Tex,
Thank you so much!! i appreciate your explanations and patience with me.
I have never ever had a food allergy, sensitivity or intolerance in my life( i am 59) so this is all so new and confusing to me.
i could careless about gluten, dairy, oats and eggs, it was easy giving them up 6 weeks ago.
The corn issue (2+) bothers me ALOT! i couldnt careless about eating corn, but its derivites are in everything.
Can i still take the Centrum multi? There are literally no multi vitamins (at least that i can find) without corn?
Do i have to avoid all lotions, shampoos, tylenol, foods with derivites of corn, now?
Or because my 11 antigenic foods score was 9, i am safe ?
This is why i am confused, if i reacted to something, how can i be safe?
Thank you for yoru help, time, and support
Jen
vit d question
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As I said in my previous response, if your overall score was 9, the results on those 11 foods are all irrelevant. Ignore those results.
I can't guarantee that any food is safe for you, because you might be reacting to a protein that isn't tested. That's unlikely, but possible. But I can guarantee that the results of that test are irrelevant, if your overall score was less than 10.
Worry causes stress, and stress causes inflammation. Don't let unnecessary worry (which is all worry) dominate your thoughts. Life's too short to waste it worrying. Unless you have to run to the bathroom when you eat corn, just assume it's safe and eat it.
Tex
I can't guarantee that any food is safe for you, because you might be reacting to a protein that isn't tested. That's unlikely, but possible. But I can guarantee that the results of that test are irrelevant, if your overall score was less than 10.
Worry causes stress, and stress causes inflammation. Don't let unnecessary worry (which is all worry) dominate your thoughts. Life's too short to waste it worrying. Unless you have to run to the bathroom when you eat corn, just assume it's safe and eat it.
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.
Thank you Tex,
i just want to do the right thing.
So far i have followed everything you have advised.
If you were me would you be comfortable taking the Centrum Silver multi everyday, even tho it contains corn?
I am a high strung person, perfectionist and i do worry excessivley, thats why i started doing pilates again, as you suggested on page 275, in your book.
Jen
i just want to do the right thing.
So far i have followed everything you have advised.
If you were me would you be comfortable taking the Centrum Silver multi everyday, even tho it contains corn?
I am a high strung person, perfectionist and i do worry excessivley, thats why i started doing pilates again, as you suggested on page 275, in your book.
Jen
Jen,
Here's how I view our current lot in life:
We have to come to terms with the fact that there are no absolutes in this world, with the exception of one — our lease on life is finite (IOW, our lifetime is limited and it will eventually be over). Everything we do every day contains some degree of risk, regardless of how cautious we might try to be. The only way to thrive (not just survive) and enjoy life, is to relax, accept, and make the most of the cards in life that we have been dealt. We can try to change for the better, anything that needs to be changed, and can be changed, and never spend time worrying about the things that we can't change. Life is so much more enjoyable when we don't spend any time worrying about the things that will probably never happen, anyway.
I hope that some of this is helpful.
Tex
Here's how I view our current lot in life:
We have to come to terms with the fact that there are no absolutes in this world, with the exception of one — our lease on life is finite (IOW, our lifetime is limited and it will eventually be over). Everything we do every day contains some degree of risk, regardless of how cautious we might try to be. The only way to thrive (not just survive) and enjoy life, is to relax, accept, and make the most of the cards in life that we have been dealt. We can try to change for the better, anything that needs to be changed, and can be changed, and never spend time worrying about the things that we can't change. Life is so much more enjoyable when we don't spend any time worrying about the things that will probably never happen, anyway.
Certainly, after I had been in remission for a while. I do take it, and I actually reacted to corn and had to avoid all derivatives of corn while I was recovering. Your test was negative, so why would you worry about avoiding it?Jen wrote:If you were me would you be comfortable taking the Centrum Silver multi everyday, even tho it contains corn?
Most of us were high strung, prior to the onset of MC. Virtually all of us were type A overachievers and perfectionists. That's what made us prime targets for MC in the first place. Those among us who reach remission easily, and easily remain in remission, are those who learn to shift down a gear or two, learn how to deal with stress, and stop trying to perform at a level above our present abilities, because those abilities are now probably permanently reduced. We have to learn how to take care of our unique needs, and stop spending so much effort trying to take care of other's needs. To some degree, our day of reckoning has arrived, so we have to rearrange our priorities, and the way we approach life. After we learn to adjust, we can get on with our lives, resume appropriate activities, and begin to enjoy life again. At least, that's how I look at our situation.Jen wrote:I am a high strung person, perfectionist and i do worry excessivley
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.
Forget that 2+ for corn. Es macht nichts. Your overall score is below 10, and that overrules and negates everything in that test. You must really love to worry. This is a perfect example of unnecessary worry due to conjuring up something to worry about where nothing to be concerned about previously existed.
And now that I've spent so much time trying to convince you not to worry about corn, you're probably going to come up sensitive to corn for some rare reason, and I'll have to fall on my sword, or jump off a tall building because of the shame and disgrace.
Tex
And now that I've spent so much time trying to convince you not to worry about corn, you're probably going to come up sensitive to corn for some rare reason, and I'll have to fall on my sword, or jump off a tall building because of the shame and disgrace.
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.
I hear you, and I'm not really frustrated, even though that previous post might sound like it. You sound like me and many others, when we first set out to try to conquer this disease. In many cases, making all the lifestyle changes, and trying to get all our ducks in a row so that we can actually make some progress in controlling our symptoms so that we can get our lives back, can seem like an overwhelming task. But as someone here pointed out a few days ago, you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.
This is not an easy disease to control, but you'll be able to do it, because you're dedicated, and you're motivated. And once you gain the upper hand, it gets easier every day. It takes hard work and perseverance, but one day you'll wake up and realize that it was all worth it, because you've got your life back.
Good night Jen.
Tex
This is not an easy disease to control, but you'll be able to do it, because you're dedicated, and you're motivated. And once you gain the upper hand, it gets easier every day. It takes hard work and perseverance, but one day you'll wake up and realize that it was all worth it, because you've got your life back.
Good night Jen.
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.
That could be. I don't recall the type of vitamin D in Centrum. It may not be very absorbable. I usually ignore the amounts of most vitamins in the multi when I'm choosing supplements, because they're sort of negligible amounts, for all practical purposes.
Tex
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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Re: vit d question
My vitamin D level hovered around 18-20. I started taking 2,000 IU of liquid D3 from lanolin , but my level only increased to 24. It wasn't until I started taking 8,000-10,000 a day that I finally tested at 54.
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Re: vit d question
Interesting discussion on the role of Vit D, sleep quality, and the impact on health:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74F22bjBmqE
Somewhere the doc mentions the impact on health of society moving indoors in the 18th century--intriguing stuff. Also B vitamins are necessary to complement the D.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74F22bjBmqE
Somewhere the doc mentions the impact on health of society moving indoors in the 18th century--intriguing stuff. Also B vitamins are necessary to complement the D.