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> Since I've discovered I've had celiac (the real deal) Do people pretend to have celiacs? God why?

• jerf 11y ago
  The "real deal" for gluten sensitivity. Also wanted to head off "are you sure you're sensitive to gluten? there's a lot of questions about that in medicine right now" questions. Yes, I have the one that's definitely medically real. I wish it were just my imagination. :-/ (Or, alternatively, that I had found out ~25 years earlier.)
• Nadya 11y ago
  Not necessarily. They are trying to be "health conscience". Sugar-free diet! Fat-free diet! Both arguably good, healthier diets to have. Then you get people who reason themselves into "Gluten-free!" must be a good thing! I blame the "____-free" moniker often being related to "healthier for you" diets. People will seek out "gluten-free" and there have been cases of restaurants serving "gluten-free" food that wasn't actually "gluten-free". I've heard a number of cases from actual gluten sensitive individuals who have a love/hate relationship with this fad. 1) More gluten-free things to choose from! Yay! 2) More "gluten-free" things that can potentially kill them, causing them to have to be even more careful than they already were with what they choose to eat! Boo!
  • duaneb 11y ago
    I get the gluten-free craze; are people seriously suggesting they have celiacs when they avoid gluten? It's easily tested for and basically impossible to ignore.