Wheat-Free Diet in the Treatment of Sprue

THROUGHOUT the years diet has played an important part in the treatment of the steatorrhea of sprue and of celiac disease. Although the relation between these two diseases has never been established clearly, they are clinically similar in many respects — so much so that some investigators consider them to be the same disease in different age groups.1 Because of the steatorrhea a low-fat diet has been advocated in both disorders. In fact, until recently, the accepted dietary treatment of sprue was a high-protein, high-carbohydrate, high-vitamin, low-fat diet.2 In celiac disease, on the contrary, other regimens have been suggested. Haas, . . .