<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi All, From the archives I got an article by Leo Galland about testing for Celiac using a test called Intestinal Permeability. It uses two sugars. One that is normally readily absorbed and one that is normally not absorbed at all (particles too large). About 5 hours after taking the solution, a urine sample is taken. If there is lots of the sugar with large particles, leaky gut. If there is none of either, poor absorbtion. If the test works it would make sense to me. Has anyone used it or does anyone have any first hand info? The article listed a lab that did the test: Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory in Asheville, NC. I called the company. The tests have to be ordered by a doctor. My doctors don't seem to know about CD, I'm wondering if one of them would order the test for me. The lab also does the anti-gliadin antibodies test from Saliva. The lab has a website: http://www.greatsmokies-lab.com/ Their phone no. 800-522-4762. They will mail you sample materials and you mail the sample back. Even with insurance this might be expensive ( I didn't get any prices). If these tests work, seems there should be some way to set up a process where large extended families could be screened. I believe that other members of my extended family have the problem but have never heard of Celiac. Junior Welch Rutledge, Tn. USA