7 Things People with Celiac Disease Mean When They Say, "No Thank You" to Food
When you have celiac disease, saying "No thank you" to offered food is a regular occurrence. Although celiac disease awareness is growing, though, many people don’t understand the various reasons why celiacs turn down so much offered food. As a result, celiacs like me can start feeling self-conscious or guilty about how many times we need to say, “Thank you, but I can’t eat that.”
Today, I?M rounding up seven things that people with celiac disorder truly suggest while they are saying, ?No thanks? To meals. So whether you've got celiac sickness and want to be reminded that announcing "no thanks" is often important to stay healthy or you already know human beings with celiac disorder (or other dietary regulations/meals hypersensitive reactions) and do not recognize why they flip decline such a lot of ingredients, maintain studying to research what human beings with celiac ailment are attempting to say with the three little phrases: ?No thanks.?
1. The meals includes gluten or wheat.
This one is quite apparent, but nevertheless really worth repeating. When you have celiac ailment, even small repeated exposures to gluten can reason intestinal harm so ?Much less gluten,? ?Mild gluten, ?Low gluten? (or whatever different demanding buzzwords are being thrown around these days) aren't an alternative. If a meals has gluten or wheat, it?S a no-cross for human beings with celiac sickness!
2. The food carries oats, which a few celiacs can't eat, even if the oats are gluten loose.
Oats are a controversial topic in the celiac and gluten free community, and for good reason. Although oats are technically naturally gluten free, they are often cross contaminated. Even when oats are gluten free (or even made using purity protocol, the gold star of gluten free oats), they can be a problem for some celiacs, including me. When I have a large amount of gluten free oats, I end up feeling “glutened” and super tired for a week or so. As a result, some celiacs may also turn down gluten free foods that contain oats - and they’re doing it for their health, not to be finicky or picky eaters.
3. The food could have been move infected while being cooked.
In my opinion, one of the biggest challenges of having celiac disease is avoiding cross contamination. Thanks to the influx of gluten free options in restaurants nowadays, eating out gluten free is much easier than it used to be. However, eating out gluten free and cross contamination free is a lot harder. Celiacs can get sick from foods cooked in the same fryer as wheat, gluten free pasta cooked in water from wheat pasta, etc. So if there’s the possibility that a food might have been cross contaminated (at a potluck, for instance), many celiacs will err on the safe side and say, “No thank you.”
4. The meals is out of its packaging, we can not locate the substances list and we don?T feel snug consuming it.
I love having people who care enough to accommodate my gluten free diet anyway they can. However, when people remove a “gluten free” product from its packaging to give it to me or cook/bake it, I sometimes don’t feel safe enough to accept it. Everyone with celiac disease needs to set their own boundaries and decide what level of educated risk they’re comfortable accepting. If we can’t see the actual ingredients of a gluten free product, know the name of that product to look it up online or know what other ingredients were added while it was cooked, though, many of us will probably smile and politely decline. (Especially if the person giving us the gluten free gift isn’t super familiar with the dietary restrictions required with celiac disease).
5. The meals?S packaging says it?S made in a facility with wheat, and we aren?T positive approximately the organization?S go infection protocol.
Speaking of cross contamination, gluten free products made in a facility with wheat is another hot topic in the celiac community. It’s important to realize that processing facilities can be miles long and that "shared equipment" or "shared facility" statements are voluntary and not required by the FDA. It’s also important to know that you can look up information about the company’s cross-contamination protocol on their website and even personally reach out to them via phone, social media, etc to ask about possible cross contamination. At the end of the day, though, different celiacs have different levels of comfort with gluten free products made in a facility with wheat. Some people with celiac disease may eat that gluten free food...and others may turn it down.
6. The meals consists of some different aspect - besides gluten - that doesn?T accept as true with us, like dairy, which many celiacs (as a minimum first of all) can?T tolerate in massive quantities.
At least in my experience, going gluten free for celiac disease helped me recognize other foods that bother my stomach. Plus, thanks to the damage gluten does to intestinal villi before a celiac diagnosis, many celiacs are initially lactose intolerant. So even if an ice cream flavor is certified gluten free, someone with celiac disease may decline trying it because they can’t tolerate some other ingredient (like dairy!) in the ice cream.
7. The meals just isn?T something we need to consume!
Does everyone who eats gluten love every single food filled with gluten that exists? No! And the same logic applies to people with celiac disease. There are tons of delicious gluten free products and foods out there nowadays (check out this list of my favorite gluten free companies if you need a guide!). But there are also some not-so-tasty gluten free products, and everyone’s taste buds and dietary preferences are different - including celiacs’. So even if a food is celiac safe, that doesn’t mean everyone with celiac will want to eat it!
What I Hope People Know About Celiacs Turning Down Food
The biggest thing I hope that people realize about celiacs turning down food? That we aren't doing it because we're "picky" or "high maintenance." At least for now, eating a strict gluten free diet is the only treatment for celiac disease...so we really can't "just have a little" or "stop worrying so much." And sometimes, even "gluten free" food isn't celiac safe or something we actually want to eat.
So when we do say, "No thank you" to offered food, know that we're doing it for our own wellbeing...not to offend anyone else or make others' lives difficult. And if you understand this fact and continually offer nonjudgmental support of our dietary needs? Well, that is a gift that we will never turn down.
Do you ever find yourself feeling responsible for turning down presented meals? What recommendation would you provide to someone who does? Tell me inside the comments!
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