Quote: I just read "fat malabsorption" in your signature... I haven't heard of that.. how did you know you have it? can you not eat any fat? or just large amounts of it don't work for you?
I'm sorry I'm so late in responding back to you. I had a 24 hour fecal fat test - You eat 100 grams of fat in a day then 24 hours later, you collect your stools for 24 hours and bring it to the lab. They look at it to see how much fat is contained in the stool. The maximum amount that a person should have is 7 (I don't know the units), I had 14. My doctor didn't say anything about eliminating fat from my diet, but he hasn't given me a whole lot of useful information on anything. What I do know is that my body just doesn't absorb fat like it should - which is an indicator of many things: crohn's, celiac, pancreatic insufficiency, SIBO, giarrdia. I've been tested for all of the above with the exception of SIBO which I'll be getting tested for soon. I am very careful of the amount of fat I eat and things have been better - but who knows at this point.
-------------------- Jeanette IBS-D, then switched to IBS-A, now stable with Udo's Choice Super Bifido Plus Probiotic
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