaction then it will almost surely prove to be a permanent problem, whereas tuna may possibly be only a temporary problem (but that will need to be determined by trial and error testing after you have been in stable remission for a while).
Do you mind if I add your test results to our collection?
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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ladyathome
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Thank you for your reply Tex. Yes, you are welcome to post the results!
Just to clarify...the fact that I was under 10 with Cow's milk means I am not casein intolerant correct? But, I don't produce the enzymes to digest lactose until some more healing has taken place. Sorry if you are having to re-explain what you just said, I just wanted to make sure I understood what you said.
Oats aren't an issue to me, not fond of them! I do love seared tuna! Explains why I was sick over Christmas...Seared Tuna with soy sauce/wasabi (tuna, soy, and hidden gluten)! That's usually the first thing I order on a menu when I eat out!
I will go slowly introducing the other foods I have cut, but I'm thankful that my results were limited.
Just to clarify...the fact that I was under 10 with Cow's milk means I am not casein intolerant correct? But, I don't produce the enzymes to digest lactose until some more healing has taken place. Sorry if you are having to re-explain what you just said, I just wanted to make sure I understood what you said.
Oats aren't an issue to me, not fond of them! I do love seared tuna! Explains why I was sick over Christmas...Seared Tuna with soy sauce/wasabi (tuna, soy, and hidden gluten)! That's usually the first thing I order on a menu when I eat out!
I will go slowly introducing the other foods I have cut, but I'm thankful that my results were limited.
Yes, you're interpreting the results correctly. Even people who just have a case of the flu are lactose intolerant until the inflammation subsides.
We probably still produce some lactase enzyme when we have enteritis, we just don't produce enough to digest very much lactose. Of course this varies by the individual, and many people who are permanently classified as lactose intolerant can still digest a cup or milk, or maybe as much as a pint of milk per day, but anything above whatever our personal limit happens to be, will cause the symptoms of lactose intolerance (gas, bloating, cramps, and D).
To expand on this a bit, as our intestinal inflammation level continues to increase, we will also become unable to produce adequate amounts of the enzymes needed to digest other types of sugars. That's why so many of us have problems digesting various sugars and carbs after we have been sick for an extended period. We lose the ability to produce the necessary enzymes, in a sequential order. As we heal, and the inflammation subsides, we will begin to recapture our ability to once again produce those enzymes, and this will occur in reverse sequential order. IOW, lactase will be the first enzyme that we will lose the ability to produce, when inflammation occurs, and as we heal, the normal production of lactase enzyme will be the last one to return.
Tex
We probably still produce some lactase enzyme when we have enteritis, we just don't produce enough to digest very much lactose. Of course this varies by the individual, and many people who are permanently classified as lactose intolerant can still digest a cup or milk, or maybe as much as a pint of milk per day, but anything above whatever our personal limit happens to be, will cause the symptoms of lactose intolerance (gas, bloating, cramps, and D).
To expand on this a bit, as our intestinal inflammation level continues to increase, we will also become unable to produce adequate amounts of the enzymes needed to digest other types of sugars. That's why so many of us have problems digesting various sugars and carbs after we have been sick for an extended period. We lose the ability to produce the necessary enzymes, in a sequential order. As we heal, and the inflammation subsides, we will begin to recapture our ability to once again produce those enzymes, and this will occur in reverse sequential order. IOW, lactase will be the first enzyme that we will lose the ability to produce, when inflammation occurs, and as we heal, the normal production of lactase enzyme will be the last one to return.
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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ladyathome
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Leah,
Personally, I have a hunch that you will someday be able to safely eat fruit. Too much sorbitol still causes me to have D, but that's not surprising in view of the fact that no one (in the general population) can digest very much of the sugar alcohols, so we're all in the same boat with the sugar alcohols.
Tex
Personally, I have a hunch that you will someday be able to safely eat fruit. Too much sorbitol still causes me to have D, but that's not surprising in view of the fact that no one (in the general population) can digest very much of the sugar alcohols, so we're all in the same boat with the sugar alcohols.
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.