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Originally Posted by cuckooman Actually, I've written a few times that nobody is talking about people with celiac disease. In fact, you've even had to apologize to someone else in this thread for confusing what we're discussing. And yet, in your very next post, you immediately switch to discussing "food intolerance." So you bizarrely are hopping in between ranting about celiac disease and ranting about non-celiac disease and deliberately confusing the two and trying to act like everyone is against you.
Not sure why you think I am "deliberately confusing the two" when I posted the following previously. Perhaps you missed it? Again, people are perfectly capable of discussing related topics on a thread without devolving into confusion. From this post you seem oddly concerned with perceived misconceptions about my C-D behavior.
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Originally Posted by Jumpindogs
Are you intentionally lumping Celiac in with gluten sensitivity? They are very different...one is a disease and the other is a condition...and always have been.
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Originally Posted by StAcKhOuSe
pretty sure pubicly calling someone out for being a troll is frowned upon on CD too.
Stackhouse, I did check the C-D Terms of Service https://www.city-data.com/forumtos.html and found this:
"Hate speech, racism or bashing of ANY sort will NOT be tolerated. Rude posts will be removed and infractions issued. Do not quote or talk to trolls or your posts will also be deleted. Use the report feature instead.
"Trolling" is prohibited."
So I guess I shouldn't be quoting Cuckooman's post or talking to him if I consider his inflammatory post suggesting people serve normal food while calling it GF as trolling.
You know, by writing hysterically that you consider my suggestion of serving normal food to people at a party as "hate speech," you're just making yourself look more hysterical.
I just saw a small bottle of non-Rx Ibuprofen and it said "Gluten free" on it. I thought gluten was only dangerous to people with celiac disease, which is like 1% of people. Is something else going on or is it insanity like people buying pet rocks?
There's a South Park episode called "Gluten Free Ebola." I haven't seen it, but it indicates the latest fads or insecurities.
I know it seems ridiculous even though it is important. Wheat and corn are in quite a few meds. Wheat and corn are used for coating and fillers. A headache would be the least of my problems if I ingest even small amounts of hidden gluten and corn. I am not celiac. I can only imagine how horrible gluten is for them.
I notice they have a big section at the grocery store also. The uninformed probably think its health food or the newest weight loss breakthrough.
There are books on the market telling you that gluten is the sole cause of overweight, insanity, ALL health problems, poverty, police brutality, you name it. Gluten is the pit bull of foods, right now -- a source of unreasoned terror.
But the fact is that a lot of people are allergic to it even if they don't have celiac disease. Having a section of the grocery store with gluten-free foods is a blessing for those people.
You know, by writing hysterically that you consider my suggestion of serving normal food to people at a party as "hate speech," you're just making yourself look more hysterical.
Please stop your odd fascination with perceived misconceptions about my C-D behavior. I did not write that your comment was "hate speech". I was replying to Stackhouse and directed my reply to him/her.
I merely verbatim quoted the C-D ToS that applies to trolling in response to Stackhouse's post to me which I also quoted for clarity. If you've read the ToS you will see that the boldface is C-D's, not mine. I even provided the link to make it easy. People often respond to more than one post in a single reply.
What I did write was that I considered your comment inflammatory. I wrote: "So I guess I shouldn't be quoting Cuckooman's post or talking to him if I consider his inflammatory post suggesting people serve normal food while calling it GF as trolling."
I was at a funeral in August. We were all sitting sobbing our guts out when the priest invited everyone, not just church members, to come up to take communion "because we are all God's children." At that moment, the mourner next to me pointed solemnly to the program in my lap, that announced "WE HAVE GLUTEN-FREE WAFERS." That was a badly-needed laugh, I'll tell you.
You know, by writing hysterically that you consider my suggestion of serving normal food to people at a party as "hate speech," you're just making yourself look more hysterical.
Normal food made me laugh. I have no idea any more what normal food is. We are a family of many nutritional preferences; gluten free, vegan, lactose free, and paleo.
That's how it always is, lol. It's like "yeah, I ate gluten without any problem for 50 years, and now all of a sudden I can't." Notice how it can "get worse," "can't be tested for," and can cause any variety of symptoms that the person wants? Doesn't that sound ...odd?
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I've had the signs for celiac for over 30 years but no one thought to have me tested for celiac disease.
I spend the first 40 years of my life being severely underweight, fighting migraines, IBS, extreme intestinal bloating, until I turned 40 and the weight loss turned into weight gain and the IBS, bloating, and migraines hospitalized me.
I think if you talk with anyone with celiac or a gluten intolerance, you'll find that they lived around the symptoms and at least for me, it changed my life when I was diagnosed.
Finally I'm a normal weight even though I've been an athlete and marathon runner most of my life.
I can eat without feeling like my stomach was exploding.
No, it's an acknowledged fact. Of all the babies I know who had a milk allergy as babies only one is still allergic as an older child. Paediatricians know this.
But yet people will think that they weren't true allergies or it is just some silly ploy. They don't know and don't care to know Just take a sampling off of this thread who think there is a placebo effect with gluten issues. Is there some, sure but there's enough who have true issues.
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I am not celiac. I can only imagine how horrible gluten is for them.
I have no idea any more what normal food is. We are a family of many nutritional preferences; gluten free, vegan, lactose free, and paleo. 
