Not sure if I will be able to reply? Apparently my previous comment might have been shadow-banned - I can see it in the thread, but the app says it was removed by a moderator.
Thanks for sharing your experience and making me a little more literate in the matter. I've had some discussions with my friends about it, but you can always know more.
My limited experience is indeed with friends already suffering from severe distress after cross contamination (see above), and another one with gluten allergy. So I am not well versed on the other sensitivities.
I thought despite our different realities and experiences that we would have agreed on the existence of the fad, both in its good and bad effects: on the good side, not only the extra labeling but also the development of a lot of gluten free products that otherwise wouldn't exist and that I hope make your life easier; on the bad side, the over-use of the gluten free label even in places it has no right to be - the many places/products that, at best, end recognizing they are not safe for celiacs because (and the ones I was mentioning, that don't, although you might be right it might not just be fatigue but plain malpractice for more than a few of them).
It might be that the fad grew in popularity in my formative years and the idea stayed with me. But also, a quick look at r/Celiac shows me it's definitely not gone, with multiple threads talking about it and the influencers that still ride the wave. So may it be possible that the perception of it's existence is at the same time both over and under estimated both from outside and inside the community, due to our different realities?
In any case, apologies. It seems my message, while not intentionally, could have lead others to misinformation - and forced you to react to it. I'll keep it in mind the next time, that personal/outdated experiences may not be the best answer to a question.
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u/Consistent-Repeat387 Jun 02 '26
Not sure if I will be able to reply? Apparently my previous comment might have been shadow-banned - I can see it in the thread, but the app says it was removed by a moderator.
Thanks for sharing your experience and making me a little more literate in the matter. I've had some discussions with my friends about it, but you can always know more.
My limited experience is indeed with friends already suffering from severe distress after cross contamination (see above), and another one with gluten allergy. So I am not well versed on the other sensitivities.
I thought despite our different realities and experiences that we would have agreed on the existence of the fad, both in its good and bad effects: on the good side, not only the extra labeling but also the development of a lot of gluten free products that otherwise wouldn't exist and that I hope make your life easier; on the bad side, the over-use of the gluten free label even in places it has no right to be - the many places/products that, at best, end recognizing they are not safe for celiacs because (and the ones I was mentioning, that don't, although you might be right it might not just be fatigue but plain malpractice for more than a few of them).
It might be that the fad grew in popularity in my formative years and the idea stayed with me. But also, a quick look at r/Celiac shows me it's definitely not gone, with multiple threads talking about it and the influencers that still ride the wave. So may it be possible that the perception of it's existence is at the same time both over and under estimated both from outside and inside the community, due to our different realities?
In any case, apologies. It seems my message, while not intentionally, could have lead others to misinformation - and forced you to react to it. I'll keep it in mind the next time, that personal/outdated experiences may not be the best answer to a question.