Hi Friends,
I am an MI for 4 1/2 years and I have only had watery diarrhea one time and that was when I went on vacation and ate potatoes everyday. Up till then I had eaten them once a week. Never figured out they were a problem before that. All my other intollerences "just" give me soft stools. So, I don't eat them anymore.
Love,
Cristi
Paging Ant
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Dear Polly,
Many thanks for your response. I checked my Balsamic Vinegar bottle at home. The brand name is Monari Federzoni - I had bought it at an Italian Deli. Its ingredients are "wine vinegar, concentrated grape must, colour E15 od and antioxidant E224". I checked the codes (in French, because that is all i could fined on the internet
) E15 od = caramel au sulfite d'ammonium and E224 = sulphite. The acidity is 6%.
I think??? that means it is OK for me, but you have certainly alerted me to what restaurants might be serving as Balsamic Vinegar.
Perhaps I would be safer to ask simply for wine vinegar instead?
Thanks also for the heads up on coconut. I am still experiment with it and better keep a close eye on it, especially as I try and reduce my Entocort dose. I have been on Entocort since 26th June 2009. 9mg until I reduced to 6mg from 31st January this year.
I make risotto at home and also ask for it when I go to restaurants. I always make it clear that there must be no cream, milk, butter or cheese in it - just olive oil and pure stock + mushroom/fish/shellfish/meat, whatever is easy to add. The restaurants usually also add some onion and/or garlic which I think I can tolerate in small doses. Of course, I have to trust them when they assure me that is how they are making it. A "tame" restaurant is one that has learned my food intolerances, so I do not have to keep explaining what I can or cannot have.
I am a fan of Loren Cordain and think his arguments (and evidence) make emanate sense. I get his emails and read his blogs on "The Paleo Diet" (reading your posts early on pointed me in that direction). I have also viewed his lecture (on line) on diet and Multiple Sclerosis, which gives many parallels with other autoimmune diseases. I have not yet got his book, but surely will. Think that 'going Paleo' is highly lightly for me.
Of course, not sure that wine was part of the Paleo diet? But, maybe I can be proved wrong!
Love, Ant
Many thanks for your response. I checked my Balsamic Vinegar bottle at home. The brand name is Monari Federzoni - I had bought it at an Italian Deli. Its ingredients are "wine vinegar, concentrated grape must, colour E15 od and antioxidant E224". I checked the codes (in French, because that is all i could fined on the internet
) E15 od = caramel au sulfite d'ammonium and E224 = sulphite. The acidity is 6%. I think??? that means it is OK for me, but you have certainly alerted me to what restaurants might be serving as Balsamic Vinegar.
Perhaps I would be safer to ask simply for wine vinegar instead?Thanks also for the heads up on coconut. I am still experiment with it and better keep a close eye on it, especially as I try and reduce my Entocort dose. I have been on Entocort since 26th June 2009. 9mg until I reduced to 6mg from 31st January this year.
I make risotto at home and also ask for it when I go to restaurants. I always make it clear that there must be no cream, milk, butter or cheese in it - just olive oil and pure stock + mushroom/fish/shellfish/meat, whatever is easy to add. The restaurants usually also add some onion and/or garlic which I think I can tolerate in small doses. Of course, I have to trust them when they assure me that is how they are making it. A "tame" restaurant is one that has learned my food intolerances, so I do not have to keep explaining what I can or cannot have.
I am a fan of Loren Cordain and think his arguments (and evidence) make emanate sense. I get his emails and read his blogs on "The Paleo Diet" (reading your posts early on pointed me in that direction). I have also viewed his lecture (on line) on diet and Multiple Sclerosis, which gives many parallels with other autoimmune diseases. I have not yet got his book, but surely will. Think that 'going Paleo' is highly lightly for me.
Of course, not sure that wine was part of the Paleo diet? But, maybe I can be proved wrong!
Love, Ant
Hi Ant!
Happy Year of the Tiger! (I am a sheep). Did you know I started mandarin lessons last summer but had to stop when my Mom got sick and went on hospice? Would like to get back to it once my knee is back to normal. I love the language - so fascinating. And the culture too. My teacher was native Chinese so she taught me some culture, too. Like how much time and effort a Mom puts into her baby's name and how important it is. I think you really need excellent auditory discrimination skills to be able to learn the language.
I am a little concerned about that word "caramel" in your vinegar, since the caramel flavoring/coloring is often made from barley (gluten). However, it comes from Italy so may well be the "right" kind. Regular distilled, wine, and apple cider vinegar are all GF.
AHA! It sounded as if you knew a lot about the paleo diet from your meal choices! If you like to cook and are interested in some "gourmet" paleo dishes, check out Elizabeth's paleo blog at:
www.cavemanfood.blogspot.com/
Love the "tame" restaurant designation. I have a few in my area that I would call tame!
You really have done very well in a relatively short period of time especially considering the number of intolerances you must juggle. And also considering how much you eat out, Really, I am impressed! Keep up the good work!
Love,
Polly
Happy Year of the Tiger! (I am a sheep). Did you know I started mandarin lessons last summer but had to stop when my Mom got sick and went on hospice? Would like to get back to it once my knee is back to normal. I love the language - so fascinating. And the culture too. My teacher was native Chinese so she taught me some culture, too. Like how much time and effort a Mom puts into her baby's name and how important it is. I think you really need excellent auditory discrimination skills to be able to learn the language.
I am a little concerned about that word "caramel" in your vinegar, since the caramel flavoring/coloring is often made from barley (gluten). However, it comes from Italy so may well be the "right" kind. Regular distilled, wine, and apple cider vinegar are all GF.
AHA! It sounded as if you knew a lot about the paleo diet from your meal choices! If you like to cook and are interested in some "gourmet" paleo dishes, check out Elizabeth's paleo blog at:
www.cavemanfood.blogspot.com/
Love the "tame" restaurant designation. I have a few in my area that I would call tame!
You really have done very well in a relatively short period of time especially considering the number of intolerances you must juggle. And also considering how much you eat out, Really, I am impressed! Keep up the good work!
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
Dear Polly
I am a horse! Good Luck for the Year of The Tiger 年行大運.
It is a fascinating culture out here - a cosmopolitan city at the center of amazing change. I am ashamed to say that you can probably speak more Chinese than me. So much English spoken in Hong Kong that I have got lazy. Also, Cantonese - the local Chinese - is rapidly loosing importance to Mandarin and English.
Thanks for the tip on "caramel" I will bin that one and get one without. Also need to look out for caramel in other things...
The caveman diet website looks good. I have only just started to learn how to cook. Making gradual progress and, as long as I can make the time, I enjoy it.
As I try and come off Entocort more I am sure I will need to get stricter. Currently feeling things going OK, except for the floating BMs. Should that start to improve the longer I have firm/firmish BMs? I am concerned about this because of my Osteoporosis.
I hope your knee gets back to normal soon. Thanks for all your help, Love Ant
I am a horse! Good Luck for the Year of The Tiger 年行大運.
It is a fascinating culture out here - a cosmopolitan city at the center of amazing change. I am ashamed to say that you can probably speak more Chinese than me. So much English spoken in Hong Kong that I have got lazy. Also, Cantonese - the local Chinese - is rapidly loosing importance to Mandarin and English.
Thanks for the tip on "caramel" I will bin that one and get one without. Also need to look out for caramel in other things...
The caveman diet website looks good. I have only just started to learn how to cook. Making gradual progress and, as long as I can make the time, I enjoy it.
As I try and come off Entocort more I am sure I will need to get stricter. Currently feeling things going OK, except for the floating BMs. Should that start to improve the longer I have firm/firmish BMs? I am concerned about this because of my Osteoporosis.
I hope your knee gets back to normal soon. Thanks for all your help, Love Ant
Hi Ant, the horse! 
As you know, the floating BMs are due to excess fat. Did you have a fat malabsorption test at Enerolab? If it was positive (over 300 I believe) then you are not digesting fats properly, which is very common in MC. And, of course, you need to pay attention to the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), because you may not be absorbing them normally. I think you mentioned your doc gave you extra doses of certain vitamins. Not absorbing D can certainly lead to osteoporosis. As your gut heals (and this may take a long time) your BMs should begin to sink.
Osteoporosis is an interesting disease. It is obviously related to much more than just deficient vitamin D and calcium and other minerals. Some researchers wonder if it could be autoimmune. It could be like type 2 diabetes, where there is enough circulating insulin but it just can't get into the cells. IOW, even with adequte vitamins/minerals, they aren't funtioning at the cellular level. Other factors include too much salt intake, which interferes with calcium metabolism. And some believe that foods which create an acidic load in the body (grains, dairy, meats) increase the rate of calcium excretion from the body. Lots of variables.
Love,
Polly
As you know, the floating BMs are due to excess fat. Did you have a fat malabsorption test at Enerolab? If it was positive (over 300 I believe) then you are not digesting fats properly, which is very common in MC. And, of course, you need to pay attention to the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), because you may not be absorbing them normally. I think you mentioned your doc gave you extra doses of certain vitamins. Not absorbing D can certainly lead to osteoporosis. As your gut heals (and this may take a long time) your BMs should begin to sink.
Osteoporosis is an interesting disease. It is obviously related to much more than just deficient vitamin D and calcium and other minerals. Some researchers wonder if it could be autoimmune. It could be like type 2 diabetes, where there is enough circulating insulin but it just can't get into the cells. IOW, even with adequte vitamins/minerals, they aren't funtioning at the cellular level. Other factors include too much salt intake, which interferes with calcium metabolism. And some believe that foods which create an acidic load in the body (grains, dairy, meats) increase the rate of calcium excretion from the body. Lots of variables.
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
I am the Dragon!!! I was curious so I had to check it out!!! LOL!!
As far as the bm's Polly is so right when it comes to floaters meaning a fat malabsorption problem. It took a while for my malsbsorption problem to resolve, and once it did I started slowly gaining weight.
Might as well get Ant initiated with our poop slang!!!
My bm's are PLUNKERS most of the time!!!
Love
Dee
As far as the bm's Polly is so right when it comes to floaters meaning a fat malabsorption problem. It took a while for my malsbsorption problem to resolve, and once it did I started slowly gaining weight.
Might as well get Ant initiated with our poop slang!!!
My bm's are PLUNKERS most of the time!!!
Love
Dee
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Dear Polly
My Fecal Fat Score was less than 300 Units.
But that, after all, was just one sample and I think I am likely to be malabsorbing.
Tex has also suggested that I may be undiagnosed Celiac which makes sense to me.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 46&start=0
"Dragon" Dee, you must be very emperial and powerful......
On a more mundane note, do I have this right - plunkers are firm BMs that sink?
Love, Ant
My Fecal Fat Score was less than 300 Units.
But that, after all, was just one sample and I think I am likely to be malabsorbing. Tex has also suggested that I may be undiagnosed Celiac which makes sense to me.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 46&start=0
"Dragon" Dee, you must be very emperial and powerful......
On a more mundane note, do I have this right - plunkers are firm BMs that sink?
Love, Ant
Hi Ant,
So you don't have fat malabsorption then. Another cause of floating stools can be from a different diet (you have moved to paleo), where it is now causing the normal, gas-producing bacteria in your gut to emit more gas. The stool floats because it contains more gas. Nothing to worry about.
Yep, you are right about the definition of plunkers. Some time ago I thought we made up a list of all of our words for different types of BMs, but I don't see it now in the Jokes Forum. Dee, do you remember it?
I recall "battery-acid" D, "puff-poopies" (Dee made this up for those BMs that look normal until you flush and then they go "poof"), and "soft serve" - the kind that looks like soft-serve ice cream. LOL!
Love,
Polly
So you don't have fat malabsorption then. Another cause of floating stools can be from a different diet (you have moved to paleo), where it is now causing the normal, gas-producing bacteria in your gut to emit more gas. The stool floats because it contains more gas. Nothing to worry about.
Yep, you are right about the definition of plunkers. Some time ago I thought we made up a list of all of our words for different types of BMs, but I don't see it now in the Jokes Forum. Dee, do you remember it?
I recall "battery-acid" D, "puff-poopies" (Dee made this up for those BMs that look normal until you flush and then they go "poof"), and "soft serve" - the kind that looks like soft-serve ice cream. LOL!
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
Polly,
There are a couple of lists in The Poop Room, (we seem to have a forum for just about every purpose). The second one, (by Sally), is the most comprehensive, and apparently she "extracted" it from her old board. There may be other lists scattered about in other forums, on this board, that I'm unaware of.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4044
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=647
Love,
Tex
There are a couple of lists in The Poop Room, (we seem to have a forum for just about every purpose). The second one, (by Sally), is the most comprehensive, and apparently she "extracted" it from her old board. There may be other lists scattered about in other forums, on this board, that I'm unaware of.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4044
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=647
Love,
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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i have been wanting to ask this question for a couple of weeks, and felt a bit weird about it, reading this post i remembered that we are allowed to ask 'anything'
There are days that my BM are more frequent (not runny) ie 6 times or more a day. The BM are very small in diameter and length. what does this mean?
There are days that my BM are more frequent (not runny) ie 6 times or more a day. The BM are very small in diameter and length. what does this mean?
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
Hi Gabes,
I interpret thin, short, more frequent poopies to mean that I am reacting to something. "Thin" poopies result because the colon is inflamed and constricting its muscles (squeezing, so to speak) which makes its diameter smaller. The colon appears to be trying to get rid of something (an irritant) more quickly.
BTW we have possum here too!
Polly
I interpret thin, short, more frequent poopies to mean that I am reacting to something. "Thin" poopies result because the colon is inflamed and constricting its muscles (squeezing, so to speak) which makes its diameter smaller. The colon appears to be trying to get rid of something (an irritant) more quickly.
BTW we have possum here too!
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
Yes, but how many of us would recognize 'possum poop if we saw it? I've lived in prime 'possum country all my life, but I'm not sure that I could always accurately distinguish it from other similar "scats", since I don't often encounter it. Evidently, they're not prolific poopers.Polly wrote:BTW we have possum here too!
I agree with your assessment, but if those BMs are approaching "rabbit pellets", then C is a possibility, isn't 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.