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Cynthia Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:41:41 EDT
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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

About half  of people read labels and call manufacturers only on Questionable
ingredients like modified food starch, spices, Flavorings etc.
People with a strong sensitivity or babies with Celiac were extremely careful
and a few people only eat homemade very basic type foods like rice, potatoes
and meat.

  4 or 5 people had a very carefree attitude and just sort of went with
whatever didn't seem to bother them (after checking labels)  One respondent
had his/her levels checked occasionally.
 approx. 10 people mentioned relying on the list for additional help in
knowing if a food that had prev. been gf had changed to gc and other
information of gf foods.

 Three people thought it too time consuming to call on everything and going
by labels was working just fine for them.

 One woman with a previously sick baby had thought a hand soap was gf but
couldn't find it on her list.  After calling she was told that it did have a
trace gluten agent in it.

 Some people were very distrusting of even being told that a product was gf
(for instance marshmallows being coated in flour to keep them from sticking,
caller was told to "just blow off the flour."   About 8 people avoid sticky
food for this reason.

 The responses led to another question,
if a person has no symptoms, does that mean that she/he is not ingesting
gluten?  What I mean is that can a person still be doing damage even if they
are not showing symptoms like being sick?
~Cynthia

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