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>All the organizations say no to spelt and I did too for seven years.  Then
>another celiac told me he had tried spelt on the recommendation of his
>health food store mentor and found it to be wonderful.  So I tried it with
>great trepidation and found it okay FOR ME.  Please note that I am not
>recommending spelt for you.  So far as I know spelt has never been tested
>for alpha gliadin.
 
I have to jump in and make a comment based upon this abstract available
from [log in to unmask] by sending the command
 
                GET CELIAC GRAINS CELIAC
 
        As you say, there will always be skeptics.  Spelt appears to differ
        from ordinary bread wheat mainly in a gene that makes the outer coat
        adherent (more like oats) rather than free-threshing.  Some people
        seem to think this means Spelt is a more primitive wheat than bread
        wheat, but it could even be the other way around.  On analysis by
        gel electrophoresis, the proteins appear to be almost identical to
        those of certain bread wheat varieties and as far as gluten proteins
        are concerned, the known-to-be-toxic (in celiac disease) alpha
        gliadin type has been found both by protein analysis and by DNA
        analysis in Spelt.
 
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Michael Jones ([log in to unmask]) Orlando, FL USA