<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I want to clarify my views on how often a celiac can eat gluten and get away with it. The best way is to always avoid it. If a patient tells me they have eaten gltuten once a month and had one or two days of symptoms then that is probably all they will get. The problem is we're all human and most tend to under-report the transgressions. Certainly the intake of gluten every week with the production of symptoms will have a high liklihood of prodcing chronic damage. I dont know how much gluten is enough to produce damage or increase the risk of cancer. But it seems to be sensible to avoid it as far as possible Not medical advice Joe Murray