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Don Wiss wrote the following in response to a question regarding the
difference between gluten and lactose molecules:

>Lactose intolerance is frequently a secondary intolerance to gluten
>intolerance.
>The lactose intolerance appears as the lactase enzyme needs the
>intestine's microvilli to hang on to (or they come from the
>microvilli).  This becomes evident when the diagnosed celiac goes
>through recovery and the villi, then the microvilli, grow back.
>When you were trying lactase alone, your symptoms were gluten
>intolerance symptoms. After going gluten-free you were getting
>lactose intolerance symptoms. You now have both under control. If
>you can maintain a 100% GF diet you can expect the lactose
>intolerance to go away in a year or two.

I was wondering if anyone knows why it takes so long for the villi and
microvilli to grow back? Also, how much would one or two accidental doses
of gluten affect the villi and microvilli after they have recovered? Are
you back to square one?

Scott in San Francisco
(Just diagnosed)