I have an older brother and it took 6 years to train him to read labels and learn what I avoid. Is it because he is a man? I have female friends who get it! (thanks besties) and then I have friends who are beyond oblivious. My favorite is when they presume simply because a menu says “Gluten Free” it is safe, WRONG.I will give you an example
A restaurant where I know the owners and ate at with my family for years before being diagnosed starting jumping on the money-making bandwagon called “gluten-free” to make money without proper training and have essentially poisoned any celiac not smart enough to ask the right questions.
I ask the right questions, I have Celiac Logic, which is, presume they don’t know because they don’t suffer the consequence.
TURNS OUT they cook the gluten free pasta they offer in the SAME WATER AS THE GLUTEN PASTA.
It is simple things like this that can make a Celiac or even the gluten intolerant sick.
Now, using the example above
a co-worker, a friend, a significant other can unknowingly make the Celiac in their life gravely ill by not being educated about proper practices and how many places cut corners or don’t care or have in this case cross contaminated kitchens and food offerings.
ALWAYS STAND UP FOR YOURSELF or wind up with bowel cancer from silent damage……it is that serious. Know that you will ALWAYS encounter people who don’t want to hear about your Celiac Disease, will not care about it, don’t want to hear you ask questions to protect yourself. I say, OH WELL, ALWAYS ASK questions, always trust your gut, and never eat anything you are not 100% sure is safe!
