In a message dated 97-08-24 22:02:56 EDT, you write:

<< I was fed solids at an outrageously early age by today's standards (like
 I think cereal by 2 weeks and all kinds of stuff by 6-8 weeks -- then they
 decided that I was "allergic to everything" and took me off everything for
 a while).  So even though I was breastfed, this early exposure to foreign
 proteins may have been implicated in my development of a leaky gut.
  >>

Good point.  This is why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that
babies from allergic families be exclusively breastfed for one whole year.
 This means nothing at all except human milk for the entire first year.
Kim