<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> My computer was down which is why I haven't replied until now. I didn't mean to be rude--honest, Many people replied to my posting about spelt to tell me spelt was WHEAT. I know that. I knew that before I tried it so I'll tell you the story: A friend named Gordon wrote to me and said he'd been eating spelt for several months and had no adverse effects. I wrote him quickly and said the same things you nice people said to me. He wrote back and said he knew that and would i like a spelt pretzel? He was making lots of spelt pasta in his pasta machine and also pretzels. Remember pretzels?? So, because I trusted Gordon, I bought a small sack of spelt and followed the directions to make bread. I intended to have one small piece of bread,put up with five days of terrible swelling, diarrhea and weakness then write Gordon a scathing letter. What happened was, I ate a small piece and it tasted so good I ate the whole loaf. Of course it was a small loaf, nevertheless I sat back and waited. My intestine is so sensitive to anything new that it would react to the "newness" in about a half hour. It would react to the spelt (read"wheat") several hours later. Nothing happened. I had no reaction at all. I want to say this about the Vita Spelt people: They were wonderful. They helped me choose a bread machine and then they told me (more than once) that spelt was wheat and I better not eat it. I asked if they had other celiac clients and they admitted they did. That was three years ago. I have had spelt bread or spelt pancakes or spelt noodles nearly every day for three years. I haven't had an adverse reaction yet. My DH has remained dormant and my elbows are as smooth and pink as everybody else's, which isn't saying much, is it? :-) I remember once sitting at the dining room table when I was a teenager with each elbow in a lemon half trying to bleach my black, peeling elbows. Didn't work. The only celiacs who have tried this that I know about are my friend Gordon, the person who told him, and the "other customers" of Vita Spelt. I don't recommend it to anyone who is not curious and adventurous and ready to be miserable for a few days just to see if he can eat spelt pretzels! I'm going to continue with it. You're a grand list and I thank you for all your comments. Nan Burket [log in to unmask] Springfield, IL