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At 11:04 AM 3/7/01 -0800, Valerie Wells wrote:

>In addition to being gluten, egg & dairy intolerant, I am also largely
>carbohydrate intolerant.  My boring diet consists of meats, veggies, soy
>protein, a few fruits & tiny amounts of rice.  Are any of you gluten
>intolerant folks also carbohydrate intolerance?  If you are, do you have
>any breakfast ideas?  Although it's tasty, I'm tired of soy protein
>shakes and sausage sauted with cabbage or bacon.  Valerie in Tacoma,WA

This issue of Gluten Free Living, which I join several others in
recommending a subscription to, explains that just as many celiacs may be
lactose intolerant for the first year or two of the diet (till they learn
to avoid the hidden glutens and the gut has a chance to heal) so some of
them may also be intolerant to other disacharrides such as sucrose and
maltose for the same reason: the cells that line the intestines produce the
enzymes that allow us to digest these sugars: lactase (produced at the tips
of the villi), maltase and sucrase. These are the cells that suffer the
most damage from gluten. But once we learn to follow the diet, these cells
will repair, and we will probably be able to digest these sugars again --
except for those who may be predisposed to lactose intolerance (because of
age or genetics) and some of them will not get this ability back. So take
heart that it may be temporary :) -vance

My cousin Eudene mistook her valium for her birth control pills. She had 12
kids -- but she doesn't care.