For anybody who cares to take this seriously, test out this theory-- wheat allergy. Do an internet search on "celiac" & you'll get a lot of information. My mother, in her later years, had serious problems with "the runs". I was within days of checking her into the hospital, because nothing helped. Then I cut out everything with flour, and the problem stopped instantly. In retrospect, she probably had the problem most of her life; it just got worse as she got older.