Got entrolab results back. What can she Eat. She is 16 and taking this hard. She was never diagnosed with MC.
Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 285 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 64 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 44 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 41 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Oat
Grain toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Corn
Grain toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Rice
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: Beef
Meat toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Pork
Nuts:
Nut toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Almond
Nut toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Walnut
Nut toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Cashew
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.
Need advice for my daughter
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HI Lando,
Welcome....and don't worry there are foods to be eaten
These results look pretty typical with our MC syndrome, and as we heal the new foods we begin to eat don't seem so foreign and are rather welcome.
A few foods to consider right now are Steamed White Rice, All Pork variations (plus any wild game, Lamb, and Turkey which we don't seem to react to), and Cashews To this you can add other beginner foods over good veggies (perhaps carrot, squash, sweet potato - remember this is to begin with there will be others to add later). If there is no WD at this time pear is a good starter fruit.
I make a bone broth soup (I use Cornish hen bones because I can't tolerate beef and don't want to over stimulate myself with chicken, but lamb and turkey would work too). This Base has awesome healing properties for the gut and to it I add Gluten free Tikiyada noodles and carrot and celery with Sea salt to my taste liking and turn it into a great poultry noodle soup.
Along with this there are the supplements of Vitd3 and Magnesium which I wouldn't have been able to heal without. I am in my 6 month now. I have a post that has tons of information for this beginning stage, everything from the grief stages to the what for on food ideas if you would like to read it is here http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21173
Good luck, and keep asking questions!
Cheers
Erica
Welcome....and don't worry there are foods to be eaten
These results look pretty typical with our MC syndrome, and as we heal the new foods we begin to eat don't seem so foreign and are rather welcome.
A few foods to consider right now are Steamed White Rice, All Pork variations (plus any wild game, Lamb, and Turkey which we don't seem to react to), and Cashews
To this you can add other beginner foods over good veggies (perhaps carrot, squash, sweet potato - remember this is to begin with there will be others to add later). If there is no WD at this time pear is a good starter fruit.I make a bone broth soup (I use Cornish hen bones because I can't tolerate beef and don't want to over stimulate myself with chicken, but lamb and turkey would work too). This Base has awesome healing properties for the gut and to it I add Gluten free Tikiyada noodles and carrot and celery with Sea salt to my taste liking and turn it into a great poultry noodle soup.
Along with this there are the supplements of Vitd3 and Magnesium which I wouldn't have been able to heal without. I am in my 6 month now. I have a post that has tons of information for this beginning stage, everything from the grief stages to the what for on food ideas if you would like to read it is here http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21173
Good luck, and keep asking questions!
Cheers
Erica
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Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
Dx LC April 2012 had symptoms since Aug 2007
I'm sorry that your daughter is having to deal with this. Living with and treating this disease is no fun at any age, but it's especially a burden during the active teen years. I agree with Erica that similar results are rather common for this disease. Here's a modified copy of some information I posted for a new member yesterday:
The digestive system heals slowly. It often takes half a year or longer for the diet changes to allow enough intestinal healing for the diarrhea to completely stop. For some of us, it can take up to a year, depending on how well we respond to the diet changes. But some of us begin to show improvement much sooner, sometimes after just a few weeks. The main point is, by eating safe foods that do not cause your immune system to produce antibodies, your digestive system will be able to slowly heal.
But because of the slow healing, we have to follow a simple, bland diet for months, in order to promote healing. It is usually safe to add a few other foods that are known to be safe for almost all of us, but if we start adding too many foods to soon, we can suffer a relapse, and have to start over. The key to the shortest recovery time is to keep the diet simple and bland, with a few simple foods known to be safe, cooked at home, while avoiding commercially-processed foods. After we have been in remission for a few months or more, then it is usually safe to try to reintroduce (one at a time) fruits and more vegetables, and even raw fruits and vegetables, but it's way too soon to be considering that when you are just starting out on your path to recovery.
The following meats are usually safe for most of us: turkey, lamb, duck, goose, pheasant, quail, rabbit, venison, or other wild-type meats (except for bison — most bison have DNA from domestic cattle).
Most of us (but not everyone) can tolerate carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes, also. Vegetables such as well-cooked broccoli and green beans are also usually safe, but broccoli can cause gas problems for some of us. Most of us (but not everyone) can tolerate regular Irish potatoes. Some of us can use quinoa or buckwheat as a substitute for grains, but as Erica pointed out, if one can't live without eating grain, rice is the least likely of the common grains to cause problems. It's important to minimize fiber and sugar (especially fruit sugar) while we are recovering, and absolutely all artificial sweeteners should be totally avoided.
Refined coconut oil usually works best for cooking, and olive oil can also be used as "dressing" on vegetables or even meats, if desired.
I hope that some of this is helpful.
Tex
The digestive system heals slowly. It often takes half a year or longer for the diet changes to allow enough intestinal healing for the diarrhea to completely stop. For some of us, it can take up to a year, depending on how well we respond to the diet changes. But some of us begin to show improvement much sooner, sometimes after just a few weeks. The main point is, by eating safe foods that do not cause your immune system to produce antibodies, your digestive system will be able to slowly heal.
But because of the slow healing, we have to follow a simple, bland diet for months, in order to promote healing. It is usually safe to add a few other foods that are known to be safe for almost all of us, but if we start adding too many foods to soon, we can suffer a relapse, and have to start over. The key to the shortest recovery time is to keep the diet simple and bland, with a few simple foods known to be safe, cooked at home, while avoiding commercially-processed foods. After we have been in remission for a few months or more, then it is usually safe to try to reintroduce (one at a time) fruits and more vegetables, and even raw fruits and vegetables, but it's way too soon to be considering that when you are just starting out on your path to recovery.
The following meats are usually safe for most of us: turkey, lamb, duck, goose, pheasant, quail, rabbit, venison, or other wild-type meats (except for bison — most bison have DNA from domestic cattle).
Most of us (but not everyone) can tolerate carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes, also. Vegetables such as well-cooked broccoli and green beans are also usually safe, but broccoli can cause gas problems for some of us. Most of us (but not everyone) can tolerate regular Irish potatoes. Some of us can use quinoa or buckwheat as a substitute for grains, but as Erica pointed out, if one can't live without eating grain, rice is the least likely of the common grains to cause problems. It's important to minimize fiber and sugar (especially fruit sugar) while we are recovering, and absolutely all artificial sweeteners should be totally avoided.
Refined coconut oil usually works best for cooking, and olive oil can also be used as "dressing" on vegetables or even meats, if desired.
I hope that some of this is helpful.
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.