<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The following info shows up in the following website. "[In cd]The body lacks a particular digestive enzyme, intestinal glutaminase, that can digest gluten products" http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201a.htm Now I have not come across this info before. Any hard data to verify this? On the flip side of the "why" of celiac is the discussion surrounding zonulin. Zonulin is a hormone that regulates the permeability of the intestines (maybe one of many?) (Lancet April 2000) and is found to be abnormally high in unmanaged cd. I have not seen any reference to this in all of the discussions on this listserv since I began subscribing(a year ago???). Any discussion now? Can we speculate and dream about managing our zonulin levels while we ingest gluten? Now that would be a cure! I know this sounds too simple and it probably is but dreaming is possible isn't it? Actually since I face a much stricter diet than a gf one each day, at this point I would be very happy to just be gf. If you have any mail for me be sure to use the COMPLETE address below(although I understand some servers may have problems with it.) Barb email address: Barb Gardner <[log in to unmask]>