Many productions make ‘gluten-free’ sound like a uppity, funny line for a snob or other arrogant character to say. It always invites disdain and ridicule from the audience.
In reality, gluten allergies are as real and as life threatening as any other.
Anything for a laugh, right?
Hey, let’s show some kids inducing an epileptic fit in another child by using a strobe light!!!
Why have the numbers of people with celiac-like ‘disease’ increased to the point where there is now a gluten-free section in all supermarkets? This is a serious question.
Close relative had terrible reactions to a lot of foods, especially grains. They added a plant enzyme supplement before meals (like Beano) and all the symptoms immediately disappeared.
Back in the early 70’s, I was going through a rough patch, emotionally. On the advice from a relative who had tried it herself, I went through a food-elimination protocol in a hospital. I was in my late 20s. I tested as allergic to a huge laundry list of foods. I followed a strict diet for 18 months, during which time my personal situation improved tremendously. I began adding food groups back to my diet with no problems and within 6-8 weeks was again eating normally, ie: whatever I wanted of foods commonly available.
Did the elimination regime ‘cure’ me? Was I simply having a gut reaction due to emotional problems? Don’t know. But, excepting anaphylaxis, most food reactions are minor. My personal feeling now, nearly 50 years later? We can control food intake, while many personal aspects of our lives seem out of our personal control. So, we turn to food regimentation in an attempt to gain control.
Anecdote, not data and, as always, YMMV.