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I am new and struggling. My Enterolab stool test indicated sensitivities to all 15 foods. I am lucky as I have access to organic ground turkey, shrimp, and grass fed lamb. Every once in a while I have been able to buy venison,elk, and yak. My squash is organic zucchini, yellow crookneck peeled and soft along with avocado, yam, not sweet potato because they contain Mannitol. To increase calories I add a small quantity of organic olive oil. I use Dr Bronner’s toothpaste and rinse very well. Is there something better? For my numb feet I do Epsom salts soaks every night and now have started Fully Active Vit B12 Doctor’s Best brand recommended by Tex which has helped tremendously! Other vitamins, Also DR’s Best, I take Fully Active Folate, Magnesium and no soy D3. Prescription meds are Levothyroxine for thyroid, and Fosamax for bones. Guaifenesin an OTC expectorant. I live in the desert in southern New Mexico where we have winds and dust. I need to mention my favorite morning treat is a small mug of organic decaf coffee with Marine Collagen since I can’t cook bone broth. Green tea is also a daily treat.
Now for the nitty gritty. For the past six weeks since the stool report my diarrhea has been sometimes explosive, poopsoup, and a few times recently small bits of clean formed stool I call confetti. Is this hopeful Progress? I’ve been gluten free for several months. Can I mix and match proteins daily? I NEED calories. Can I trust the olive oil, a small quantity of amaranth and/ or Quinoa mixed in my bowl of meat and veggies and not have it disrupt the job of the protein in my gut?
Are there any recommendations from you, my MC family, Barbara
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Re: Aiming Toward Recovery?
Hello Barbara,
It sounds as though you're generally on the right path, and yes, most of us don't reach remission overnight. Recovery usually takes months, and some of us take as long as a year to recover. The "confetti" you described may be progress. Time will tell.
You are using a few items that may be interfering with your recovery. Fosamax can be a problem for some of us, but the biggest problem with Fosamax is that the bisphosphonates, in general, don't actually strengthen bones — they just make bones more brittle, so that they are harder, and that fools the tests that doctors use to determine bone strength. After more than five years of using a bisphosphonate, some patients' bones become so brittle that a few eventually experience hip fractures simply from walking, or normal activities. Osteoporosis is caused by untreated gluten sensitivity. As long as you eliminate all gluten from your diet, osteoporosis damage will stop.
The saccharin sodium (and possibly the sorbitol, depending on how much is in there) in the expectorant you are using would be a problem for most of us. Virtually all of us react to most artificial sweeteners. And the Marine collagen contains several ingredients that would be problems for most of us, before we reach remission. The fewer unnecessary supplements we take while trying to reach remission, the faster we tend to reach remission. Some supplements can prevent us from ever reaching remission.
The important supplements that we do need include vitamin D and magnesium, because these are vital for proper immune system function and healing. And some of us need the active forms of the B vitamins because we have methylation issues that prevent our body from properly converting the inactive forms of the B vitamins in our food into the active forms that our body needs. Adequate methylcobalamin (the active form of vitamin B12) is required for proper healing, and as you've noticed, for the prevention of peripheral neuropathy.
Regarding calories, eat more of the foods In your diet known to be safe, rather than trying to add additional foods. That said, amaranth and quinoa are safe for most of us. When you are adding nonprotein foods, though, be careful that you don't increase your fiber intake to the point where it becomes a problem. Without the Marine collagen, your coffee is probably safe. The green tea might be safe, but it's riskier than the coffee, and both coffee and tea deplete magnesium.
Yes, the safe proteins you're eating can be mixed or matched without causing any problems.
I hope this helps.
Tex
It sounds as though you're generally on the right path, and yes, most of us don't reach remission overnight. Recovery usually takes months, and some of us take as long as a year to recover. The "confetti" you described may be progress. Time will tell.
You are using a few items that may be interfering with your recovery. Fosamax can be a problem for some of us, but the biggest problem with Fosamax is that the bisphosphonates, in general, don't actually strengthen bones — they just make bones more brittle, so that they are harder, and that fools the tests that doctors use to determine bone strength. After more than five years of using a bisphosphonate, some patients' bones become so brittle that a few eventually experience hip fractures simply from walking, or normal activities. Osteoporosis is caused by untreated gluten sensitivity. As long as you eliminate all gluten from your diet, osteoporosis damage will stop.
The saccharin sodium (and possibly the sorbitol, depending on how much is in there) in the expectorant you are using would be a problem for most of us. Virtually all of us react to most artificial sweeteners. And the Marine collagen contains several ingredients that would be problems for most of us, before we reach remission. The fewer unnecessary supplements we take while trying to reach remission, the faster we tend to reach remission. Some supplements can prevent us from ever reaching remission.
The important supplements that we do need include vitamin D and magnesium, because these are vital for proper immune system function and healing. And some of us need the active forms of the B vitamins because we have methylation issues that prevent our body from properly converting the inactive forms of the B vitamins in our food into the active forms that our body needs. Adequate methylcobalamin (the active form of vitamin B12) is required for proper healing, and as you've noticed, for the prevention of peripheral neuropathy.
Regarding calories, eat more of the foods In your diet known to be safe, rather than trying to add additional foods. That said, amaranth and quinoa are safe for most of us. When you are adding nonprotein foods, though, be careful that you don't increase your fiber intake to the point where it becomes a problem. Without the Marine collagen, your coffee is probably safe. The green tea might be safe, but it's riskier than the coffee, and both coffee and tea deplete magnesium.
Yes, the safe proteins you're eating can be mixed or matched without causing any problems.
I hope this helps.
Tex
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Re: Aiming Toward Recovery?
Thank you so much, Tex, especially for the comments on Fosamax, guaifenisin, and Marine Collagen. This is SO helpful.