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In reply to the discussion: San Francisco restaurant closes and leaves angry note: "we don't give a f*** about gluten-free" [View all]pnwmom
(110,288 posts)and my friend could do without the migraines.
And you're even mocking people with peanut allergies? The people who could die of an asthma attack while sitting in the restaurant?
Many more people have REAL problems with gluten than you realize -- it's not just a few. Just among my extended family, we have Celiac, and gluten-sensitive Crohn's, and elevated liver enzymes due to gluten. And we're happy about the "gluten fad" because more and more food is finally getting labeled (though government regulations left gluten out of the items that are required to be listed, because of opposition by the Rethugs). And more and more restaurants are learning how to take care of customers who need this.
So we get to live semi-normal lives now, not always chained to our own homes and our own kitchens.
But for some reason people like you think it's some kind of scam.