<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Blessings to the listmates! I want to give kudos to Larissa Blechman for her great assessment of the GF diet. I do sympathize with the felling of doing without (sometimes I think I'd kill for a doughnut!). I also recognize the tremendous benefits of making our own food, avoiding highly processed "foods," staying out of restaurants, and, as someone else brought up, the self discipline. In our situation, the increased cost of specialty ingredients is more than offset by the fact that we just plain don't eat out anymore. Now there is one thing that I can't relate well to regarding the condition: the pain after eating gluten. I am not celiac but my wife and children are, at the very least, gluten intolerant. We decided, as a family, that we would all go one the diet. I know what it is like to drool over the fried chicken in the Safeway deli and finally turn around and head to the checkout with a garden salad instead. In the long run I'm always glad I decide on the gf alternative. I am healthier for it. Frankly, we thank God for the "aweful diet" because it has forced us to live a healthier lifestyle. Aaron Atkinson Moscow, Idaho, USA