I'd love to see a sticky for allergy-related terms, abbreviations, etc...

[frontierpsych]

Is there a thread for this? I saw nothing in the sticky. So far I've got T/ED = Total/Elimination Diet.

That's about it.

Please tell me what some of these terms I'm seeing mean!

[nalo]

I think that is a great idea. Could you perhaps get us started by listing a handful of terms you are unsure of? Here are just a few that I can think of off hand...
TED - you got that right (total elimination diet)
ED - elimination diet
CLO - cod liver oil
abx - antibiotics
prbx - probiotics
ELISA - can't tell you what it stands for off hand but it's a blood test for food intollerances (not allergies that could cause anaphylaxis).
IgE - the type of food issue that is considered a "true" allergy (i.e. someone has an IgE mediated allergy to milk. that means there is potential for a dairy exposure to cause life threatening symptoms).
IgG - the type of food issue called intollerances. these are also allergies but not life threatening. (i.e. my DD has an IgG mediated allergy to dairy. it causes GI symptoms primarily).

I know we probably use a million other odd terms but that's all that just easily pops into my head right now.

[lil_miss_understood]

rx- reaction (as opposed to Rx for prescription)
IgA- another immunoglobulin (antibody) tested for indicating Celiac disease
SPT- Skin Prick Test (tests for IgE reactions)
GF- gluten free
SF- varies, can be sugar, can be soy, if you're unsure, ask
EF- egg free
DF- dairy free
CF- can be corn or casein (a milk protein) free
WF- Whole Foods (the store) or wheat free, depending on context
TJs- Trader Joe's
dx- diagnosis
supp- I think is fairly straight-forward, but it's supplement
HVCLO- I think is used elsewhere also, but it's High Vitamin Cod Liver Oil
EE- eosinophilic esophagitis (an extremely serious condition I don't know enough about to describe properly)
PF- peanut free
NF- (tree) nut free, though sometimes will include peanuts
cc- cross contamination
FS- used rarely but I have seen used for FailSafe, a specific allergy diet

Hopefully someone will chime in with descriptions of RAST and NAET.

eta: sf may also be sulphite free

[Ruthla]

I'd also like to suggest that people clarify terms when they first post them.

I've seen posts along the lines of "I need a BFGFCFHFJF birthday cake recipe" and it would be nice to know exactly what foods it is you need to avoid! (BTW, I just made up those letters in my example, I can't even THINK of a food that starts with a J. )

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

I'd also like to suggest that people clarify terms when they first post them.

I've seen posts along the lines of "I need a BFGFCFHFJF birthday cake recipe" and it would be nice to know exactly what foods it is you need to avoid! (BTW, I just made up those letters in my example, I can't even THINK of a food that starts with a J. )

Juniper free? My gran used to use juniper to flavor deer, but... yeah... I think most of the time people are pretty good for being specific, but there *are* times when we're not.

[nalo]

HFS - health food store
CST - cranio sacral therapy

[lil_miss_understood]

SCD- Specific Carbohydrate Diet
WAPF- Weston A Price Foundation

[changingseasons]

RAST - blood test to determine IgE (anaphylactic/immediate-reaction) allergies

ana - anaphylactic/anaphylaxis

xcon- cross contamination (or cc like Jacqueline already posted )

[Chinese Pistache]

GI: gastro-intestinal
rxn: reaction
BED: Body Ecology Diet

[pedi08]

on this board it took me forever to figure out what NT was

NT= Nourishing Traditions

a book referenced on this board often.

[lil_miss_understood]

Bumping and going to ask a mod to sticky.

[changingseasons]

As per your request on the other thread...

FOS - Fructooligosaccharides

These are prebiotics that are sometimes added to probiotics to help the bacteria colonize. Can cause digestive discomfort when starting, and some people are sensitive to them.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by changingseasons

As per your request on the other thread...

FOS - Fructooligosaccharides

These are prebiotics that are sometimes added to probiotics to help the bacteria colonize. Can cause digestive discomfort when starting, and some people are sensitive to them.

Thanks, CS.

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

Thanks, CS.

So, to clarify, you're thanking changingseasons and not corn syrup, right?

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

So, to clarify, you're thanking changingseasons and not corn syrup, right?

Yes, definitely changingseasons! I can't think of anything for which I'd like to thank corn syrup- though I can think of several for which I'd like to un-thank it on behalf of others.

[changingseasons]

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[lil_miss_understood]

Thanks to Susannah for sticky-ing this for us.

[Thystle]

Originally Posted by Ruthla

I'd also like to suggest that people clarify terms when they first post them.

I've seen posts along the lines of "I need a BFGFCFHFJF birthday cake recipe" and it would be nice to know exactly what foods it is you need to avoid! (BTW, I just made up those letters in my example, I can't even THINK of a food that starts with a J. )

BFGFCFHFJF = Bone Free/Grass Free/Coal Free/Hamburger Free/Jam Free :

[Thystle]

Originally Posted by pedi08

on this board it took me forever to figure out what NT was

NT= Nourishing Traditions

a book referenced on this board often.

Ooh to follow that up the "Traditional Foods" board here mostly follows NT and WAPF.

[Thystle]

ANA = anaphylactic allergy or anaphylaxis