Coeliac disease is a disease.
It is not a dietary fad. It is not a lifestyle choice. It is not a weight loss regime.
If you are tired of having to explain yourself or fed up with wait staff who ‘don’t have a clue’…this one is for you 🙂
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Dear Food Provider,
Not sure what the big deal about coeliac disease is? Annoyed that your coeliac customers are a pain to cater for? Sick of having to cater for so many dietary fads EVERY time you want to create a new menu?
Well let us paint a bit of a ‘coeliac disease’ picture for you…
Imagine that your body decides that it is going to attack itself. It decides that a harmless molecule is a danger and therefore takes action to destroy it, with huge collateral damage caused as a result of the attack. This collateral damage then impairs the functionality of a key organ needed to sustain the life of the body, through the provision of essential nutrition to other vital organs. The healthy functioning of these other vital organs subsequently become seriously impaired. Your body then effectively becomes malnourished and implodes, one symptom at a time.
You would think that that was a pretty big deal.
Well let us introduce you to coeliac disease.
A disease that effects 1 in 70 Australians.
A disease that causes serious ongoing health issues through prolonged malnutrition (malabsorption of nutrients). Producing symptoms such as chronic anaemia, severe abdominal pain, osteoporosis, nausea, migraines, eye issues, brain fog, skin issues, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhoea…as well as an increased risk of bowel cancer…
So no, we can’t remove the wafer from the dessert and then eat it as it ‘will now be gluten free’. No we cannot eat the gluten free cake on the open shelf underneath the gluten-containing cakes. No we can’t eat the chips cooked in the same fryer as the flour battered fish. And no, we cannot eat the cheese that is on the plate with both gluten free and gluten crackers or the dip that has been used with wheaten crackers.
One crumb (50mg).
One crumb can be all it takes to trigger the autoimmune reaction in a coeliac that causes their body to start attacking itself.
Coeliac disease is a disease.
It is not a dietary fad. It is not a lifestyle choice. It is not a weight loss regime.
It is an autoimmune disease.
Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease.
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease.
Coeliac Disease is an autoimmune disease.
Please take our health seriously.
Love us. Coeliacs of the world xx
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You can also access HERE a FREE DOWNLOADABLE pdf outlining Coeliac Safe Food Handling Practices to encourage those in a position to prep your food, either family & friends or professional food providers, to make sure ‘gluten free’ food served to you is ALWAYS gluten free!!
AND if you would like to READ MORE about Coeliac Health or how to help spread awareness of the issues coeliacs face when eating out then you might like When Gluten Free is NOT Gluten Free , Gluten is NOT Burnt Off in Hot Oil! or Are Our Bones At Risk: What all Coeliacs Need To Know About Bone Health & Osteoporosis
