Last weekend, we headed to Maryland to visit Scott’s cousin Stacy and her family. His Aunt and Uncle were in town from California to celebrate Stacy’s daughter, Sophie’s 2nd birthday. It’s nice to spend time with family – the kids love it. It’s too bad we don’t live near more family.
Stacy has Celiac Disease and it looks like Sophie does too.
Celiac disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of the protein gluten, which is found in bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. If you have celiac disease and eat foods containing gluten, an immune reaction occurs in your small intestine, causing damage to the surface of your small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients
They have to use different plates, cooking pans and other stuff just so nothing with gluten can mix with what they are eating. Gluten free living is so much better than being sick all the time. For the birthday party – they had a regular cake and a gluten free one – which was not half bad!
What I am finding out is there are a ton of people out there that either have Celiac Disease or an allergy or sensitivity to gluten. So I came across this website – Gluten-Free Girl that has some good information and recipes about living a Gluten free life!
Food is the path to healing in celiac. There is no pill we can take, no surgery we can endure, and in fact, no cure other than living on an entirely gluten-free diet. Some find that distressing. I find it a blessing.