For those trying the gluten-free diet, you should also try Bifidobacterium lactis probiotics with it. This was included in an article I posted in the celiac thread below, but I do not know if it will get missed in the long article.

"Research has shown two interesting facts. First, people with celiac disease have DIFFERENT bacterial gut microflora than healthy people. Second, supplementing with probiotic bacteria may reduce the damage gluten causes and accelerate healing.

Probiotic bacteria have been shown to digest gluten into peptides, and thus make it harmless.

Researchers in Finland studied the effect of probiotic bacteria on cultures of epithelial cells (cells that line the intestine) to find out their effect on gluten-induced cellular damage. The researchers found that probiotic bacteria called Bifidobacterium lactis countered the harmful effects of gluten, and that it may be a helpful addition to a gluten-free diet."