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Default Paleo/GAPS/Gluten Free/Dairy Free Diet Suggestions?


"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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>>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>>> [teff]
>>>
>>>> Everything I have seen indicates it is in fact GF. Do you have a
>>>> cite that says otherwise?
>>>
>>> Yes, the Wikipedia article on Teff, which itself has a cite.

>>
>>Actually it says the opposite.
>>
>>The link:
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teff
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>>The quote:
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>>" The grain can be used by celiacs (the gluten in teff does not contain
>>the
>>a-gliadin-fraction that causes celiac disease)

>
> Right. Please go back to the part of my post you did not quote; I said
> that Teff has gluten but that celiacs eat it, but if you have
> a gluten allergy it will be a problem.
>
> Ranee did not state whether the elimination diet is intended to
> screen for celiac as opposed to allergy.


I just read that over again. I do not see that part. And that just makes
no sense. If you have a gluten allergy you must avoid the same type of
gluten that celiacs do. Not *all* gluten. Sheesh.

Please quote that part for me so I can see it. Because I don't.