Kathy Partridge asked:

>Any ideas? I haven't seen much mention of chronic headache as a "disease of
>civilization",

Headaches have been implicated with gluten consumption, and also possibly
with corn/maize.

(1) In a Canadian survey of symptoms among those intolerant to gluten,
21.3% listed headaches or migraines as a symptom.

(2) In a study in Iceland, where they found 7.5% of those studied having
high anti-gliadin antibodies, persistent or recurrent headaches were more
common in the gliadin antibody positive group.

(3) Dr. Lloyd Rosenvold in _Can a Gluten-Free Diet Help?_ also recommends a
gluten-free diet for migraines.

(4) There are lots of studies out there that indicate that gluten can cause
vascular abnormalities in the brain.

(5) And then lots and lots of anecdotal reports have been posted to the
gluten-free mailing list.

Don.