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Charlotte Ward-Perkins wrote:

>>...to imply that this research is faulty because of possible support from
Codex wheatstarch producers is at best naive, and at worst, defamatory.<<

On the contrary, it is absolutely essential that everyone understand that
certain studies are bought and paid for by those who stand to profit from
the results. Being published in a medical journal is no guarantee of freedom
from taint. Studies can be and are often set up in such a way to achieve the
desired results. For example, by excluding certain participants.

There should be a complete disclosure of who funded these studies, as well
as which celiac societies, if any, may have received funding from the codex
wheatstarch manufacturers.

>>As soon as the US food industry believes that it can make money out of
wheatstarch you can bet your life there'll be plenty of "proper"
all-American studies proving its safety!<<

And they will be just as suspect!

Are there any independently-funded, designed and administered long-term
large-scale studies, without specially selected participants, showing that
consumption of codex wheatstarch does not cause anti-gliadin antibodies in
any of the celiac patients in the study? If so, where are they?


Dave Westheimer
New Braunfels, Texas, USA

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