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Gluten is a protein, not a polysaccharide.

At the top of this forum is a sticky -

THE STARCH CONTENT OF FOODS - THE LIST

This information was extracted from Widdowson & McCance. If you read the first few posts you will get the background.

Thanks for pointing me to the right track:
Wikipedia:
Gluten (from Latin gluten "glue") is a composite of the proteins gliadin and glutenin. These exist, conjoined with starch, in the endosperms of some grass-related grains...

this is the context i've written.
you are right, but if you will read "breaking the vicious cycle" - you'll understand what i said and why i said it (regarding the celiac disease)

as far as i remember you posted somewhere that u have 3 editions of the book in your library.

Can you post an example or a scan about the complete food contains of some food? lets take garlic or banana's for example.
So that i can get the picture about the book and decide if it does worth the money and the proces of ordering it from UK?

For a banana the following are listed, amount per 100g of food samples

water, total nitrogen, protein, fat, carbohydrate, energy value

starch, total sugars, glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, dietary fibre, (fatty acids) saturated, mono-unsaturated, poly-unsaturated, cholesterol

(inorganic constituents) Na, K, Ca, Mg, P, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cl, Mn, Se, I

(vitamins) retinol, carotene, D, E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, trypt60, B6, B12, folate, pantothenate, biotin, C

In all some 1235 foods and food products listed.

Thank you bilko! this book seems to me like a must have book. At least for the first year into the diet.

another questions for more experimentated dieters:
did you encountered problems (gut problems or back inflmation) if you mix vegetables and fruits on the same table? (i am talking about allowed fruits and vegetables)