<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi, All-- I've been off the list the past three weeks as I moved from Kansas to Alabama. One person on this list wrote me to tell me that to her knowledge, only her mother, daughter and herself were the only celiacs in this city (Huntsville). So, during these past weeks, I've been trying to understand who so few celiacs are either not being diagnosed, or perhaps don't populate the southern states. I haven't met with my new doctor yet, so I don't know what she will have to say about celiac. Does anyone know if the Maryland Univ. study indicated a lesser incidence of CD in the south? Is there other information about this puzzle? Or, is this possibly another case of underdiagnosis/physician ignorance? I'm really quite frustrated here. I can find most of my baking supplies in a few health food stores, but I've run into situations in which McDonalds doesn't serve the same salad dressings I got in Kansas, sausage in two McDonald's were quite different, and brands of food are so different...can't find many that are listed on the delphi food list. My frustration is compounded by the fact that I'm having to live with family and cooking in the south is much different. Though my family is trying to be supportive, so many more spices, seasonings, sauces, etc. are used in cooking. I just want to be safe and my cooking has been fairly elementary - we don't have enough room in the kitchen for two different brands of everything. Anyway, my primary question is whether or not anyone can offer information of a scientific nature about why CD is so dramatically unknown in the south? Or am I just not quite adjusted to the area? If the physicians are just not up on the latest research, I can do something to educate them. If there is a heritage issue here so that the southern states are populated by people who are not predisposed to CD, I would love to know about this phenomena...and move. Shopping here is extremely difficult! If anyone has any thoughts or information they would like to share, I would appreciate any enlightenment. I'll be glad to summarize if there's interest. Cheers, Ayn in Alabama __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the Celiac List*