Scientists who found gluten sensitivity evidence have now shown it doesn't exist

[Lyric]

6. I have cousins with actual, diagnosed-by-a-doctor celiac disease.

They are very weary of hypochondriacs and attention-seekers with fake "gluten sensitivities" making their lives harder. They suffer because they get lumped in with all the fakers and head-cases, and viewed with suspicion at best when making special requests at restaurants, etc.

I feel even sorrier for the kids of those lunatics who self- or internet-diagnose a hundred "allergies" and then cut their kids off from most normal food and start a self-righteous "allergy Mom" blog. And all the while, Moms of kids with REAL food allergies don't have time to waste on a blotchy blog every day, because they have to monitor everything their child eats, drinks, or touches. Real allergy Moms aren't demanding attention whores. They would much rather have a healthy child and get NO attention. They don't demand that people stop giving out peanut butter cups to trick-or-treaters in their neighborhood--they quietly buy their child an alternative and let the other kids enjoy their candy.

I tend to view the loud, pushy "allergy" parents with suspicion. But I have nothing but sympathy for the parents who quietly do their jobs and monitor their own kids while leaving other peoples' kids alone. I understand not wanting peanut butter brought to school, because (1) your kid is legally forced to be there, and (2) it's sticky and hard to wash off, unlike most other allergens. But when you start demanding no eggs, milk, or wheat for the other kids at school just because your kid can't have it? Yeah, I start wondering if you are one of the head cases.

Subjecting children to extensive food exclusions without any medical or religious documentation proving that it's necessary, or at least typical for your religion, ought to be considered grounds for a child neglect investigation--to check nutrition levels, at the very least.