Igg Blood Tests

[tina a]

hello. about 6 months ago i was blood tested and found to be intolerant of several foods. dairy, eggs, and gluten/wheat. of course in the beginning i might have slipped in some hidden gluten but i am pretty sure that most of the next 5 months i was totally gluten free as well as dairy and egg free. problem is i don't exactly feel great. i mean i was never feeling too badly to begin with. basically just constipated for about ten years. so not being able to eat gluten a lot of my food is rice oriented. rice bread, rice pasta. at this very moment i am totally constipated. i think i am clogged. i have to do milk of magnesia at least once a week. i have been thinking and i do not have any vegetables in my diet these days. they seem to cause me problems. one of them being that they do not fill me up. if i eat enough to fill me up i feel gassy. any thoughts from anyone? shouldn't i be feeling "better"?

[Jestgar]

Maybe you shouldn't be eating rice. Try switching to just meat, fruit, and vegetables and see how you feel.

[Mari]

I have had to cope with constipation for years and tho magnesium laxatives helped I found that herbal laxatives did the job - Cascara sangrada or Senna. magnesium laxatives only work in the large intestine while herbal laxatives are better at clearing out the small intestine. A normal person will have the urge to have a bowel movement within an hour after eating. This is because when we eat we immediately produce lots of hydrochloric acid in the stomach to liquify the food and this high acidity also triggers a valve between the small and large intestine to release digested food into the bowel. Increasing the stomach acids by using Betaine HCl with meals or hydrochloric acid drops with meals can help this problem. I also eat grapefruit after eating foods with fats or oils which also helps. And I eat lots of prunes which provide fiber and stimulates bowel movements. You may not be eating enough fiber - I've used gluten-free oat bran, flax seed meal tho many use rice bran with meals. I found some websites which show the amount of fiber in foods and try to get most grom my diet. Eating too much fat or oils also clogs up the intestine if you not able to adsorb it, it makes the intestinal contents very sticky.