Susan Carmack wrote:

>> >Uhh -- someone fill me in here -- I have heard that the average age for
>> >the onset of puberty in females in this country (USA) has dropped from
>> >about 17 years old 100 years ago to about 13 or so now.
>
>I started at age 11 on President Kennedy's assassination, Nov 22, 1963.
>Recently I discovered that celiac disease was the cause.

How could celiac disease be the cause? According to Joseph Murray, MD, one
of the leading celiac researchers in the US, "For young untreated celiac
girls, the onset of menarche can be delayed. Like so many other symptoms,
these problems are caused by malabsorption. "

Don.