Eva wrote: Did she complain about cereals or disliked them or something that points in that direction? ----------------- Yes, actually she did complain about eating grains. I never saw her eat pasta or rice. She took some sort of stomach acid pills for many years. I don't think they helped her. When she went to the nursing home at age 97, they stopped that medication (calling it unnecessary). She was a heavier girl when young and then became very very thin in middle age and old age. Her osteoporosis was so severe that she could not walk for the last couple years of her life. I strongly suspect she had undiagnosed Celiac Disease. She had many of the symptoms that I had prior to diagnosis. I, too have found that my quality of life is better no without ANY grains. Kathleen