<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi All-- I've been on this list for at least six years and feel as though I know a lot of you personally. Now, I need advice on becoming non-GF. I am one of many on the list who never received a definite diagnosis, but went gluten free anyway. My sera and biopsies were negative (as determined by Mayo Clinic). I went GF because it relieved some of my symptoms (but not all). My GI doc suggested genetic testing, but that seems almost a shot in the dark. What it boils down to is this: 1. I am not a medically confirmed celiac, though my first GI doc believed I was since the GF diet improved some of my symptoms. 2. If I'm not celiac, I don't want to eat a GF diet. 3. Being on the GF diet *may* be masking symptoms of another issue that needs to be addressed in a different way. (We think that when I eat gluten, that causes my liver enzymes to spike to 10x higher than normal. My GI doc wants to get a liver biopsy, but can't do so unless I go back to eating gluten to get that spike. Though it sounds dangerous, and it might be, I agree with him. If my liver is damaged by another disease process, we need to know that. So many drugs for other diseases cannot be taken if there's liver disease - I want to know if I have liver disease) What I need to know is this: If I am, indeed, not celiac and return to a GF diet, is there danger in that? Once one is off gluten for at least 5 years, what can I expect when I go back to eating it again? Is there a safe way to do this? Please don't flame me, or lecture me about how healthy the GF diet is and how much better off I am by not eating gluten. I may, in the end, have to return to a GF diet, but I need to know, physiologically, what are the dangers of becoming non-GF? Thanks a bunch! I'll summarize...Ayn in Alabama *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* ******* To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[log in to unmask] *******