Help with Enterolab Results Interpretation

[Sonia]

Ok, I will wait this out. I am still sick, although much better. I am going back up to 6mg every day until after the baby is born. I haven't made any changes to my diet so this is frustrating, but I'm wondering if it could also be hormonal--I've read in some places that your body can "flush itself out" in prep for labor. I'm 38 weeks today...

Sonia

[tex]

Yes, it could definitely be hormonal, based on what I've read, and the past experiences of our members here.

Tex

[Sonia]

Good news and bad news this holiday. The good news, no--the miraculous news--is that my baby was safely born this week and we are both doing well post-partum.

The bad news is that the regression that started while I was sick with a virua in the last 3 weeks of pregnancy now seems to be a full on flare. Sigh. It is a tolerable amount of WD but I don't want things to get worse while also taking care of a newborn. I'm upping my vudesinide back to 9-6-9 and also need to get stricter with my diet--thwre are a couple things I've been eating semi regularly that I wonder about:

Mayonnaise that contains chicken egg yolks (I'm ok with eggs but not chicken according to Enterolab, so I've eaten only duck eggs but tried this mayo since it doesn't have the chicken egg protein)

Buckwheat flour

Enjoy life chocolate chips

Apple cider (drank a lot while pregnant and my appetite was down)

Lemon juice

Coconut aminos

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These are all things I've eaten in the past couple months without a problem, but I wonder pregnancy could have lowered my immune response to anything?

Aside from this I've been very consistent. Typical day:

Breakfast: quinoa flakes (certified less than 10ppm) or buckwheat cereal, banana, sun butter, walnut milk, black coffee

Lunch: duck eggs or turkey salad made with the above mentioned mayo, safe veggie like green beans or broccoli, avocado, quinoa certified GF less than 10 ppm

Dinner: lamb or turkey stew with safe veggies like pumpkin or sweet potato, or ground lamb or turkey with buckwheat noodles or sautéed veggies

Treats (usually before bed): coconut milk ice cream (frozen brand), muffin made with quinoa or buckwheat flour, enjoy life chocolate chips

Thanks as always for your ideas and support,
Sonia

[tex]

I note a few points (both pro and con).

First, congratulations on the new addition to your family. Sorry about the flare.

We're sensitive to the albumin in eggs (the egg white), and chicken egg yolks are usually safe (provided that they're not contaminated with albumin).

Buckwheat flower should be safe, but some of us, including me, react to chocolate.

Apple cider should be safe, but most of us react to significant amounts of citric acid when we're in a flare.

Coconut aminos should be safe, but no one knows what's in organic natural flavors, and tocopherols are usually derived from soy.

Those are the only things that caught my attention in your post.

Tex

[Harmony33]

Congratulations on your new baby Sonia!

[Sonia]

Thank you for the well wishes! I'm doing a little better so hoping things settle down on their own.

Fyi Soy is a safe food for me although I haven't had it except in derived sources, so im guessing that isn't the culprit

[Sonia]

Hi all,
I'm 2 months post partum and resurfacing:) With the flare I decided to just go back up to 9mg of budesinide, so my symptoms are under control again with one formed or slightly mushy stool per day. I'm reigning in my diet and cut out the chocolate/reducing citric acid although I still use a little lemon juice. I'm hopeful that I can start reducing my dose again soon, but with a newborn I just had to go back to the full dose so that I could focus on the baby and recovering from birth.

The one thing I'm concerned about with budesinide is bone loss, as I'm a relatively thin person and have osteoporosis in my family history. When do I need to start to be concerned about this? All the info I've found about the drug side effects are vague. I've been on the drug for about 10 months.

Warmly,
Sonia

[tex]

Budesonide causes osteoporosis. It accomplishes this by depleting magnesium, and adequate magnesium is absolutely essential in order to activate vitamin D, which will then enhance the absorption of calcium in your diet, so that once the calcium is in your bloodstream, magnesium can co-activate insulin so that the calcium will be transported to the cells in your bones, where it is needed. Putting it another way, adequate vitamin D and magnesium are both required in order to prevent osteoporosis.

If you need a better explanation, I can quote some paragraphs from my books on vitamin D and magnesium which provide a much more detailed explanation, along with medical references.

Tex

[Sonia]

Shoot. I do have your book so I can look up more detail, but that all makes sense. Thank you so much for the prompt response. I'm using topical magnesium and take vitamin daily drops so I'll keep it up!!
Sonia

[Gabes-Apg]

Focus on VitD3 and magnesium

the hormone fluctuations of birth, feeding etc you will need the magnesium

[Sonia]

Would it be recommended to add an oral magnesium? I see that folks here use Dr's Best without gastrointestinal problems.

[tex]

That works fine for most of us, but divide up the dose during the day. I take one tablet after each meal, for example.

Tex

[Sonia]

Ok, thank you!

[Sonia]

What about calcium itself? Without dairy or leafy greens, is supplementing a good idea?

[tex]

You're worried about a problem that doesn't exist. If you were diagnosed with hypercalcemia and were told by your Doctor to avoid calcium in your food, you would find that to be quite a challenge, because calcium is in everything. True, some foods contain very little calcium, such as bottled water, certain fruits and vegetables, grains, certain oils, etc. but minimizing total calcium intake would not be easy, and totally avoiding calcium would be impossible. if you use any nut milks, for example, many of them contain more calcium than cow's milk. As is pointed out often on this website, the key to absorbing calcium from the foods in your diet, and growing healthy bones, is to make sure that you have plenty of vitamin D and magnesium in your diet. The calcium is already there in your diet — you just need to enable your digestive system to absorb it and utilize it.

Tex