Peptides/IgG

[Guest guest]

It's so confusing- isn't it? Here's the simplest explaination I've

heard:

There are two separate issues.

One, does your child break down gluten and/or casein into morphine

peptides?

Two, does your child have any IgG food sensitivies ( how many

antibody " missiles " do they dump into the bloodstream everytime they

consume a certain food,taxing their immune system)?

Both can cause behavioral/neurological issues and both are

important. Your child might have test results that seem

contradictory but they are really two different but equally important

issues.

For example, I have two kids on the spectrum. My daughter has gluten

peptide levels off the measurable scale (well,hopefully lower now

since she is gfcf!) She also has a pretty high casein peptide

level. Interestingly, she tests very low in IgG reaction to both

gluten and casein, though she was very high on some other things like

peanut and banana. So, if you only looked at the IgG tests you would

think that she could probably have gluten and casein occasionally,

but she can't because she produces tons of peptides.

In contrast, my son's peptide levels were above normal, but nowhere

near as high as my daughters BUT, his IgG results on gluten and

casein were skyhigh.

So....they are both strictly GFCF. My son's problems appear more

allergy/food intolerance related, and my daughter's more immune

system related (she also had some immune deficiencies show up on

other tests). Of course, it's probably all related.

I know several kids who tested positive for peptides only with

casein, but are still wheat free because they tested very high on the

IgG.

Hope this helps, I have to keep straightening this out in my mind all

the time!

As long as I'm posting, I'll add my tip that I haven't posted in

awhile- I keep a set of those 3x5 notecards that bound on a spiral

near my computer. Then whenever anybody has posted an interesting

recipe I copy it in the notecard book. It keeps the recipes together

and then you can just tear out the notecards later and insert them in

a recipe book, or keep them together in the spiral!

Have a great day! sara