Opinion piece.

Shared lunch, a Gods meal, but for us. While I stuff face my with food, some others can’t.

Kia ora.  As most people know celiac disease is a thing and you can grow out of it … MYTH! If you don’t know was it is, this is it: Celiac disease is basically where you react to gluten. Some people get it worse than others. When I mean that, basically, for some people, their throat swells up and their lips and tongue expand so it can be deadly. For others, their immune system plays up and they get sick a lot. Do you not know what gluten is? It is basically two components of wheat. And the worst thing is, that a lot of people are allergic to it.

Something else, that only gluten free people realize, is that the “mistakes”  those big food companies make. Lots of them just write MAY CONTAIN GLUTEN. They just do that so they don’t get sued if they add a bit in. But what they either don’t care about or they can’t be bothered thinking about it, it that this can be very bad for the celiac person eating it. Talk about false advertising! There is another thing that they sometimes write on food packets, though this one isn’t as bad. They tend to write “MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF GLUTEN. This basically means that the food is made in the same building as foods with gluten. You might be thinking, this won’t make a difference. What’s the chance of some gluten getting into it anyway?! Most likely, the chance is bigger than you thought. And what if someone that eats it, is really, really allergic to it?

Another annoying thing for people with celiac disease is the price differences. Just about all of the things you can by at the supermarket, is more expensive if it is gluten free. Don’t believe me? See for yourself. At the supermarket, a simple pack of 200g gluten biscuits is $2.00 but a gluten free 145g pack of biscuits is $4.00! Something else that can be not the best for gluten free people. If you go to the supermarket or somewhere and take out all of the gluten food and all the gluten free food and put them in two different piles, the pile with gluten free stuff is much smaller. And if you take a closer look at the gluten pile, you will see some foods and you will be very surprised by what you will find some simple things that have gluten in it. Some types of coffee, lots of types of sausages, Even some salt! About 1% of the population is celiac but 95% percent of gluten free people are undiagnosed. To people with this disease, or people that know a lot about it, this is a lot of people.

Though there is a solution. If food companies just made there gluten free food a bit cheaper and better quality, it will be fair for everyone.