<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Your comments about the GF diet and poplular diet fads are quite interesting. Any time my mother comes to stay with us for an extended visit (4-6 weeks), she loses weight and reports feeling much more energetic. Most of our meals are GF, with able members of the family eating WHEAT breads, crackers, etc. I recently had a friend call and rave about another diet book with similar recommendations for avoiding grains in the diet--she and members of her family all reported weight loss and more energy. This really sounds great, but I'm having a hard time throwing all my home-ec classes out the window, along with square meals and food pyramids. One of the things I have worked the hardest on since going GF 7 years ago, was BALANCING my diet to include enough bread/grain products from the allowable GF sources. I tend to favor the middle ground in all the "news" that comes and goes, and I will probably continue "balancing" my diet and wait to see what happens to these theories in the long term. Danelle Sorensen Kansas City, KS, USA [log in to unmask]