Today I got back the results from the Metametrix lab work. I am not happy. Basically his entire diet showed up as a food sensitivity. Fantastic.
From what I understood, his blood serum was exposed to a number of different foods to see if it would have an immune response. Whit had a “response class” of +3 (moderate) to casein (cheese), egg white, egg yolk, milk, wheat, and soybean. Guess what we vegetarians eat a lot of? He also had a mild response to cranberry, limas, pinto beans, almonds, and zucchini. Awesome.
We are supposed to take these foods out of his diet for four weeks, then slowly reintroduce them to determine if he has any kind of negative reaction to them (as opposed to retesting at the lab.) I imagine he will have a happy reaction to eating something other than nuts and fruit after four weeks. I am really on the fence about trying an elimination diet. I will probably have to schedule some face-time with his doctor and ask him if this is all as bullshit as it seems.
The nutritionist was concerned about his sources of protein during this diet month considering we are vegetarian. No kidding. She said that any nutritionist would tell you that children should not be vegetarians. I told her that we’ve had four primary care doctors and two nutritionists in the last six years and none of them have ever mentioned that to me. I have no patience for broad, unsubstantiated statements these days. I guess the chiropractor who developed Brain Balance has a saying “eat meat for brain, eat vegetarian for heart” or some crap. “Nothing with a face, beyotch.” That’s my saying. She also gave me a giant pack of papers with food suggestions and recipes, and that was very helpful.
At our next meeting she’ll talk to me about the supplements Whit needs. I can see from the results that he is lacking in the B vitamins, and it made sense to me how that is preventing all the amino acids in his blood from being used by his cells. This Wednesday another woman will talk to me about behavior modification techniques. Can’t wait.
By the way, homework still takes two or more hours.
Whit is 6 years old? Hopefully he's not a picky eater (my son might've starved he was/is so picky!)
ReplyDeleteIn 1988 I was sick w/pneumonia/bronchitis.bronchiectisis for 12 months straight - 365 days of antibiotics, exhausted, etc.
I went to a Naturopath. He had me go on a very limited diet (light green vegetables, olive oil & spices only).
I found out I was allergic to various things: dairy, alcohol, acidic foods, lentils, hydrogenated oils, canola & olive oils, most nuts, all citrus, cola & some other odder foods; mold, dust mites, tobacco,
I discovered my allergies when I reintroduced items one at a time. I had a noticeable reaction w/in 1 hour if I had a problem. (Alka-seltzer could abort the reaction)
10 years ago I started going to an acupuncturist who practices NAET allergy elimination. I now have much less of a problem. I still can't eat dairy, and have problems w/mold & dust mites. But most of the rest are gone or minimized.
Just to tell you there is hope.
Good luck!