Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Actually you should be comparing the two ratios. I think the test results are normal for your child since the ratios are less than .95. Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Actually, according to these results, your child is still having peptides in his urine. Now, bear in mind the validity and reliability of these tests is very questionable. But according to your results here, the " norm " is less than .95 (notice the decimal point here) and your results are 44.95 for casomorphin and 13.22 for gliadorphin. Both are way above what this test considers the norm. Urinary Peptides interpretation Well, I just got the results from my son's peptides test from Great Plains and if I am interpreting it correctly, he does not have a problem with casein or gluten. Here's the results: Peptides Peptide ng/ml Creatinine mg/dl Ratio Norm Ratio Casomorphin 44.95 48 .94 <.95 Gliadorphin 13.22 48 .28 <.95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 hmmm, well, perhaps she should call the lab who ran the test results to be doubly sure, since we seem to be reading these differently. Usually the labs send a sortof written commentary on lab results, did you get anything like that, with suggestions on what to do?? Let us know what you find out. I would be curious to know, since I thought the results looked high to me, but I could be mistaken of course. > Actually you should be comparing the two ratios. I think the test results > are normal for your child since the ratios are less than .95. > > Ann > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I would ask the lab and see what they say is the interpretation. Different labs do different tests and have different baseline ranges. Overall, I wouldn't worry what the tests say because about 25% of typical people have high urinary peptide results (per Shattock who works with the peptides). So that means 25% of anyone walking around would also have elevated readings when they do not need a special diet. Also, it is common to hear of someone on a strict GFCF diet for over a year or more get test results back that are even higher than when they started the diet! The tests will not tell you if food eliminations or enzymes will be helpful. Some people with high test numbers never see results on diet or enzymes, and some with very low numbers see improvement with diet or enzymes. Is there another reason that you ran the tests for? Remember that not all dietary peptides are evil. So please do not think the goal is to get rid of 100% every molecule of peptides (even if that task were physiologically possible). You want some peptides because they have good and beneficial functions in the body. Even some of the 'opiate peptides' have good and beneficial functions. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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