Bovine Colostrum

[Charliexxx]

Hi Lovely People

Has anybody tried and tested colostrum. I have Coeliac Disease and a very bad case of Small intestinal bacteria Archea overgrowth. For once in awhile I would really like to not be in pain, bloated, rushing to toilet and properly enjoy a meal. 
 

Happy New Year, you awesome people. 
🤪

[knitty kitty]

Happy Holidays, @Charliexxx,

About half of the people with Celiac Disease also react to Casein, the protein in dairy, as though it were gluten.  

Some Celiacs cannot produce lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose, the sugar in dairy.  Usually the tips of the villi in the small intestine produce the enzyme lactase, but damaged and blunted villi cannot produce lactase, so the dairy sugar lactose goes undigested into the small intestine where bacteria digest the lactose, resulting in SIBO and those fun symptoms and speed dashing to the toilet.  

(The Dairy Dash is expected to be be the favorite event at the new Celiac Olympics. 😸)

SIBO can also occur if you consume excess carbohydrates and have low stomach acid which leaves carbohydrates undigested for the SIBO bacteria to feed on.

When this happened to me, I started following the Autoimmune Protocol Diet, a Paleo diet that removes sugars and most carbohydrates from the diet.  If you change your diet, you change your microbiome.  If you don't feed the SIBO bacteria the sugars and carbs, they starve and die off, giving the beneficial bacteria a chance to repopulate.  Three weeks on the AIP Paleo diet and I felt so much better, the bloating resolved, and no more dairy dashes! 

Be sure to supplement with a B Complex, magnesium, Vitamin D, and high dose Thiamine.  Thiamine is instrumental in regulating the intestinal bacteria and SIBO.  The gluten free diet can be deficient in the essential B vitamins.  Celiac Disease causes vitamin deficiencies due to malabsorption.  By supplementing with vitamins, you give your body a better opportunity to absorb vitamins and minerals needed for healing and feeling better.

Keep us posted on your progress!

References:

Mucosal reactivity to cow's milk protein in coeliac disease

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810502/

...The Autoimmune Protocol Diet Modifies Intestinal RNA Expression in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7147823/

....Dietary Vitamin B1 Intake Influences Gut Microbial Community and the Consequent Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147846/

....Hiding in Plain Sight: Modern Thiamine Deficiency

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533683/

....Thiamine deficiency disorders: a clinical perspective

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8451766/

[Scott Adams]

Others on this forum has used colostrum:

https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=Colostrum&quick=1

Are you concerned that it may not be gluten-free? It should be naturally gluten-free, but be sure to check the ingredients.