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And it's a bummer, to boot.
I just received my (latest) EnteroLab results.
Unlike the experience of others, compared with my previous results from 3 and 3/4 years ago, and those from over 10 years ago, my antibody levels to gluten and casein have declined significantly. But 10 years ago I was not sensitive to soy (verified by an EneroLab test result) — now I have joined the ranks of those who are soy-sensitive.
So it's good news on the integrity of my diet to avoid gluten and casein, but bad news on the soy. So here are all 3 sets of results:
Note: These first tests were done almost 3 years after adopting a gluten-free, dairy-free diet. I did not order tests for gluten or casein, because at the time I was sure that I was sensitive to them, and I was avoiding them. These test results were received on May 22nd, 2005.
Microscopic Fecal Fat Score 294 Units (Normal Range 300 Units)
Fecal anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA antibody 5 Units (Normal Range 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae (dietary yeast) IgA 6 Units (Normal Range 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-Soy IgA 8 Units (Normal Range 10 Units)
Note: These tests were done over 9 years after adopting a gluten-free diet, after dairy had been reintroduced into the diet, because I seemed to tolerate casein. Obviously, trace amounts of gluten had to be contaminating the diet. These test results were received on January 3rd, 2012.
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 62 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 24 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0201
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0501
Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 2,1 (Subtype 2,5)
And here are my most recent results, received today, September 17, 2015:
Fecal Anti-gliadin IgA 11 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-casein (cow’s milk) IgA 6 Units (Normal Range is less than 10 Units)
Fecal anti-ovalbumin (chicken egg) IgA antibody 4 Units (Normal Range 10 Units)
Fecal Anti-Soy IgA 20 Units (Normal Range 10 Units)
Note that my anti-gliadin and anti-casein antibodies have declined (as expected) in response to my diet corrections, during the past 3 3/4 years. I'm not concerned about the 11 units shown for gluten, because anti-gliadin antibodies decline very slowly, and it takes years for them to decay back down to a normal level, so I believe that my level is probably on track. The antibodies against soy is a new issue that has developed in the past 10 years. I suppose the level would be higher, except that I generally try to avoid soy (even though I thought that I was not sensitive to it). So most of the exposure has been through trace amounts in vitamin supplements.
But during the past month or so, I have occasionally eaten pork chops fried in Crisco (someone else's cooking), and looking back, that is about when the backaches and stiff neck upon awaking became noticeable. So obviously that will have to stop, and that also answers my question about whether a soy sensitivity can cause joint aches and pains, similar to gluten and casein.
I assumed that I would be throwing out a lot of supplements, but when I checked my current stock, lo and behold, the only 1 that contains soy is the Fish Oil I have been using. Why would fish oil contain soy?
It's in there in the form of natural tocopheryls.So the transition to completely soy-free should be as easy as falling off a log for me. But I find it very disturbing that I would develop a soy sensitivity, somewhere during the 10-year period since the previous test.
Unfortunately this is very strong evidence that, just as others have suspected, we can indeed develop new food sensitivities as time passes. Prior to these test results, I had always assumed (hoped) that couldn't/wouldn't happen, because I had never seen test results to confirm that it had actually happened. This test result changed all that.
Tex
grrr). But what do we eat?? That's the million dollar question, it appears we have the ability to become sensitive to just about every thing we eat at some point because of how much of it we have to eat to survive.
