My niece was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease. She's 9 and she had to get an endoscopy a few months ago. She started a gluten-free diet after they said it was probably Celiac. Just today I learned her latest blood test results have shown her health is improving. I'm glad this guy actually went into that at the start as I've seen a few people on the internet completely dismiss the disease as being picky.
Glad she got the diagnosis :)
If you don't mind me asking, what were her initial symptoms that led up to the diagnosis?
Person with Celiac here.
Celiac fucking sucks.
I gotta friend with celiac. It's driven up the amount he has to spend on food by quite a little bit.
my mother has celiac disease
I'm glad the fad exists because it's significantly expanded the food market for people who actually have celiac disease. There's 20 brands of bread to chose from instead of the 1 terrible one there was 10 years ago. The competition also means better tasting bread that can actually spring back into shape when you poke it.
It will probably come crashing down at some point, but in the meantime, I'm loving the choice available in my imitation food.
My mom has had celiac disease for about 6 years now. She has adjusted quite well but keeps making the mistake of taking small bites of gluten food. The expanded market is helping her a lot and I don't even mind trying it when it is offered.
My step-sister is on gluten-free diet due to celiac disease, it's quite heavy on the wallet and the food apparently tastes horrible (and I can confirm that it also looks horrible). Can't imagine people actually willingly spending money on that shit for no reason.
Your average cook here that has to deal with you all.
Self-diagnosed pseudo allergies and intollerances piss me off because it takes up so much of our time in the kitchen which we could use for better things. such as, making sure the real food is quality.
most of the time we will deny everyone else a certain ingredient so that an allergic person can eat the normal food without any problem and so that we don't have to fill our stoves with pots and pans. keeping track on which food goes to which person can easily become confusing.
If your allergy is genuine then the extra work was not in vain but i've witnessed several times people with "self diagnosed allergies and intolerances" that don't follow their own rules.
also, if you actually have preventive medicine for your allergy and you decide to eat at a restaurant, take that medicine. the real food is allways better than the substitute and holy shit you have no idea about the relief you're being when you do that.
My co-worker friend has celic disease and apparently serving non-glutein food isn't a requirement in Finland. It's way too rare to find a place where not-cooks even have any idea what celiac disease even is. He just cooks his own food, never eats outside.
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