National Celiac Awareness Day

[HoneySuckle]

That would be today!!  Woohoooo!

Awhile back I had posted asking about gluten free restaurants or menus.  It used to be much harder to get a meal out and not be sick.

Things have changed sooooo much now.  We can find GF food items at every grocery store, and the majority of them are delish.

I head about a couple places on Peoria for lunch.  One I want to try is Cafe Samana.  I believe they do vegan, vegetarian and gf items. 

Do we have any members who are Celiac or am I the only one to date?  Come out of the closet guys and embrace your gluten free situation

[RecycleMichael]

I know more than a few kids that are Celiac, but no adults. Is this condition fairly new?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Kind of like the explosion of diabetes, autism and alzheimers (sp?) we have seen in the last 30 years or so.  There is something going on beyond the simplistic explanations of diet.  Several things are relatively new - the dramatic increase in aluminum compounds in contact with the body.  The switch to high fructose corn syrup over sugar (both are poison).  The dramatic reduction of lead in our immediate environment.  (Wouldn't that be a big bite if we found out that lead consumption on a small/moderate scale was keeping us 'healthy' from these other problems?  Yuck!)

[HoneySuckle]

"As far back as 250 A.D., Aretaeus of Cappadocia included detailed descriptions of an unnamed disease in his writings. When describing his patients he referred to them as "koiliakos," which meant "suffering in the bowels." Francis Adams translated these observations from Greek to English for the Sydenham Society of England in 1856. He thus gave sufferers the moniker "celiacs."


Read more here:

http://www.csaceliacs.org/CD.php

I will share my story tomorrow if I have some free time.  The years of pain and suffering and being misdiagnosed.

[Conan71]

I've cut out as many food additives as possible other than natural ingredients and I swear it's made a huge difference in (especially) allergies, energy level, and weight loss.  I've never had a gluten problem myself but I don't believe this is a very new disorder, I think it's only something which has been taken serious the last 10 to 20 years.

[cynical]

Plenty of adults suffer from it. 

I know more than a few kids that are Celiac, but no adults. Is this condition fairly new?

[godboko71]

I know more than a few kids that are Celiac, but no adults. Is this condition fairly new?

Has less to do with it being new and more to do with it being more wide known and therefore more readily diagnosed.

[HoneySuckle]

The adults you may know now with Celiac were once kids with Celiac, but went mis or undiagnosed.

The amount of doctors, money on medication and surgery that wasn't needed is appalling.

If only doctors would educate themselves after medical school, and learn to listen.