Recommended Labs and Follow-up for Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance EP014
Freeze your poop and mail it to Texas!
In all seriousness, a stool analysis can offer vital information about your body’s absorption of fat and nutrients, and today the Gluten Free RN explains the significance of knowing your fecal fat score and other baseline labs that can offer clues about how gluten has adversely affected your health.
Nadine outlines recommended labs for celiac disease and gluten intolerance, discussing how each test can inform the way you tweak your diet or add necessary supplements to your health care routine. She also reviews the importance of follow-up labs to track how you are healing and help you get better, faster!
What’s Discussed:The importance of standardization in celiac testing and follow-up labs
Things to consider re: the results of a celiac panel
Why a “gluten challenge” is dangerous
Additional tests that can offer valuable information
How to obtain reimbursement for labs
Why a diet change is preferable to medication in lowering cholesterol
What a stool analysis can tell you about your microbiome
Why you should avoid food allergy testing in the first year of a gluten-free diet
Resources Mentioned:Cyrex Labs
EnteroLab
Connect with Nadine:Contact via Email
Books by Nadine:Dough Nation: A Nurse's Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism
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