Well said! There has always been people with either a gluten intolerance or celiac disease but this condition has only been recognise by the medical profession in the last twenty to thirty years or so. Even as far back as World War II the condition was recognised. Go to my website GFfoodsforyou.com for more info.

Very well said I get up telling people its not a fad or people asking whats the effects gluten has on me while I'm trying to eat. I just say its not talk for the dinner table that shuts them up

My husband has been diagnosed celiac since like 7 years and we still need to argument with his parents each time we go ! It's devastating for both of us.. We have a son now of 1 years old and without him being tested, I'm pretty sure he's got it too. It's hereditary and my son throws up in the next 12 hours of eating gluten. And he gets bad temper and his night gets awful ! So for the sake of our family we all eat gluten free and we're happy with it !

Would be nice if it were spelled correctly !

Thank you for sharing!

I have celiac. I am extremely careful about what I eat. One week ago today, I had pulled pork on gluten free bread and Cole slaw. I purchased the bread personally from a dedicated gluten free bakery. I assembled the sandwich myself. I got glutened like I never could have imagined. Three full hours on the throne, simultaneously and violently barfing into a plastic bag. My entire body still aches one week later. I am fearful of eating anything. Celiac is awful. I wish others who do not have it would take it more seriously. Everyone thinks you can just order food and scrape off the wheat! It is no big deal. Think again. When you have celiac and you get glutened, you have a monster in you that puts up a rather serious fight. It happens quickly. Within an hour or so, then the real serious convulsions last several hours. You can't leave the bathroom and you cry. But, you can't call for help because you can't breathe because it keeps coming up. When your stomach and your insides are completely empty, you feel drained. And you hurt terribly. Your entire body.

I made a connection after not feeling well for about 3 years. After years of thinking it was my gall bladder and bad digestion. After bouts of constipation and diarrhea. After bouts of urgent crap my pants type diarrhea having just eaten a 1/2 sandwich, a bowl of pasta, Twizzlers~! My GP thinks I should eat more fiber, more grains, more whole grain breads, whole grain pastas, meanwhile, when I got scoped, I had inflammation from from entry (throat) to exit (rectum). My biopsy for Celiac disease was negative. My blood work (though I disagree with 1 of the test results) was negative. The Gastro humored me, however, and said if I wanted to eliminate the gluten, go for it and get back to him.

I developed henock schonlein purpura shortly after eliminating gluten. Coincidence, I know, but I was very sick. I had to worry about bleeding intestines and urinate on a stick to see if I was passing blood (I wasn't). I lost 10 pounds. The purpura ashes on my lower legs and lower arms were palpable. I had fever for 2 days.

After this passed, and I began to feel better, I wasn't missing gluten at all, and perhaps another coincidence, I equated the feeling better with not eating the gluten. My bowel movements became more normal in consistency and regularity. My husband and daughter were supportive, but their diets changed too. We all ate more "whole" foods and convenience went out the window. After about 2 months, they apologized to me for ordering a pizza...they didn't need to apologize - trust, I didn't want their lousy pizza.

About 6 months in, at the end of summer, hubby brought home a beautiful Jersey tomato, and a loaf of fresh soft white bread. I wanted a tomato/mayo sandwich so badly. I thought, ok, this is the test, and made one for myself. I relished the first bite, and the second. I hesitated, wondering if I was going to have a violent reaction, or no reaction, while the sandwich worked its way through my system. i kid you not - after eating half, I started feeling a little queazy in the stomach, so I decided to not eat the rest, and threw it out. Within the hour, I had urgent diarrhea and was sick for days. DAYS.

Recently, I chose to eat at a friend's house (she makes the best meatballs) and I had not had her cooking in literally years. I cannot attest to how much breadcrumb/gluten her meatballs contain, and I brought my own GF pasta because, after all, I don't have celiac disease, and I ate 3 of her meatballs with my own pasta. This was 7pm. I thought through the remainder of the night "great, I'm home free." At 6 a.m., I was sick to my stomach like snakes were working their way through my intestines. Shortly after, I was on the toilet. By 1 p.m., I had been to the toilet 5 times. For dinner, I had vegetable broth, some veggies, and rice. It took me THREE DAYS to get over eating 3 meatballs. My husband no longer teases me, and felt quite sorry for me during this, but also blamed my bad choice saying I should, by now, know better. Well, that was the last "test" for me how my body reacts to gluten.

So, no, I do not have a Celiac diagnosis, and no, I'm not "fad" dieting or trying to "eat healthy."

I often resent the resentment of people with Celiac disease on the internet. A friend recently was diagnosed with Celiac disease, and I have been both helpful and sympathetic, and been a deep pool of knowledge for her - as a matter of fact, when she was getting sick, I told her she might have Celiac disease and I was right.

So my 2 cents is, even though I don't have the diagnosis, and perhaps no damage is being done to my intestines, I avoid gluten because when I was eating it, I was sick - and not eating it makes me feel better - and eating it by choice, again, twice, has made me sick.

I'm sorry for people with Celiac disease, but my decision to avoid gluten is just as valid, even though there is no diagnosis for gluten sensitivity.