<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Barb wrote: > If I am not eating a completely gluten free meal and to not develop > any symptoms what risk am I running? I believe the main risk is a long term one: Not following a gluten-free diet increases your risk of lymphoma or cancer in the small intestine, and possibly elsewhere in the digestive tract. There is some disagreement as to whether or not a small amount of gluten can be tolerated. My person belief (I'm not a doctor) is that you should try to make your diet as completely free of gluten as is possible, to minimize that long-term risk.