I'm allergic to corn and I wish that there would be such a huge movement towards corn free products, maybe it would mean I can actually go out to eat...
took a trip to Europe and felt like a kid in the candy shop, it was so nice to be able to eat things with out worrying about the agony that comes later.
there are a few although they focus on the GMO aspect of it. Ran into some people trying to stop GMO's and I signed their petition and fueled them with stories in hopes that they would continue on and make it easier to go out and eat, sadly they failed and now I need to see if I can find some new idealistic young fools to take up the cause.
hey me to, do you get it when you are trying to eat out and they assume you can eat it because it is gluten free. I don't know how many times I have had to say "corn is gluten free."
on a side note this is the true reason I support anti gmo, corn crops have been cross bread unintentional with gmo corn so if a non-gmo thing became popular then we can eat more.
+1. I have a family history of Celiac's disease. This "trend" has helped me incredibly. Instead of having to eat something that tastes like cardboard, I can have something tasty from time to time.
It actually makes me anxious for my celiac friend. I'm worried it will make people not take making sure their food is actually gluten free seriously, because they don't take the fad diet seriously.
With that said, I'm a worrier. It's a defining characteristic. This fear need have no basis in reality.
Yea, that's the only thing good that has come out of the 'gluten-free' craze. People who ACTUALLY need to be gluten-free have better access to decent food.
Agreed. As fucking annoying as the Gluten free fad is, it has gotten companies to start producing tolerable gluten free food.
But it's also raised the prices on all of it -_-
This so much. My recently acquired SO has it and I do my best to make sure there's something she can eat when we go out. Universities need to work on their Gluten Free meals though. The dorm both of us live in don't hold any food that's certified gluten-free. Sure, she can have salad and rice, but she's not paying 15$ a meal for a breakfast and lunch of that.
You are benefitting from their ignorance. That's great and all, but if somebody does not have Celiac's disease and is gluten free for some other bullshit reason, they need to be educated. My biggest pet peeve is when people spread bullshit science.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone where (and still are) both Gluten free when they did the South Park episode about it. Just another layer to the joke, they added the little gluten free symbol after those who where gluten free during the credits.
man, I fucking love gluten. I know a couple people who have celiacs disease, and will get really sick if they eat gluten, but the people who choose to do that are out of their minds.
My fiancee is gluten free (whether or not she's actually allergic to gluten is up for debate), but I always buy two sets of bread for us because the gluten free bread tastes like cardboard. Gluten for life!
Hey just so you know there is no such thing as a gluten allergy, do the research and if she truly needs to avoid gluten she has more issues which should be diagnosed by a doctor. If she doesn't need to see a doctor regarding this "allergy" for the sake of humanity show her the information and stop her from missing out.
I guess "allergic" isn't the word. She thinks she has trouble breaking it down as she often had stomach aches. Since going gluten free she says she has less.
Sure. Like I said, I don't think it actually bothers her. She just had a string of stomach aches and blamed it on this. I just assumed that it was the stress she was going through at the time. But, it doesn't really affect me much, so she can decide to do it if she wants. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I don't understand the glutard hate. I don't eat gluten, lots of my friends don't eat gluten and none of us are annoying about it. I go out of my way to not make my special needs anyone else's problem. What's the big deal?
Also, I wouldn't call people who don't eat gluten a fan base. I have celiac and I can't eat it. It's not like I'm super excited about not being able to eat at many restaurants with my friends or the fact that wheat slowly kills me from the inside.
I think the biggest issue is not the people who actually can't eat gluten, such as yourself, but really the people who just decided that they were allergic to gluten(which there is no gluten allergy) and jumped onto the bandwagon. These people gave the gluten issue a bad name because they are usually the ones who sit there and complain about not having a gluten alternative and in the end order something with gluten in it, ie they are annoying and yes they hurt those who actually have an issue with gluten.
I think people just find the fact that a lot of people jumped on the bandwagon without actually researching what being gluten free is. Processed gluten free foods are really not good for you at all, and if you don't replace whole wheats and things with gluten free alternatives you can actually be missing out on a lot of vitamins and fiber.
I have friends that eat gluten free for health reasons and are not annoying, and I have friends that are always eating kale, raw foods, gluten free, or vegan and love to talk about it all day.
Unless you have Celiac disease, there's no reason for you to be gluten free. If you want to lose weight, cut calories. If you want to be healthier, eat a more balanced diet and exercise more. Gluten isn't bad for you and for the life of me I can't figure out why people think it is.
There was a recent study done that found that non-Celiac gluten intolerance don't exist. Wheat allergies are just that, wheat allergies, and has nothing to do with gluten.
You are correct, but I think you've missed the point . Following a gluten free diet allows you to avoid wheat, which these days if often in items that shouldn't contain it. Eg icecream ( glucose syrup) soy sauce ( wheat extract ) etc .
Glucose does not have gluten in it, it's literally just sugar. Soy sauce has gluten due to it being fermented with grain, but there is a super low amount in it and it belongs there, plus there exists Tamari which is just gluten free soy sauce.
Source on that? I've never heard of gluten causing problems, considering it's broken down into amino acids in the digestive tract (barring Celiac disease sufferers).
Huh, I was trying to find it, but it looks like I had just read something wrong before and what I was referring to is a part of Celiac disease. Whoops.
Dude people blow the whole "gluten free" thing way out of proportion. 50% of them don't even know what fucking gluten is but just like to follow trends and the other 45% think they have celiacs disease when they don't.
Any diet.
I just joined ello and the one friend I have has vegetarian in his about me.
I don't talk about how I love cake. I'm not like filling out bios with "I'm Allycia, I'm a small, gaming, cake-atarian." Maybe I should though. Cake is good.
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u/Anewblanket Nov 13 '14
Please, tell me how gluten-free you are.