I'm no longer filtering anymore. I still don't have much time to participate, and am only a quarter through _The Fellowship of the Ring_ but I am back.
As for the subject line, it's the closest litterary reference to the topic that brought me back. It seams that, for most autistic people, their digestive tract has difficulty breaking down certain food items. Among these items is wheat gluten. It seams in the breaking down of wheat gluten, it is not broken down completely (probably the result of a defective enzyme), and the result is that part that is not broken down properly acts like morphine in the body. Yep, eating bread is like popping morphine pills for people with the condition. Based on past experience and the effect that modification of my diet has had on me in the last few days, I am fairly certain that I have this condition. I have reduced wheat consumption a lot for the last 3 days, and with it have experienced what I consider a very improved disposition and much less tiredness than I usually feel. In actuallity, I really hope I do have the condition. It would explain an awful lot of problems I have had and a lot of conditions that have bothered me most my life and finally give me control over them. Hopefully, this will mark the end of decades of chronic tiredness, emotional problems, obesity (as morphine and its immitators profoundly lower metabolism, and I do not consume nearly enough calories in a day to maintatin my weight, and yet I do not lose weight), and a miriad of other problems. Eventually, I would like to get a doctor's confirmation on the condition, but for now, I am opperating under the assumtion that I do have the condition, and that reduced consumption of wheat gluten will improve my situation. Now I need to look for gluten-free bread and tortilla products (or the recipies for those if I am unable to find the products). I find it terribly interesting that something as mundane as wheat can have such a profound effect on someone because of a simple failure to properly digest it. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons." - Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
