[Sca-cooks] spelt bread

[Terry Decker]

Celiac disease is an immune reaction to gluten proteins.  The antibodies 
produced by the body's immune system damage the villi (hairlike vascular 
projections) of the small intestine making it more difficult or impossible 
for the villi to absorb nutrients.  Digestibility or indigestibility has 
little to do with the problem, the real issue is the quality and quantity of 
the gluten antigens released by digestion and the corresponding antibody 
response.

Bear

> Hmm, this is very different from what I was taught, less digestible rather
> than more easily digestible, although that might not be mutually 
> exclusive.
> Guess I'll have to go back and track down the sources for my sources. 
> Very
> interesting.
> Christianna
>