Jump to content

  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):

    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):

  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Support Our Content
    eNewsletter
    Donate

If A Restaurant Doesnt Have A gluten-free Menu

Nicole H.

By Nicole H.
in Gluten-Free Restaurants

Recommended Posts

Nicole H. Explorer
Nicole H.
Posted

So I went out to eat with my friends and I was planning on not eating. I ask them if they had a gluten-free menu. The waitress said no but she had a list of everything on the menu that contains any kind of allergy type thing. So I saw that they had "naked" chicken tenders which were just grilled chicken tenders with seasoning. I asked her if I could have it without seasoning and where it would be grilled(i.e if it is grilled with things that would have any kind of flour, wheat...gluten...ya know?!) she said it would only be grilled on the same grill as the burgers. SOOOOO I got it. Now im not a sensitive celiac, I dont even know if Im ever "glutened"...but for my overall health of not getting diabetes or cancer, do you think it was a wise decision or should I just stay away from things like this?

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


psawyer Proficient
psawyer
Posted

Yes, I would eat it, but I would ask the server to alert the kitchen to take extra care--clean utensils and the like.

Nicole H. Explorer
Nicole H.
Posted
  • Author

oops I didnt ask for them to clean the utensils or anything like that. Im still learning a lot! Am I suppose to be 100% gluten free after a month and a half?!? Will I ever be 100% gluten free ever?!

NJKen Rookie
NJKen
Posted
Am I suppose to be 100% gluten free after a month and a half?!? Will I ever be 100% gluten free ever?!

If you decide to prepare all of your own meals from basic ingredients in your own kitchen, then you can become 100% gluten-free. Otherwise, no, you are unlikely to have a truly gluten-free diet over the course of a year. As long as you maintain a gluten-free diet as a goal, emphasizing to food servers that whatever they bring you must be gluten-free, you will probably keep the occasional, accidental gluten intakes to a level low enough to avoid the most serious consequences of continuing to ingest "normal" amounts of gluten. If you are not particularly gluten sensitive, you may never know if your restaurant food was cross-contaminated with a few grains of gluten. Your experience seems like it was a good one; I wouldn't stress about it. It took me about a year before I really felt like I had figured out this diet.

Gemini Experienced
Gemini
Posted
So I went out to eat with my friends and I was planning on not eating. I ask them if they had a gluten-free menu. The waitress said no but she had a list of everything on the menu that contains any kind of allergy type thing. So I saw that they had "naked" chicken tenders which were just grilled chicken tenders with seasoning. I asked her if I could have it without seasoning and where it would be grilled(i.e if it is grilled with things that would have any kind of flour, wheat...gluten...ya know?!) she said it would only be grilled on the same grill as the burgers. SOOOOO I got it. Now im not a sensitive celiac, I dont even know if Im ever "glutened"...but for my overall health of not getting diabetes or cancer, do you think it was a wise decision or should I just stay away from things like this?

Nicole....were you diagnosed using blood work? If so, you can easily find out if you are ingesting gluten on a regular basis as it will show in your repeat blood testing. I eat out from time to time and have had absolutely zero problems with it. However, I am careful where I eat and frequent the same places so they know me and my needs.

As far as being 100% gluten free, you could start splitting hairs here. You also won't have much of a life if you never eat out and socialize, plus it's good training for restaurants. There has been an explosion of gluten-free menu's and places that cater to us all because they realize there is a need. You can also have a restaurant pan sear something for you, in a clean pan. That has always worked for me.

In the blood testing, there is a normal limit given on the testing results. If you fail into this normal level, with a goal towards the low side of normal, you are doing just fine. No one is going to register zero on the test, unless you live like a monk and the medical profession will tell you that. I do eat out, like I said and my numbers are some of the lowest my doctor has recorded....but they are not zero and I could care less. I am asymptomatic now and all my health issues have improved dramatically so I view that as a success. Once you learn the diet and it's tricks, relax and you will be fine.

Nicole H. Explorer
Nicole H.
Posted
  • Author

you know reading this made me feel so much better! I've been stressing a lot and this def. helped comfort me and help me calm down! I really appreciate you guys writing back! thank you so much!

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

This may help when you eat out (restaurant cards): Open Original Shared Link

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):


sixtytwo Apprentice
sixtytwo
Posted

If a restaurant has a char-broiler, you can be pretty sure that your grilled chicken, burger or steak would be safe cooked there, I am. Then you could order a baked potato and a salad with oil and vinegar and be fine. I am sure there are lots of celiacs that have had this dinner a lot. It can be ordered with little fuss and be pretty safe. Just make sure to have them leave off the croutons on your salad, I still have trouble remembering that. Barbara

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):


  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      132,202
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748
    PatBurnham
    Newest Member
    PatBurnham
    Joined
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):

  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      121.5k
    • Total Posts
      1m
  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):



  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):


  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • trents
      Taking Probiotics but Still Getting Sick After Gluten – Advice?

      By trents · Posted

      NCGS does not cause damage to the small bowel villi so, if indeed you were not skimping on gluten when you had the antibody blood testing done, it is likely you have celiac disease.
    • Scott Adams
      Taking Probiotics but Still Getting Sick After Gluten – Advice?

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      I will assume you did the gluten challenge properly and were eating a lot of gluten daily for 6-8 weeks before your test, but if not, that could be the issue. You can still have celiac disease with negative blood test results, although it's not as common:  Clinical and genetic profile of patients with seronegative coeliac disease: the natural history and response to gluten-free diet: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5606118/  Seronegative Celiac Disease - A Challenging Case: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441776/  Enteropathies with villous atrophy but negative coeliac serology in adults: current issues: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34764141/  Approximately 10x more people have non-celiac gluten sensitivity than have celiac disease, but there isn’t yet a test for NCGS. If your symptoms go away on a gluten-free diet it would likely signal NCGS.
    • Xravith
      Taking Probiotics but Still Getting Sick After Gluten – Advice?

      By Xravith · Posted

      I'm very confused... My blood test came out negative, I checked all antibodies. I suppose my Total IgA levels are normal (132 mg/dl), so the test should be reliable. Still, I'm not relieved as I can't tolerate even a single biscuit. I need to talk to my doctor about whether a duodenal biopsy is necessary. But it is really possible to have intestinal damage despite having a seronegative results? I have really strong symptoms, and I don't want to keep skipping university lectures or being bedridden at home.
    • Scott Adams
      CT with contrast.

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      They may want to also eliminate other possible causes for your symptoms/issues and are doing additional tests.  Here is info about blood tests for celiac disease--if positive an endoscopy where biopsies of your intestinal villi are taken to confirm is the typical follow up.    
    • Scott Adams
      New labs are now very elevated

      By Scott Adams · Posted

      In the Europe the new protocol for making a celiac disease diagnosis in children is if their tTg-IgA (tissue transglutaminase IgA) levels are 10 times or above the positive level for celiac disease--and you are above that level. According to the latest research, if the blood test results are at certain high levels that range between 5-10 times the reference range for a positive celiac disease diagnosis, it may not be necessary to confirm the results using an endoscopy/biopsy: Blood Test Alone Can Diagnose Celiac Disease in Most Children and Adults TGA-IgA at or Above Five Times Normal Limit in Kids Indicates Celiac Disease in Nearly All Cases No More Biopsies to Diagnose Celiac Disease in Children! May I ask why you've had so many past tTg-IgA tests done, and many of them seem to have been done 3 times during short time intervals?    
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

NOTICE: This site places This site places cookies on your device (Cookie settings). on your device. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy.