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Thanks for the advice, i'll likely wait to do that because of cost and I suspect that may not be the issue. I did recently get tested for both H pylori and celiac and both came back negative. (Years ago I did have H pylori, went on 2 rounds of antibiotics, I suspect the bug did some damage)
The reason I suspect zinc and copper may not be the issue is the reactive nature of my symptoms. I can lay off dairy/grains/beans for awhile, eliminations found in AIP, and my joint pain will be at ~30% relative to the pain I would get consuming those foods. I was also likely consuming more copper and zinc on AIP as well.
BUT I suppose if excess free copper and zinc symptoms are masked by the cortisol surge that AIP would give me, maybe it is a potential issue I shouldn't write off. But the correlation in milk, cheese, grain, bean consumption and joint pain is strong.
I didn't always have these intolerances which is giving me hope on my hunt to fix what seems like a potentially reversible immune dysfunction I developed later in life.
Exactly what triggers gut inflammation can vary a bit from person to person, though there seem to be some common culprits so susceptible people. .
When I had my zinc and copper tested, they were in fact too low and I needed to supplement these. I have understood that this is often the case in RA. In fact copper is seen as preventing RA. In a study done in Finland it was shown that people working in copper mines had significantly less joint problems. So I am a bit confused.
Still eating peat, just really trying to keep inflammation down using supplements like pregnenelone, vit e and k, caffeine, aspirin, sugar, gelatin etc, but I wish I didn't have to rely on so many supplements to make the diet pain free
I don't think the peat diet is the real issue here either. The real issue is my compromised immune function and maybe digestive health (developed in my early 20s); many people can tolerate the foods that I cannot. My goal is to find out the mechanism that creates the pain and fix it, while adhering to a peaty diet. What did AIP fix that peat is currently not? and how can I supplement the peat diet to permanently fix the issue?
My current peaty diet consists of:
2 quarts milk
1 quart juice (usually oj, sometimes apple or grape)
~1 cup of sugar
Fruits like cherries, dates, melons, grapes, apples, pears (sometimes cooked)
cheese
protein (usually eggs, sometimes meat)
Weekly oysters and chicken liver
Great lakes gelatin
1-2 potatoes daily
butter, sour cream, salt
I wish I could do the carrot, but I recently got braces and had to stop. I just picked up charcoal today actually, too early to tell if that will help