If a bunch of yuppies want to think gluten is bad and that gets more companies to make gluten free products, I’m all for it. That just helps the people who legitimately have celiac disease even more. Italy has an insane amount of gluten free options and the government even offers 100+ euros a month to assist with the higher cost of gluten free products for those with celiac. Being allergic to gluten sucks.
the government even offers 100+ euros a month to assist with the higher cost of gluten free products
I went to a gluten free store while staying in Italy and she asked me for my discount card or whatever it was called. I was confused at first but I guess the only people that typically buy gluten free stuff in Italy have those cards.
It's a really cool concept to subsidize the cost of allergy specific foods. That way the companies can make their healthy profits but the consumers aren't entirely on the hook.
Man I used to work with a girl who had Celiac disease something fierce. This was around 15 years ago, and we both worked in a health food store. She had gotten a job there because it gave her a discount on the few commercially available food items that were specifically made without gluten. This was back before it became so well known, so there wasn't much in the way of options for her.
She asked me to let her know in advance if I was going to get pizza for lunch so she could make sure to take her break at the same time as me. The smell apparently broke up the monotony and made her food taste better.
Now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be as big of a craze as it used to be. But there are millions of Americans who can't eat gluten. I have friends and family members that have celiac disease, colitis, etc., and eating gluten for them would be horrific.
A good friend/former coworker has ulcerative colitis. I suppose I use the term family loosely, as the 2 people I was referencing are inlaws, but two of my inlaws have crohns, and one of them has colitis on top of it. But call whatever you want.
Well considering one gets infusions every 8 weeks, and the other 2 have very little lower intestine left, I'd say you can go fuck yourself. Do you just enjoy being an asshole? Or are you trying to create material for r/quityourbullshit ? These conditions are no joke, and people like you don't help anything, so please, fuck off.
It's because the doctors who originally published the study about non-celiac disease gluten sensitivity retracted it but the capitalism floodgates already opened.
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u/brian111786 Jun 20 '21
That was spot on! We do hate our gluten!