Food Sensitivity testing/Celiac tests back

I think I had mentioned, I went to an Integrative Practitioner that my mom and dad found. I saw him last month, and he ordered some tests-just some basic bloodwork, as well as tests for celiac and a whole panel of food allergy/sensitivity tests. I saw him again today, so he gave me my results, and I thought I would share.

So he was shocked at how anemic I still am, but I don't remember what my numbers are. I know I am anemic, and my GI just told me last week to increase my iron supplements because of it. He also told me I am very low on Vitamin D, not surprisingly because most everyone is, so I am starting a supplement for that. He said my DHEA is also low, but that is likely because of being on pred, so he isn't too concerned about it.

Then there was another workup on food allergies and sensitivities. I know so many people have told me I need to cut out gluten and dairy and such, so I was very interested to hear what this had to say. I actually reacted to very little-less he said than most people do. I didn't react at all to gluten or any other grains, but I did have an elevated response to yeast. It says that this is likely due to overgrowth of C. Albicans in the intestines, which considering my UC was triggered after long courses of antibiotics, makes sense. I also reacted to a few things in the dairy category-buttermilk being the main thing. But even that was only moderate. The scoring scale said anything less than an overall score of 400 was considered negative, and mine was 323. He wants to repeat the testing after I have been off the pred for a while though, in case that may have affected the results. I have no genetic markers for celiac, and definitely do not have celiac, but I already knew that, so it wasn't a big surprise. Still, I feel some vindication in the fact that I don't have celiac and didn't have any reaction to gluten-not even a mild one. I am tired of people telling me that if I stop eating gluten I will be healed, lol.

Oh also I reacted to Aspergillus Niger-a kind of mold that is commonly on foods. I am supposed to avoid peanuts/peanut butter because of that one, as well as a few other things. That will not be fun, as I love peanut butter. And if I need to watch the dairy that will stink too-but mostly because of the cheese-I could care less about milk. But I do love buttermilk pancakes...

Anyway, this doctor thinks we can work on things and heal the UC so that I won't end up back in the hospital like I was. I don't know how I feel about that at this point-I am not really a believer in all things alternative, but I am willing to make some changes as need be and see how they go! For now, I am happy the Remicade is working, but I don't want to discount anything since I know that Remicade won't work forever.

He also told me I could use something called Kavinace for anxiety and such as I taper off the pred-anyone heard of this or used it before?

I tested negative for gluten(celiac test) but when I remove it, my health improves and so does my UC.  My son tested negative for oatmeal but when he eats it his throat breaks out in hives and he gets extremely hyper so we avoid it.  You can't always go by the test results.

interesting info Laura....I never heard of Kavinace, but found this (unbiased) opinion on it.
By the way...cats cannot live without the amino acid Taurine..lol.



http://www.mindreference.com/Kavinace.html



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Does the person you see do a different kind of blood testing then a MD? I KNOW I have allergies but the blood test that I had at the docs office showed that I don't. My throat feels funny, like I swallowed cotton when I have hazelnuts and I break out in a rash when I eat strawberries but when I had the blood test (RAST) it showed no allergy to those foods. I started to wonder if there was something else that I could be allergic to that the RAST is not showing.

I've been thinking of going to one of those type of docs to have some testing.

I'll jump on the bandwagon and say I've also had all kinds of tests - including the biopsy - for celiac, gluten sensitivity, food allergies and food sensitivities. I spent a ton of money out of pocket on the ELISA test, too. Nothing of any significance showed up on any of these tests, much to my frustration. I knew from doing trial eliminations that I have problems with gluten and dairy, in particular, and really all grains when I was at my sickest. I was looking to these tests for "official" verification. Although I don't have anything scientific to back up my opinion, I can only say I've found a properly conducted elimination diet is THE best way to determine what foods/drinks bother you. It's a pain and no one likes to do them. And yes, no one wants to give up their favorite foods. Unfortunately, those favorite foods you crave are often your biggest offenders. For anyone who's interested in learning more, the book The False Fat Diet is excellent. The good news is, in some cases, you can resume eating some of your forbidden foods in moderation, once your digestive system is healed and your gut ecology is back in balance.

Hello everybody--  the gluten intolerance thing has another level to it that no one is mentioning here.  If you have not had gluten in your diet for a while and have a test for Celiac or gluten intolerance, it will always show up negative.  If you have not been eating gluten for about 2 months before the test, you test will be inaccurate.  The proof for everyone is still the same-- take gluten totally out for a month.  If you are better, you should avoid gluten.  That is easy and costs nothing-  Has anyone tried Serrapeptase for inflammation?