Mastodawn

Can't wait for summer roadtrips <3

I refuse to make fun of dietary restrictions after spending five years as a waiter rolling my eyes at gluten free people and then developing a gluten intolerance.

The universe is a tricky bitch. It gave me a literal pain in the ass.

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Gladaed 4d ago

You can be annoyed by gluten bad gluten free while recognizing the real pain of celiacs.

Just because it isn’t a visible disease does not mean everyone is in the right.

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FinjaminPoach 4d ago

Nah I guarantee NOBODY is going through the gluten free diet unless they really believe there might be a chance they’re allergic. And you have to go gluten free for a bit to see if you are.

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Gladaed 4d ago

No you don’t, not for celiac. It’s symptoms are debilitating.

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Grail 4d ago

It’s possible to be delibitated and not know why. Until you stop eating gluten and get better. You should watch House MD, House is always using the treatment as the test. He tries something and sees if the patient gets better. Many of those patients are dying and he still doesn’t know what they have until he tries a treatment.

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FinjaminPoach

It’s possible to be delibitated and not know why. Until you stop eating gluten and get better

^ This.

There’s coeliac which is the most easily identifiable,
a generalised gluten allergy, which - last time i checked - needs you to stay off/stay on gluten consumption for a week leading up to a blood test
allergy to one specific grain like wheat, but not all gluten.
and there are people who just have really bad digestive issues but have found that going gluten free helps.

We should have more sympathy for people who have to grapple with this shitty, under-researched allergy.

I just don’t get why people think they’re allowed to be mad at someone for what they order. They would choose the yummy gluten snacks if they weren’t struggling to eat something good for them.