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+1 I know someone who is gluten sensitive and feels unwell if she eats gluten, but she’s not sensitive enough that cross contamination causes a reaction. Her brother, however, has celiac and cannot even eat off of a plate that ever had gluten on it, even if it’s been washed many times. He cannot eat at other people’s homes or in restaurants. Meanwhile, my friend can eat any gluten free product. |
Well, I stopped gluten for my rosacea and it cured my chronic sinusitis. I don’t normally eat at dinner parties or will have a bite. I don’t need to justify to you. |
Wheat is also high in arsenic. Eat quinoa. We also know a lot of kids diets are harmful, especially those who mostly eat bread and cheese. |
You might think I’m callous, but this is why I don’t provide a special menu for any special dietary group. I serve a variety of foods and you take it or you leave it.
I’ve seen enough people make exceptions and have cheap days for their “allergies”, that I roll my eyes anytime somebody claims a dietary need. |
I have some food allergies and depending on what the event is I either eat before hand, bring something to share that I know is "safe", research the restaurant menu ahead of time....if you really have dietary needs there are so many ways to work around it rather than making yourself a pain in everyone's you know what. |
No, it is up to the kid's parents to handle this. They probably don't care what he eats in other people's homes or else they would have specifically told PP (and hopefully provided something for the kid to eat if the kid is both vegan and picky). |
I’m sensitive to yeast and wheat, it causes inflammation - it won’t kill me but I will feel it the next day or two. Sort of like a hangover. If a food is gluten free then I know I can probably eat it, but i am not anal about it don’t announce it prior to going over to people’s houses. I just don’t eat pasta and bread as much as possible. I am more particular about soy as I get migraines from many soy products and avoid those as much as possible. |
Oh yes! Allergy mom here and I and our DC sometimes cry when one of their friends’ mom would call asking about certain ingredients or products. I’ll never forget the first birthday party when DC could eat the same cupcake as everyone else because that mom had gone through the trouble to source something dairy-free (this was 15+ yrs ago when there were few DF alternatives, esp ones you’d want to eat). DC was anaphylactic, not merely intolerant, and you wouldn’t believe how many folks didn’t piece together that also meant no cheese, ice cream, or yogurt. Thank you to all who are so considerate (even though I usually sent an alternative or DC learned to say “no, thank you” even when she really, really want to partake). |
It’s not a big deal |
+2 I recently discovered this about myself (eliminated wheat, gluten, etc) and my skin cleared up and bloat reduced dramatically. I introduced ONE SLICE of pizza and had a moderate allergic reaction. |
It’s an easy test at the doctors. If anyone suspects their child has celiac disease the doctor can determine it with a blood test. |
I think people thought for awhile that avoiding gluten you could lose weight and be healthier but research studies say avoiding gluten only helps people with Celiac Disease and maybe people with sensitive stomachs. |
If I know someone has an food restriction (for whatever reason), I do try to go out of my way to accommodate it. There were two girls in my daughter's preschool class who were vegan, so for the two years they were all in the same class, I made sure to get vegan cupcakes for them, and had vegan snack options. One of the families was super nice about it. The other family was really obnoxious. One year, they just took the rest of the vegan cupcakes home with them. They had come in a 4-pack and there were two left at the end of the party and they were stacked with the pile of the other leftover cupcakes and other snacks for us to take home as we were cleaning up the rest of the party. They grabbed the box off the pile for themselves, because "we're the only vegan ones here" as if non-vegans couldn't eat them. I was super annoyed. |
Some of us have had enough celiac friends for long enough that we can avoid cross contamination, to include making sure we use freshly cleaned utensils and cutting boards and all the rest. I successfully managed to not "gluten" (they used it as a verb) my friends who were pretty sensitive to cross contamination. |