--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Harney wrote:

> >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.
> 
> Or as mundane as milk.  I'm lactose intolerant
<snip>
> 
> ...Is there a similar enzyme tablet
> available OTC for wheat gluten, for those
> times when you might want to indulge?

Not as far as I know; dietary avoidance is the only
current therapy.

Jon wrote:
>>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/). 

That is a good website with lots of info; here are two
more:
http://www.csaceliacs.org/infocenter.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/celiacdisease.html

Rice and corn are gluten-free; oats are not, but some
people with celiac sprue seem to have no trouble with
oat consumption.

Debbi
who would really miss oatmeal cookies

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