It's been a while since I have been on blogger. I run sports blog on a different website but this one I'll use strictly to rant and rave about things that I see or hear that cause my opinions to come out. This first blog is about something that is a very real issue to me. I saw online the other day about a man complaining of all these restaurants switching over to gluten free. Said man complained that it's stupid that they are doing it just to cave into some dietary fad. Just because it is becoming a popular thing it doesn't mean every single person that is on a gluten free diet is just doing it because of some fad. Actually it started not as a fad if you had any knowledge or even cared you would know that.
I am one of those people that has to eat gluten free and I don't do it by my own choice. I do it because I have no other choice if I'd like to live a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. I was diagnosed with Celiac disease months ago. Put yourself in the shoes of the other thousands and yes there are thousands of people all of the world that suffer from the same thing. Imagine growing up your entire life eating all the pasta, bread, etc that you want to eat and then one day being told that you can't eat it anymore. That it is slowly killing you because that is what happens if you don't follow the gluten free diet. Celiac disease is not a fad and it is not a joke. If you don't follow the strict diet it will KILL you there is no question about it. It will eventually kill your small intestine and your body's ability to absorb nutrients and then guess what it will lead to organ failure.
When people like me that have been used to eating and drinking whatever we wand are suddenly told they can no longer do that it makes it extremely difficult on us to go out with our friends and our family to any restaurant. So personally I think it's great that so many restaurants are offering gluten free items to make it easier on people with Celiac to go out to eat and actually be able to enjoy themselves. They did not do it because of some stupid dietary fad they did it because it is a health condition that is effecting a lot of people and those numbers are rising every year. Imagine what it was like before they knew what it was and people were diagnosed with it and didn't have the options that they have today.
It affects thousands of people and mostly those that are from Northern European descent. So yes there are Italian's who are diagnosed and told they can't eat the food they were raised on. According to my doctor it is actually because there is a gene that mutated in Europeans that people who have the ability to digest gluten have and those of us that have Celiac disease are missing that gene. There are gluten free restaurants and places to eat all over Europe because that is where this gene mutated from. So if your heritage is Northern European there as a chance that somewhere along the line in your family someone is going to end up with Celiac disease. The numbers are currently 1 in every 133 people have Celiac. That is not a small amount of people when you consider how many people live in this country alone.
It's not something that a lot of people chose to do its something they HAVE to do. It's hard enough as it is to be gluten free but to have people say things like that it really rubs me the wrong way. That is what is wrong with this freaking society they wonder why American's got the nickname "ignorant American" the guy that said that is the perfect example.
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