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Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:12:33 +0900
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Re: Non-gluten grains
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On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at 05:32  PM, L wrote:

> I can only speak anecdotally about Teff having had no alternative but
> to eat
> it while in Ethiopia. I'm not sure about the nutritional content but am
> assuming that it is gluten free as I did not get a reaction to Teff
> (whereas
> other gluten grains have an immediate negative effect). Not sure about
> oxalic acid content.
>

Is teff even a grain? Grains botanically are grasses. I don't know what
teff is. Amaranth for example is not really a grain, I wouldn't expect
it to cause gluten reactions unless the mill or storage bins had been
used on wheat and it got contaminated. Even most grains don't have
gluten.

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