I was diagnosed with LC about 3 weeks ago. I have been started on budesonide and went gluten, soy and dairy free right away. Based on the recommendations of this forum I decided to get EntroLab testing. I already had some allergy testing about 8 yrs ago and knew that tree nuts and eggs were an issues, but I wanted as much info as I could get to help shape my diet. Here are my results.
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 81 Units
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 12 Units
Fecal Anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA 20 Units
Fecal Anti-soy IgA 23 Units
Mean Value 11 Antigenic Foods 16 Units
No Reactivity: Pork, Beef
1+ Reactivity: Rice, Chicken, Cashew, White potato
2+ Reactivity: Corn, Almond
3+ Reactivity: Oat, Tuna, Walnut
Grains:
Grain toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Oat
Grain toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Corn
Grain toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Rice
Meats:
Meat toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Tuna
Meat toward which you were next most immunologically reactive: Chicken
Nuts:
Nut toward which you displayed the most immunologic reactivity: Walnut
Nut toward which you displayed intermediate immunologic reactivity: Almond
Nut toward which you displayed the least immunologic reactivity: Cashew
My question is do I eliminate those 1+ foods or are they ok to be eaten occasionally? I have felt ok with rice meals, but potato has been iffy so far. How about the casein results, since they aren't dramatically high, will I possibly be able to have dairy again on occasion? Any advice would be very welcome.
EnteroLab Results/New Diagnosis
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Re: EnteroLab Results/New Diagnosis
Hi,
Welcome to the board. Here are my opinions. Others might have different opinions
Since rice has a 1+ rating, but it's the least reactive grain on the list, you will probably be able to safely continue to eat it. If it begins to bother you, you may have to limit eating rice to a rotational, or occasional, basis. if you eat any corn, do it on a rotational basis. Avoid oats — virtually all of us react to oats. For the casein score, 12 is a positive test score, so you are definitely sensitive to all dairy products. Even if you don't develop clinical symptoms at this point after eating casein, that score will continue to climb, if you continue to eat casein, because your immune system is producing antibodies against casein.
The latest Microscopic Colitis Foundation Newsletter contains an article that specifically addresses this issue (selecting foods based on EnteroLab results). Here's a direct link where you can download a copy of that newsletter:
https://www.microscopiccolitisfoundatio ... 479987.pdf
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
Tex
Welcome to the board. Here are my opinions. Others might have different opinions
Since rice has a 1+ rating, but it's the least reactive grain on the list, you will probably be able to safely continue to eat it. If it begins to bother you, you may have to limit eating rice to a rotational, or occasional, basis. if you eat any corn, do it on a rotational basis. Avoid oats — virtually all of us react to oats. For the casein score, 12 is a positive test score, so you are definitely sensitive to all dairy products. Even if you don't develop clinical symptoms at this point after eating casein, that score will continue to climb, if you continue to eat casein, because your immune system is producing antibodies against casein.
The latest Microscopic Colitis Foundation Newsletter contains an article that specifically addresses this issue (selecting foods based on EnteroLab results). Here's a direct link where you can download a copy of that newsletter:
https://www.microscopiccolitisfoundatio ... 479987.pdf
Again, welcome aboard, and please feel free to ask anything.
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.
Re: EnteroLab Results/New Diagnosis
Tex what are your thoughts on potatoes? I have felt ok with potato chips with just 3 ingredients, but eating larger amounts of home cooked potatoes have not sat as well. Do I eliminate potatoes in general or eat those rotationally?
Re: EnteroLab Results/New Diagnosis
How potatoes affect us is not as straightforward and easy to understand as the other food sensitivities . . . at least not for me. I have a hunch they're not a major problem, but if you can tell that large servings of them bother you, they obviously do have an undesirable effect. If I were in that situation, I believe that I would only eat them on a rotation basis, at least until my digestive system was well-healed. Sweet potatoes, yams, etc. make good substitutes. Even cauliflower, for example, can be used as a substitute for mashed potatoes (when mashed, of course).
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.