<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thank you, Katherine, for this article. I hope you don't take offense to my criticisms of this study. They are not directed at you, only to the researchers who did it. My criticism of this study is aimed at the design of the study & conclusion drawn from the results: > It is unlikely that there is an association between gluten sensitivity and schizophrenia.< Excuse me, but I believe this is BAD SCIENCE. Did these researchers bother to put these patients of a trial of the GF diet? NO! Did they test for any other measures of gluten sensitivity in these patients? NO! All they did was measure for the presence of ONE antibody in the blood then come to the sweeping conclusion that there's no connection between gluten sensitivity & schizophrenia. There are other known antibodies (antigliadin, anti endomesial, etc.) that indicate a sensitivity to gluten. And, there are probably a host of other antibodies that we can't measure because we don't yet know about them. And, the most significant test for gluten sensitivity of all is a trial on the GF diet. So IMHO, the only conclusion that these researchers could honestly have made from this study was: This study, as designed, failed to uncover any evidence of a link between the presence of anti-endomysial IgA antibody and schizophrenia. More research is needed to conclusively rule out any causal relationship between gluten ingestion and schizophrenia. Case in point: 3 years ago my eldest son had ALL the symptoms of schizophrenia: auditory & visual hallucinations, unability to think logically, bizarre behavior, etc. He was failing all his college classes and couldn't hold a steady job. And, all conventional blood work for celiac disease came out negative. He did a trial on the GF diet and all the symptoms of schizophrenia vanished w/i 48 hours. He's now a senior at a four year university getting his degree in history while holding down a part time job. He remains symptom free unless he messes up on his diet & ingests gluten. I'm angry. Can you tell? There are so many people suffering from gluten sensitivity related diseases as well as many other diseases (hypothyroidism for one) because doctors are relying on bad science like this reported in PubMed. Valerie in Tacoma ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! * Please remember some posters may be WHEAT-FREE, but not GLUTEN-FREE *