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I feel as if I'am celiac, with going on a gluten free diet. Since then, it tampered with my blood test showing celiac negative. Since I've gone on a gluten free diet, I have been seeing vast improvements... even with my teeth. A tooth that has been out of position appears its trying to re-adjust itself. I also feel healthier.... ( much more I can write on)

So, what cities are celiac friendly? Where a celiac would feel more happier, or life being much easier. Where one can go out an eat pizza, or pretzel, etc..... What cities are known as celiac friendly? So far I'm getting the ideal it's New York City and San Diego.

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I think you would be surprised just how many gluten-free foods you can find anywhere. I don't know where you live now, but I'm in St Louis, MO and my father has been on a gluten-free diet for over a decade. We used to have the worst issues going out to restaurants - he would always just have to get a salad, no croutons, oil and vinegar dressing. Poor guy. A couple years ago it began to improve.

All you have to do is go somewhere and ask "do you have a gluten free menu?" Or "which items are gluten free?" It is likely they will know, especially if a chain. For example, Uno's Pizza has gluten-free pizza. And it rocks. PF Chang's also has a gluten-free menu entirely.

Sometimes you might think a soup is safe, but a 'heavier' soup is often thickened with flour. You don't want that. Also most grocery stores (major chains now, not just specialty stores like it used to be) have an entire gluten free section (often in the 'organic' aisle), where you can find your breads and frozen-food items, even gluten-free beer. I'm not positive that any city is more "gluten-friendly" than another. I think you just need to know where to look.

tarnalberry Community Regular
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A lot of it is just about learning your city. Yeah, some places are harder than others, but anywhere new is hard. I read Portland was rated one of the best (and heavens knows that when I visit, it is fairly easy). (Not that you'll get a pretzel there... the pacnorthwest isn't big pretzel country. :P) The Seattle area is fairly easy to. So was Huntington Beach/Orange County/LA/San Diego/La Jolla. So is most of the Bay Area in Northern California. It's what you make if it, as long as there is variety.

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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I would have to add New York City,several New England States.....I do think gluten-free is becoming easier to find but now only if we all could have one stop shopping for all our gluten-free wants! I get tired being a road warrior...

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We live in Portland, Oregon and we have it so great here that I don't ever think that we could move! We have four gluten free pizza places within a ten minute drive from my house. We also have many bakeries, and even two fish houses! :D There are also plenty of health food stores like Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and New Seasons Market around. I think our best resource is located right across the river in Vancouver, Washington, which is where Lingonberries Market is located. Lingonberries Market is an entirely gluten free store that stocks many of the best products. We also have Bob's Red Mill flagship store, where you can buy gluten free flour in bulk...or 25 pound bags! ;) I'll quit bragging now. :P

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Oh wow, looks like Celiacs have it great in many nice cities.

I live in Lansing, Michigan. Population around 110,000. I haven't had pizza ( one if not my favorite food) in so long, as well as pretzel etc.... I seem to be celiac, and if I'am until there is a diagnose ( working on it in Austrialia) I will have to be in a gluten friendly city, or at least when I'm looking at graduate school.

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I live in Gainesville, FL, and while we have one of the country's biggest universities, we're not the most... varied... city I've ever lived in. BUT! It's very easy to do gluten-free here! Mainstream grocery stores stock huge amounts of gluten-free food (see my loving homage to Publix in another post), the town's local pizza place, Satchel's, has gluten-free pizza, etc. We don't have Unos (that I know of) or PF Chang's, but we do have Carrabbas, Bonefish, and several other places with gluten-free menus. The chefs at the local places are willing to work with me. Even though I have a hard time actually finding other celiacs here, they're around, because this town is taking care of us. Gainesville! Who'd have known?

Incidentally, I went to Marco Island with my family a few weeks ago, and they had a fabulous health food store with a gluten-free cafe and a couple of restaurants that had gluten-free menus, and that places is tiny. I don't think celiac disease means you have to move, necessarily. I couldn't move if I wanted to, but I don't feel like I'm lost in the wilderness. If you're looking to move anyway, there are a lot of other factors to consider! Good luck to you!

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