<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Re: "Talk to the Hand" Lynne Truss I cannot believe that an intelligent person would be so insensitive as to write: {THE quote} Celiac disease (gluten intolerance) is a serious autoimmune disorder that causes extreme suffering, necessitating the adoption of life-altering regimes in order to survive and which can result in intestinal lymphomas and other cancers in addition to osteoporosis, infertility, malnutrition, failure of children to grow and thrive, and many other serious consequences. It is difficult enough to feed oneself or one's affected children food that contains not even a trace of the protein gluten- which is present in every food plant and restaurant- without widely-read authors implying that those of us who suffer from this disease are faddists or malingerers. For shame. I suggest you or Ms Truss contact the Gluten Intolerance Group at www.gluten.net or (206) 246-6652 or the Celiac Sprue Association at www.csaceliacs.org or at (877) CSA-4-CSA for some information about this very real, very frightening disease, which can strike out of the blue at any time to previously healthy individuals. Ms Truss may even get her wish to become gluten intolerant (and lactose intolerant, since they often go together); one person out of 133 carries the gene for it. The gene can be triggered at any time of life.. Mary Bourgrif, very depressed about this unjustified attack on an illness over which I have no control.. * Send administrative questions to [log in to unmask] *