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Um...how it can it be a psychological effect when I ate it
accidentally? In each case, I had the reaction and then
discovered that vanilla extract had been used. No problem
with vanilla from beans or extracted from non-gluten sources.
I suppose we could try our gluten-testing kit on some vanilla,
but frankly, it was so expensive I hate to waste it on something
that I *know* affects me.

I agree that anecdotal evidence is not evidence but in the
case of sprue it's often all we have.  In the face of all
the contrary advice and information we're given--sometimes
from the same organization!--I prefer to play it safe,
especially when my experience supports the conclusions.

Wendy, [log in to unmask]