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In a message dated 4/16/99 1:50:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< s this really true, that if cows eat wheat, there can be trace
 amounts of gluten in the milk?? If so, shouldn't we all be avoiding all
 cow's milk and dairy products? Does someone on this list know more about
 this? >>

 Theoretically, proteins that a human mother ingests are not supposed to be
able to find their way into breastmilk. Real-life experience shows otherwise.
One theory I have heard to explain this is that the mother has leaky gut, so
the proteins leak out of her digestive system and end up in her milk. I guess
the question would then be "can cows get leaky gut?". I don't have an answer,
hopefully someone else will come up with the answer to this one!

Carol in rainy New Jersey