I would appreciate some help trying to understand the difference of my first Enterolab test done 5 years ago and the one done just this past month. I don't get it. The reason I am saying I don't understand is I have been Paleo for the last 5 years, no gluten, soy, dairy (except for butter) and I do eat eggs everyday as my body feels better in the morning with protein. I do not eat out, I cook all meals and do not use package things. Salt & pepper, garlic salt (GF) and occassionaly I us Coconut Secret Teriyaki for marinade. How can it look worse?
Here is results from most recent:
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 391 Units (Normal Range is less than 300 Units)
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 69 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 16 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 50 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 23 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: Food to which there was some immunological reactivity (1+): Food to which there was moderate immunological reactivity (2+): Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+):
White potato
Pork
Beef
Chicken
Tuna
Rice
Corn
Almond
Cashew
Oat
Walnut
Here are results from 5 years ago:
Comprehensive Gluten/Antigenic Food Sensitivity Stool Panel
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 15 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 19 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 7 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 6 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 10 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: Food to which there was some immunological reactivity (1+): Food to which there was moderate immunological reactivity (2+): Food to which there was significant and/or the most immunological reactivity (3+):
Corn
Rice
Chicken
Pork
Tuna
Almond
Cashew
White potato
Beef
Walnut
None Oat
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: Oat
Meats:
Meat toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Beef
Nuts:
Nut toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Walnut
ENTEROLAB TEST RESULTS & UNDERSTANDING
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ENTEROLAB TEST RESULTS & UNDERSTANDING
Collagenous Colitis, Benign Cramp Fasciculations in lower legs, Thyroid and High Cholesterol
Hi,
Here's my unprofessional opinion:
The paleo diet is a good place to start, but it's not strict enough for most of us.
For many of us, our general sensitivity level continues to increase as long as we regularly eat anything that causes our immune system to produce antibodies. IOW if we eat one item (regularly) that causes us to react, our antibody levels for many foods will continue to rise. Your initial test for chicken eggs was negative, but (as sometimes happens) for some reason you later became sensitive to them. The same thing happened to me with soy.
Butter is loaded with casein. By eating butter and chicken eggs regularly, your antibody levels continue to rise for all your sensitivities. Or possibly some sort of cross-contamination with some other food is also somehow sneaking into your diet. Remember diet doesn't consist of only food — everything we put in our mouths is part of our diet as far as MC is concerned, including supplements, medications, mouth washes, cosmetics, etc.
If you must have eggs, try duck eggs, or turkey eggs, quail eggs, etc. I believe Earth Balance makes a soy-free margarine that many members use. If you insist on the flavor of butter, clarified butter (ghee) is much safer, although most brands still contain small amounts of casein due to imperfect separation. And double check everything to make sure that nothing hidden is sneaking into your diet. For some meats, injected solutions claiming to be "tenderizers" can be a problem.
I hope this helps.
Tex
Here's my unprofessional opinion:
The paleo diet is a good place to start, but it's not strict enough for most of us.
For many of us, our general sensitivity level continues to increase as long as we regularly eat anything that causes our immune system to produce antibodies. IOW if we eat one item (regularly) that causes us to react, our antibody levels for many foods will continue to rise. Your initial test for chicken eggs was negative, but (as sometimes happens) for some reason you later became sensitive to them. The same thing happened to me with soy.
Butter is loaded with casein. By eating butter and chicken eggs regularly, your antibody levels continue to rise for all your sensitivities. Or possibly some sort of cross-contamination with some other food is also somehow sneaking into your diet. Remember diet doesn't consist of only food — everything we put in our mouths is part of our diet as far as MC is concerned, including supplements, medications, mouth washes, cosmetics, etc.
If you must have eggs, try duck eggs, or turkey eggs, quail eggs, etc. I believe Earth Balance makes a soy-free margarine that many members use. If you insist on the flavor of butter, clarified butter (ghee) is much safer, although most brands still contain small amounts of casein due to imperfect separation. And double check everything to make sure that nothing hidden is sneaking into your diet. For some meats, injected solutions claiming to be "tenderizers" can be a problem.
I hope this helps.
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 as this explanation does make sense! I cant do Duck or Turkey eggs (its just in my head but cant go there) so any other breakfast idea's would be greatly appreciated. I eat some of my left overs from dinner for lunch so to have that for breakfast as well just wont work. I will stop the butter and just try to go without but use Ghee if need. I have tried the Earth Balance and I guess I would rather go without. Just so you know I don't eat anywhere near what normal people on Paleo do. It is very limited. It is so frustrating as I had this in remission since 2015, eating the same thing. I rarely vary to the point where some of my friends and family just don't eat with me anymore because I don't want to eat out and I eat the same thing daily. I hate this disease!
Thank you again for your guidance!
Thank you again for your guidance!
Collagenous Colitis, Benign Cramp Fasciculations in lower legs, Thyroid and High Cholesterol
The other thing I wanted to ask you is I take many supplements. I have heart history in family so I take Fish Oil, CoQ10, I am always on the low end of Vit D so I take 10,000 iu daily (just started with a liquid form to see if that stays in me), Magnesium & Calcium, zinc, Vitk with mk7 and many other things. I saw in a few other reply's back to people that you said to stop all supplements. If you stop everything while you are in a healing process how do you keep your levels up? For how long do you stop?
Collagenous Colitis, Benign Cramp Fasciculations in lower legs, Thyroid and High Cholesterol
In that situation, I would probably cook enough for dinner to last for all three meals and a snack of two. But I don't mind eating the same few foods. I can't tell from your listings if you are sensitive to rice or potatoes, but hash browns are another breakfast option, or even French fries (or sweet potato fries). If you're not sensitive to corn, grits is another breakfast option. You can sprinkle the hash browns with a few scraps of leftover meat if you want. Quinoa is another breakfast option, but it has to be flavored with something because it's mighty bland by itself.
It was Brandy who discovered that she needed to stop all supplements in order to get back into remission. Our vitamin levels probably don't change much in a few weeks, and that should be long enough to get results. The point is, when we're flaring, we're not able to absorb most nutrients very well, anyway, so stopping will probably make make even less difference than we think. Once back in remission, nutrient absorption will be much, much improved.
Tex
It was Brandy who discovered that she needed to stop all supplements in order to get back into remission. Our vitamin levels probably don't change much in a few weeks, and that should be long enough to get results. The point is, when we're flaring, we're not able to absorb most nutrients very well, anyway, so stopping will probably make make even less difference than we think. Once back in remission, nutrient absorption will be much, much improved.
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.
It is a bit confusing how the results copied over. Hope this is better:
No reaction foods: White Potato
1+ reactivity: Pork, Beef, Chicken Tuna
2+ reactivity: Rice, Corn, Almond, Cashew
3+ reactivity: Oat, Walnut
I guess trying to follow Paleo is out of the question if white potato is the safest thing. I am assuming small white potatoes and not russets right? The idea of Hash Browns is pretty good, thank you.
No reaction foods: White Potato
1+ reactivity: Pork, Beef, Chicken Tuna
2+ reactivity: Rice, Corn, Almond, Cashew
3+ reactivity: Oat, Walnut
I guess trying to follow Paleo is out of the question if white potato is the safest thing. I am assuming small white potatoes and not russets right? The idea of Hash Browns is pretty good, thank you.
Collagenous Colitis, Benign Cramp Fasciculations in lower legs, Thyroid and High Cholesterol
Thanks for the clarification. Yes, potatoes definitely appear to be a good carb option for you. Any of them should work OK, but colored potatoes such as red, yellow, etc. (IOW any type other than Russets), will be easier to digest because of the primary type of starch (amylopectin is easier to digest than anylose). Often, foods in the 1+ category can be eaten by following a rotation diet, so for example, occasional bacon might work OK, or sprinkling small pieces of bacon in the hash browns to spice them up a bit. Breakfast sausage (pork), might work, especially as an occasional option.
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.