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Originally Posted by FlamesFanInOilCountry
My wife and her sister are both celiac. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I was suggested to try and stop eating gluten, which I followed. Since my wife was already doing it the transition was much easier for me. I tried to eat gluten on several occasions since my dietary change and the symptoms I suffer are quite awful (to say the least). I consider myself to be gluten intolerant. I get quite annoyed when people question my motives, or question if I even "need it [to eat gluten free]."
I get that the gluten free fad is annoying. As far as my diet goes, I only eat gluten free substitutes as a treat (burger bun, baked goods, pasta etc). Gluten free products are more expensive, contain more calories and much more sugar (not to mention consistency issues). As far as I'm concerned if people want to voluntarily pay more money and eat a less healthy diet (most people that voluntarily eat gluten free are unaware of the sugar and calorie differences and eat the same diet by substituting gluten free products instead) all the power to them. I also worked in the restaurant industry for a long time so I can appreciate how annoying it is to cater to fad dieters, but it is what it is.
The gluten free fad is no different than all the other fad diets that have popped up from time to time (Atkins with Atkins company produced products). I do not expect my coworkers to cater to me, but they do every once in awhile (co-workers going away cake and they brought me a gluten free cupcake). My disorder is not everyone else's emergency.
I guess my point with my rant is that there are clearly a lot of idiots out there that have no idea what they're doing, and are only doing it because it's a fad. However, there are some of us out there that do know what we're doing, and are doing it for a reason, so be careful not to lump us all together.
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Yeah, but you have Crohn's disease.
There's a significant difference in play between you and the people that draw much of the ire. I don't think anyone who doesn't eat gluten in order to avoid genuinely ugly symptoms are even being discussed here. I don't think you have to worry about being lumped in with people that don't have any sort of disease, the whole point is that THEY shouldn't be lumping THEMSELVES in with people like yourself.