Hi, This is my first time posting. I was diagnosed four years ago when my symptoms would come and go, didn't pay much attention because it was manageable. After thinking when all of this started for me, I realized after my 3 c-sections the symptoms got worse after each one. Then last year I lost my job and the symptoms increased and increased. For the past year, I have been trying elimination diets and supplements. I did the Enterolab testing and my results are below. I needed a little help understanding them and what is the best approach for an elimination diet with my results. I have three small children and at times as I am sure for many of us, elimination diets can be frustrating (this is more of a venting statement for the last year of struggles). I would love any insight, thank you in advance and thank you to everyone for always sharing.. I have learned so much.
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score Less than 300 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 70 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 14 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 11 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 27 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 15 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
No significant immunological reactivity: Oat, Almond and Cashew
1+ Rice Pork and White Potato
2+ Corn, Chicken, Beef and Walnut
3+ Tuna
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Hi,
Welcome to the group. Your results are typical for many of us. They indicate that you need to avoid gluten, all dairy products, chicken eggs, all products containing soy or legumes, tuna, corn, chicken, beef, and walnut. Because you produce antibodies to tuna, you probably also are sensitive to salmon. Despite the fact that your oat result was negative, it would probably be prudent to avoid oats also, because most of us react to oats. The avenin in oats is very similar to the gluten in wheat, just at a lower concentration.
Yes, following a strict elimination diet is demanding and frustrating, especially when you have children that constantly demand attention, but it's really the only game in town if you want to get your life back and keep the disease under control without having to take powerful drugs for the rest of your life. Once you get into remission, life is so much more enjoyable that the incentive to follow the diet will make it much easier, and soon it will be the new norm.
If you haven't read Gabes' food selection guidelines yet, doing so might be helpful. Here's a link to that:
Suggested Eating Plan - Stage ONE
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
Welcome to the group. Your results are typical for many of us. They indicate that you need to avoid gluten, all dairy products, chicken eggs, all products containing soy or legumes, tuna, corn, chicken, beef, and walnut. Because you produce antibodies to tuna, you probably also are sensitive to salmon. Despite the fact that your oat result was negative, it would probably be prudent to avoid oats also, because most of us react to oats. The avenin in oats is very similar to the gluten in wheat, just at a lower concentration.
Yes, following a strict elimination diet is demanding and frustrating, especially when you have children that constantly demand attention, but it's really the only game in town if you want to get your life back and keep the disease under control without having to take powerful drugs for the rest of your life. Once you get into remission, life is so much more enjoyable that the incentive to follow the diet will make it much easier, and soon it will be the new norm.
If you haven't read Gabes' food selection guidelines yet, doing so might be helpful. Here's a link to that:
Suggested Eating Plan - Stage ONE
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
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