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Originally Posted by Marty SLC
Well I went GF from about 2 weeks and found out how hard it is to do. I’m a male who cannot cook anything so all I was eating was rice and potatoes. The day I quit the GF diet was the day when I went on an extremely demanding hike that took 12 hours and covered 18 miles. I needed complex carbo’s and didn’t plan well enough nor knew enough to come up with alternatives to whole wheat spaghetti for the night before the hick, power bars etc during the hike. Everyone wanted to stop for pizza on the way as well. I realized that if I’m going to committee all the way to this way of life then I want the test. Complex carbo’s are a big part of my life and it’s really difficult for me as a male that can’t cook nor make food to come up with a food plan. So for now I’m back on gluten but I have a physical in November and will ask for the test. I also thought I needed to be eating gluten for the blood test to be accurate but I have now read up a bit and found out that a stool sample can be taken while on a GF diet, correct?
Thanks for all your help guys!
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I was on vacation, and lost track of some of these threads.
Yes, you must be eating gluten for the blood testing to be accurate. The blood antibodies can come down in just a couple weeks.
The stool test will show antibodies for much longer, up to two years.
Sorry to hear you had trouble with the diet. Next time you decide to try you'll have to ask for more ideas. There is a learning curve, but there is plenty of food you can eat... including those carbs needed for exercise... but in various gf versions.
Remember when you having the testing done in November to insist they include the anti-gliadin antibodies as part of the testing.
Yes, I use methylcobalamin B12, P5P B6, and Magnesium glycinate... you are right.. magnesium oxide is pretty worthless. My mom was on dr. prescribed really high doses of magnesium oxide and it did nothing. I switched her to magnesium glycinate and her level finally reached normal ranges. For my daughter with pyroluria, we get a combo
P5P B6/ magnesium glycinate vitamin.