In a message dated 9/2/02 10:10:50 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: << I'm not sure why I had a lack of problems other than possibly because I'd had no grains at all for 3+ months and my system was able to tolerate the amounts I ate. Is this likely the answer? >> I think some people react this way and some get more sensitive. I have trouble with grains, too, but the place I saw the same thing you experienced is with alcohol. I used to drink regularly - not a lot but on a regular basis - and began to have colitis from it (which the M.D, did not discover but I suspected.) When I quit all alcohol the colitis totally went away, much to the M.D's surprise.Then I began to have the occasional drink with no problem. And now I can drink every night on vacation and occasionally during the year with no problem at all. I think I became less sensitive to it by doing it so rarely. So maybe it's that way with you and grains. Frances