The longer we have been reacting, the higher our antibody levels will be, and the longer it will take them to decay to below the threshold at which they will trigger a positive test result, after we eliminate those foods from our diet. Anti-gliadin antibodies decay very slowly (their half-life is 120 days). So for most of us, the EnteroLab tests are so sensitive that they can still detect gluten sensitivity at least a year after gluten is removed from the diet. And for many of us, the tests can still detect a gluten sensitivity for up to to 2 years after gluten is withdrawn from the diet.Lori wrote:I just have to find out if it is too late, since I am on the meds and changed my diet.
The half-life of most other food antibodies is roughly 6 days, so the tests won't detect them as long after they are eliminated from the diet. In most cases though, food sensitivities can still be detected at least 3 or 4 months after the foods have been eliminated from the diet, and some members have received positive test results even though they had been avoiding a food for roughly 6 months or so. It all depends on how high your antibody levels were before you changed your diet, and how much time has elapsed before taking the sample.
Entocort can be a problem in the long run, because after 10 or 12 months at full dose it can begin to suppress the immune system (which would suppress antibody levels), but most members have found that if budesonide hasn't been used for more than roughly 6 months or so before the sample is taken, the test results will usually be reliable.
Everyone is different of course, so YMMV, but this is what we have found to be generally true, in most cases.
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