<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to the Aussies who gave me information after my last posting and also others who wrote to me. I realise now how insignificant my symptoms are compared with others. I have a suggestion for anyone who has trouble explaining the condition to others. By saying it is an allergy you tend to go on having to list all the things you can't eat and you watch as eyes glaze over. I suggest that you say something like.....'think of it as being like diabetes except that my body cannot process gluten.' On the whole people understand diabetes and the havoc it causes in the body. Now my question to Aussie list members. What savoury spreads can I put on toast? I am having Vegemite, Promite and Marmite withdrawal symptoms. Gretel