<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> At 01:55 PM 4/30/01 +0100, David J Walland wrote: >The idea that tiny amounts of gluten build up to large >amounts has recently become a feature of a number of >postings and replies, especially with regard to Codex >Alimentarius purified wheat starch. >(cruelly cropped here :) > >The human body has a number of ways of dealing with >proteins and these will always eventually break down any >(non-self) protein or other amino acid sequence into its >constituent amino acids. (All of which are always present >in our bodies). > >This is one worry that you don't need to have. David is right here. What do you think all that diarrhea is about when you get just a touch of gluten in your diet? It's to clean out the damaging substance from your body so you can do it again in a few days :) If we accumulated it, where would we be putting it? Hell, if it accumulated in us we would eventually all have brown eyes :) -vance