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To: yldstrk

Yes, maybe, sort of. The problem is that the intestinal flora, not just bacteria, but Archaea, viruses and other microorganisms, and even parasites, are very interactive with each other and the immune system.

If the gluten was digested by bacteria, it still might elicit an immune response. Some immune diseases like Crohn’s may actually be causes by an *absence* of a parasite.

So it’s likely going to be years before they start to get a handle on this.


47 posted on 11/18/2013 7:36:07 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (War on Terror news at rantburg.com)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
After my “gut” problem a year or so ago, my husband bought me the book IBS For Dummies (irritable bowel syndrome). I have never read anything more confusing. What makes one person sick, cures another person with the same symptoms. I am not surprised that anyone, even doctors, is confused by this condition.
53 posted on 11/18/2013 7:44:31 AM PST by Ditter
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