Enterolab Results and oh holy cow, what to eat!

[slowpony]

I’m actually glad I did the test because it explains why I couldn’t easily pinpoint a cause even with the elimination diet I tried.
However, it is a hard pill to swallow because now I’m not sure what to eat. I spotted recipes by joining this group so thank you for the ideas! I have some questions though and I would appreciate help.
I get that my top foods should be avoided (cashew, corn, and chicken). But what about those ranked the least such as rice or white potatoes, or beef?
The tuna result was interesting because I honestly don’t think I’ve eaten it for a year or more. Thoughts?
It looks like I can’t have cow’s milk which I love so I need a substitute. Looking at my results, I’m not sure what would work. Help please?

Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 24 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 68 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 34 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Fecal Anti-soy IgA 17 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 31 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)

While all of the foods tested can be immune-stimulating, the hierarchy of reactions detected were as follows:

Food to which there was no significant immunological reactivity: None
Food to which there was some immunological reactivity (1+): White potato
Food to which there was moderate immunological reactivity (2+): Oat, Rice, Pork, Tuna, Beef, Almond, Walnut
Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+): Corn, Chicken, Cashew

Within each class of foods to which you displayed multiple reactions, the hierarchy of those reactions detected were as follows:

Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Corn
Grain toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Oat
Grain toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Rice

Meats:
Meat toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Chicken
Meat toward which you were next most immunologically reactive: Pork
Meat toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Tuna
Meat toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Beef

Nuts:
Nut toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Cashew
Nut toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Almond
Nut toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Walnut

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.

Fat Malabsorption Stool Test (Fecal Fat)
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 1672 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)

[tex]

A score of 31 on the 11 other antigenic foods is rather high, so while it might be possible that you may be able to eat white potatoes occasionally, I would totally avoid all 2+ and 3+ foods if my overall score was that high. If you feel that you simply can't live without milk, the only safe milk would be from the cameloids (camels, vicuñas, llamas, alpacas, and guanacos), and possibly equines.

There used to be a camel milk dairy somewhere in California, but I have no idea if they're still there. Goats milk, or sheep milk, definitely would not be safe, nor is milk from certain breeds that are claimed to be safe because their milk contains a different type of casein. Their milk still contains a percentage of inflammatory casein — far too much to be safe, by any means. If you're really serious about this, you might try hemp milk, but I doubt that it will work, either, because it caused me to bloat uncomfortably.

I hope this helps,

Tex

[tex]

For help in developing a safe recovery diet, please read a certain newsletter that was published about a year ago by the Microscopic Colitis Foundation. For your convenience, here's a direct link where you can either read, or download a copy of that newsletter:

https://www.microscopiccolitisfoundatio ... 479987.pdf

This newsletter should be helpful in other ways, also.

Tex

[slowpony]

Thanks Tex!
So after talking to you and reading the pdf, I should stop eating any of it including the lower ranked ones. Fortunately we do have lots of venison.
As far as milk alternatives, I was interested in almond milk but based on my results that’s a no go. What about coconut milk?
Since tuna was on my list, is that all fish or just tuna?

[LauraGld]

Morning Slowpony, Maybe coconut milk would be ok....I use "So Delicious Organic" as my milk substitute and have no problems with it. I buy the unsweetened coconut milk, it has a very mild flavor and I also use their unsweetened creamer. Not sure what Tex feels about this substitute? If coconut milk is ok for you there is also canned organic pure coconut milk. Maybe it is something to consider. All the best, Laura

[tex]

Yes, Laura is quite correct, coconut milk should work just fine.

Re: tuna, for many members who are sensitive to tuna, salmon are also a problem, as are certain other fish, but there will be certain other fish that you can tolerate, especially some freshwater fish. Remember that all shellfish should also be safe, unless you were allergic to them previously. That includes shrimp, prawns, mussels, clams, oysters, etc.

Tex

[slowpony]

Thank you and Happy Easter! I found some coconut milk and it will make a good substitute. So far so good on my tummy. I did good during the holiday and didn’t eat any gluten though it was so tempting. I didn’t even eat the potatoes. Though I miss the tastes of those things, it was wonderful not to feel the bloat! I feel very positive about this.
Thanks Tex, my husband will be happy because he likes to fish and now he has a great excuse lol.

A serious question though… my son has the stomach bug. If I get it, what can I do? The BRAT diet doesn’t seem like a good thing for me and chicken noodle is out because of the chicken and noodles.

[tex]

If you want soup, consider turkey soup, or quail, or pheasant. Look on the bright side – maybe you'll be lucky, and won't catch it.

Tex

[LauraGld]

Good news Slowpony