<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I've noticed a lot of people on this list talk about having other food sensitivities besides gluten/wheat, and how limited this makes their diets. I know CD causes us to have "leaky guts" which can lead to further food sensitivities, limiting already limited diets. Maybe this will help a few of you. According to Dr James Braly and Dr Stuart Berger, most food allergies can be overcome through a rotation diet; only a small percentage are "fixed" allergies in which the offending food can never be eaten. The best book I have read on the subject is DR BRALY'S FOOD ALLERGY AND NUTRITION REVOLUTION by James Braly MD (you can get it at a good price thru amazon.com). I have no financial or other interest in this book, except that it's helping me feel better! The basic idea is this: find out which food or foods to which you have a sensitivity (say, corn). Eliminate all sensitive foods for a 3-month period. After that period you can reintroduce the sensitive food on a rotating basis (except those that are fixed sensitivities, such as of course gluten/wheat, and any others that you find you cannot tolerate at all). "On a rotating basis" means that you rotate the foods that you eat, on a minimum of 4 days rotation. So you could have corn one day (several times in one day if you want), but then you would not eat corn again for 4 days. If you are a little more sensitive, it might be every 7 days rather than every 4 days (you can find this out thru experimenting and keeping a food/symptom diary). The idea is that your body can easily deal with an allergen when it is in small amounts, and is not insulted with the allergen repeatedly. CAUTION: Some allergic foods, of course, you might be so sensitive to that you cannot ever eat them, such as a person who might go into anaphylactic shock if he eats a peanut. (I know a man whose face breaks out if he even *smells* peanuts!) If your sensitivity is this severe, DO NOT try to eat that food ever! Also, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO GLUTEN; CD IS NOT AN ALLERGY. So, the good news to celiacs is that if you are sensitive to other grains like corn and rice, you might still be able to eat corn and rice if you just don't eat too much or too often. Unlike gluten, these grains don't actually damage your gut, so if you can eliminate the other bothersome symptoms, you can eat them. I hope this helps somebody out there to expand their limited diet a little bit! This is NOT medical advice, I am NOT a medical expert, I am just forwarding some information that has helped me personally. Carma in Phoenix [log in to unmask] PS: These experts believe that you can induce a food sensitivity, especially in those with leaky guts, because you eat it too much or too often; they recommend a rotating diet for all foods to avoid this possibility.