From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters. Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 00:27:19 -0600
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.
Have no idea if this is of help to you, but my wife's boss and his son have Celiac's disease. (http://www.celiac.org/). I just offered to research websites with lists of foods that contain gluten for them this weekend. If you'd like, I'll copy you (or the list, if anyone else is interested) on what I find.
Let me know. Jon
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