<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear Listmates, Well, here I am again. Do I need appologize for being at your door again? I surely hope not as I think in my heart that this is the reason that the list exists! Well, I am baffled by something and need your wise imput into my life again. I am that 50 year old that found out in Dec that I am celiac. Everything has much improved since going gluten free but for my digestive abilities. Here is where I need great wisdom. I have been told that I have a leaky gut. Sounds logical indeed, as I can only eat a few food and can not tollerate much more. The confusing thing to me is that the foods that I can eat seem to me to be the hardest to digest and I don't seem to have any trouble with them at all. Here is what I can eat: red meat i.e. steak, hamburgers etc., turkey and brown rice cakes. Sometimes I can have cooked green beans only if I eat them with my meat. Yup, that's it, those are the only things I can eat. I was eating white rice but it congests me every time I try to eat it so I have cut it out. Don't ask me why I can still eat the brown rice cakes I don't understand that either. Now, the only other thing I can eat is even more crazy, its Wendy's chili! Yup, that's what I said chili! Now, how come if my whole problem is that my gut is leaky can I eat those things hard to digest like steak and chili? Why is it that I can not have fruits or vegetables or any type of sugars? 5 or 10 minutes after eating them my stomach sours and I get a bad stomach ache. If its only been a small amount an ascedphilus seems to help, otherwise it is off to the bathroom. Yes, it is all gluten free, I am pretty sure of it. Even what comes from our own garden does the same thing. My body can only have proteins and I don't know why. Anyone have even the slightest help? Thanks again and have I told you today that I am so glad that this list is here!!! Nancy from Texas