[heatherjane]

Article on MSN today about food allergies/intolerances with a link to an explanation of celiac disease and gluten free diet

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/digest...5&gt1=31034

[summerteeth]

heatherjane, on Sep 9 2009, 05:51 PM, said:

Article on MSN today about food allergies/intolerances with a link to an explanation of celiac disease and gluten free diet

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/digest...5&gt1=31034

I wish more people knew some of this. Celiac disease is not an allergy! But I must admit that I have said, at a restaurant, "I have a gluten allergy" or "I am allergic to wheat, rye, barley, and oats". I think people take "allergy" more seriously because the repercussion of, say, a peanut allergy are well known. But getting the word out there is always admirable in my opinion because maybe, just maybe, one more person will get tested and realize that all of their health problems are intertwined - an article was the reason I got tested, after all!