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There is no real scientific evidence for this " cross- reactive" foods to gluten.

We've got a birthday girl in the house!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, Dear Lisa!

 

 

 

The world is a brighter place because you were born!

 

 

And I celebrate wonderful you!

 

 

Have a fantastic day. Later, I will do this in your honor. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This.

Sounds like you are just starting to get symptoms.  It can take a while to make enough antibodies and for them to do enough damage to show up.


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I haven't posted yet, because I didn't really know what to say.  Still don't.

I imagine she is eating a nice pizza with a side of baked potato and a big bowl of ice cream or some decadent gluteny dessert.

Looks gluten-free to me.  That stuff makes most people a bit sick to their stomach.

The easiest rule to live by right now is:

 

Read the ingredients on everything with an ingredient list and don't eat anything you haven't prepared yourself or seen prepared. 

 

 

There are apps but they are limited.  There is no way they have info for every brand of everything.  Some compensate for that by saying the unlisted items have gluten, even when they don't.

Not trying to argue, but there have been several articles on here about how the ADA works for GI illness and reasonable accomadations.  Mainly, this has been legally applied to schools and the recent ruling against a college that refused to serve safe food for students, forced to buy a meal plan,who have Celiac and food allergies. 

 

Wheelchair ramps are for all people in chairs or with walkers, etc, even the ones not on disability.  ADA covers people who are not on disability and want to work. (as well as people who recieve Disability payments and other goverment aid). A person in a wheelchair, as an example, could easiliy be a computer programer but needs some "reasonable accomadations".  Things like an office doorway that is wide enough , a desk a wheelchair can pull up to, etc.

 

I think we are talking about 2 different things here. 

On this thread, we are compiling a list of easy to keep in your house, or on your person, snacks for when there is nothing to eat.  Perhaps that would be helpful to you?

 

http://www.celiac.co...emergency-food/

Since we have been having a few posts saying they have nothing to eat but gluten when they are hungry, I thought we could compile a list of our favorite things to eat when there is "nothing" to eat.  I don't mean "pop a chicken in the oven with fresh herbs from my garden". 

 

So.....

 

What do you keep with you or in your house for Hunger Emergencies?

 

 

Mine are - Go Picnic boxes  http://www.gopicnic....ets/Gluten-Free

 

 

                  Nature Valley Almond Crunch bars     http://www.natureval...rs/AlmondCrunch

 

                  Small packets of nuts

 

                  Spoonful of PB

It doesn't appear to work in restaurants.  Here's why:

It's a choice to purchase a product at a restauraunt.  And, Just as a grocery does not have to stock gluten-free bread or a boutique does not have to have a size 16, we are physically able to choose where to shop.

A college is a bit different.  If the student is required to purchase a meal plan, they have to be able to provide it safely.  If they cannot, they have to make it a " choice" and offer to release the student from the mandatory meal plan ( as an example ).

In the end, the " law " is only as good as the legal interpretations and lawsuit outcomes.  I fear a ruling that all restauraunts must provide gluten-free food will not be as helpful as we hope.  Many places will just offer some pre- made gluten-free option that they can microwave and serve in the container.  For most businesses, people willing to pay for a product, be it gluten-free bread or a size 16 or Celiac safe menu options, will fuel the variety of options offered.

I just realized - your not new to this.  You have been a member for 4 years.  i was assuming you were new and didn't really know about food that have gluten and ones that don't.

So my question back is - why are you eating gluten on purpose after 4 years?

The University of Chicago Celiac Center says its fine for us to get the flu shot.

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Why wouldn't there be some eggs or cheese or fruit in the fridge? Popcorn, nuts or potato chips in the cabinet?  Frozen fries or veggies or ice cream in the fridge?  Even when I ate gluten, not everything in the fridge had gluten in it.  If you have to eat gluten free, you should make sure you have things you can eat in the house.  

This sounds like you set yourself up so that you have to eat gluten.

Testing, and passing that cost on to the consumer would be positively moronic, when they say flat out that they handle absolutely no gluten containing ingredients. What they are saying is that they are making a product that is naturally gluten free, and therefore testing would be a complete and utter waste of everyone's money. No caution needed.

Amen, Sister!

I would like to point out that many companies, under just a " no gluten ingredients but maybe shared machinery" would have said a product is gluten-free. Silk could legally call their product gluten free.

So last night I was so tired and distracted that, while making scrambled eggs for the boyfriend,

I cracked the first egg into the pan and threw the shell into the garbage, and the second egg

got cracked into the garbage and the shell thrown into the pan. Yeah, he looked at me funny

for that one......

 

 

If he doesn't like how you do it -

 

Tell him to make his own damn eggs!