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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mass hysteria over food allergies is just insane. I say this as a mom whose child has a peanut/tree nut allergy. I was hysterical for the first year thinking my kid could die at any moment. Then I really looked at the number of deaths due to food allergies and it is minuscule. The numbers of deaths you find on food allergy websites aren't accurate. More people are dying from insect stings and lightening strikes. 
I refuse to believe the 2 year old is so sensitive to gluten that you can't prepare food in the same kitchen if you use paper plates and some Clorox wipes to clean up crumbs. There is no way he could ever go to preschool, the park, a zoo, etc. [/quote]

Celiac isn't an allergy.

If a person has celiac, they can't process gluten, which is a type of protein found in wheat products.  It damages the lining of their intestines  causing malabsorption, malnutrition, muscle aches and joint pain, exhaustion, failure to thrive in kids, painful gut cramping, gas, bloating and diarrhea/constipation.  Some people with celiac can take a little bit of cross-contamination without too much trouble. Many people with celiac get terrible symptoms from even a minute gluten exposure.

Why would you advocate doing that to a two year old?[/quote]

Post a link to a peer reviewed medical journal that indicates minute exposure to gluten causes terrible symptoms. If that were the case, a child would have to live in a bubble and never attend school, go to a park or visit a store. There are crumbs and flour dust all over. It is reasonable not to eat bread products in the presence of the 2 year old so he doesn't feel excluded but to not allow a crumb to touch a kitchen counter when the 2 year old  is napping is ridiculous. [/quote]

Celiac Disease Foundation summarizes the research on their website.
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