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An unfortunate typo obscured what I meant when I said:
>>but the statement
>>deserves to be out in the open since it suggests there there may indeed
>>be two diets, one for three categories of gluten sensitives, another for
>>the other two. ... His response was that he didn't know
>>what other or additional condition caused this, but that it was not
>>celiac disease.
>>If he is correct then a clean enough wheat starch (or clean enough oats,
>>I might add) diet is acceptable for those with CD only, and the stricter
>>diet is for those with this other condition. I prefer to name this
>>other condition allergy/intolerance
The third line should read
"be two diets, one for one of the three categories of gluten sensitives,
another for"
The two medical conditions are CD only and this short term classic CD
sensitivity to single incident consumption of gluten only that I, not the
celiac expert, call allergy/intolerance.
The three categories of gluten sensitives are those with CD only, those
with this short term response, and the third those with both.
If this is the case, then a more European diet is suitable for those with
CD only, while a US-like diet would be suitable for the other two
categories.
Finally, based on a talk by a specialist in food sensitivities at an AMA
press briefing, many of you who think you have the second medical
condition haven't carried out the definitive test for same: double blind
testing using small enough amounts that taste or texture of the gluten
containing food can be masked by something else. David used the word
"psychosomatic" in reference to the original study quoted here and
apparently this can happen. Food elimination is the way to narrow down
suspects, but in the end this is needed. For those with very strong, even
life threatening reactions such a test is not feasible, of course.
Kemp Randolph
Long Island
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