<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Sometime ago, Donald Kasarda said that it had been shown in scientific journal articles that in at least a couple of instances, both milk and soy produced the flattened mucosa characteristic of celiac disease. I would be interested in knowing if these people had adverse reactions to milk, soy AND gluten, or just to milk and/or soy. Before I was diagnosed with celiac (flattened mucosa per biopsy), I never really had much in the way of intestinal problems. My problem was severe anemia that didn't improve with iron tablets. While milk products did cause me to feel mildly nauseaus, I was not aware that wheat, rye, oats, or barley caused me any discomfort. In fact, if my stomach was upset, I would often feel better after eating a bowl of oatmeal. Since I do not want to cause any more damage to my intestines, I have not knowingly eaten any gluten since my diagnosis 8 months ago and therefore do not know what kind of reaction I would have now if I did eat gluten. I have consumed dairy products however, and it seems that whenever I do, I get stomach cramps during the night and feel very tired and irritable for several days afterwards. In addition, as an infant, I had constant intestinal problems for the fi I was born. Changing my formula to some sort of soy protein didn't help and only made it worse. My problems finally cleared up after being put on something called Caesac (I think that's the spelling). Anyway, my question is, is it possible that flattened mucosa could actually be caused by dairy products or soy and not gluten? Any thoughts on this, Don? Marti Nicoll Canton, Ohio