re: Why do so many have Celiac disease?

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serious question how did these people survive in the past... gluten filled world

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Many of them died, it happened back then also. I have a family member who does our family history stuff and has a big book written. I had some long ago cousin or uncle in early 1900s that was some kind of shrimp or crab fisherman. He had a story of a guy dying his first day after touching either crab or shrimp, I can’t remember which, it was also my relatives first day and he nearly said frick all that. Guy had “red bumps” and “big tongue” and fell over and went blue were his words iirc. That would be from anaphylaxis

Eta: Also my great grandmother was a teacher in rural north La back in the 30s era. Not many kids had any peanut butter but the allergies to it were at least known about back then in the schools. It just wasn’t actually called peanut allergies back then or at least in her circle

Pizza should be easy for your wife. Rotolos, red Zeppelin, Dominos, and Mellow Mushroom all have GF pizza.
GF beer is around but trickier. Happy to swap recs for restaurants if interested.

FWIW- celiac disease has a strong family inheritance. If your dad has it, 50% chance his kids/siblings have it.

I used to be in the "what's with all this gluten free nonsense...that's shite is all in your head". But then my son was diagnosed with Celiac and we changed his diet and now he is putting on weight and is not throwing up every 3 seconds.

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Pizza should be easy for your wife. Rotolos, red Zeppelin, Dominos, and Mellow Mushroom all have GF pizza.
GF beer is around but trickier. Happy to swap recs for restaurants if interested.

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Surprisingly Omission isn’t all that bad for a lager styled gluten free beer. But damn I miss having a shiner bock at times. Pizza is really tough. No one can make a decent crust that doesn’t taste like you are eating cardboard. If you happen to live in New York City then you are luck. There is a place called Pizzarte that makes an amazing gluten free pizza.

My wife was having some big issues with her stomach. A lot of aches and cramping to go along with some bathroom issues. Lasted a couple months and many tests with no answer. Went through a lot of stuff, too. A liver test showed she has a much larger than average liver. All liver function is fine so the working theory is she just has a large liver, but that was fun thinking it could be liver disease or cancer.

Finally she was able to get scoped from top and bottom. Came back that she has microscopic colitis. This is something that could clear up with proper care or never go away...just depends on the person and severity. She was prescribed a medicine, but internet reading showed lots of people who felt worse taking it.

Basically she had to cut out all gluten and all dairy. She's not necessarily allergic to all gluten and dairy though. Over time she is supposed to reintroduce different things and see how they go. After a few weeks she felt much better and all of the symptoms were gone. She feels so good she hasn't really tried to add too much back even though she misses food.

Now she'll have a glass or two of wine sometimes. On vacation she made a pina colada or two each day using coconut milk (I think). She has had work trips where it was difficult to really regulate everything. Usually she ends up fine but sometimes has a flare up. My (non medical) guess is that she's benefited from cutting it all out and something "bad" here or there isn't enough to trigger the bad symptoms.

The thing she really misses is cheese (the dairy issue). There is no good cheese substitute that we've found for something like pizza. Gluten free pasta isn't too bad, especially when it's hot and fresh. Leftover gluten free pasta isn't one of my favorites.

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Pizza should be easy for your wife. Rotolos, red Zeppelin, Dominos, and Mellow Mushroom all have GF pizza.

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I would be wary of cross contamination. All of these places have so much wheat flower in their kitchens, I would be surprised if they could pull off a gluten free pizza with gluten levels low enough for someone with celiac disease.

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GF beer is around but trickier.

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I haven't seen any gluten free beer. I've only seen beer that says gluten "removed". The dietitian we met with the other day indicated that this isn't good enough for a celiac patient.

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I haven't seen any gluten free beer. I've only seen beer that says gluten "removed". The dietitian we met with the other day indicated that this isn't good enough for a celiac patient.

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Glutenberg and New Grist are the best Gluten free beers I've found so far. They are true gluten free, not gluten removed, and while not as good as what I was able to drink before, they are growing on me; especially the New Grist.

As far as pizza, Domino's scares the crap out of me unless I can watch them make it, I have found that locally (Pensacola and Gulf Breeze) Mellow Mushroom and Rotolo's are pretty accommodating and I haven't had any ill effects. Of course I don't eat out all that often so it's a small sample size.

I have celiacs. I don’t need a doctor to diagnose what my body is telling me. Y’all keep putting that poison in your body tho....

Y'all act like this is a new thing. Celiac disease can be traced back to the inception of agriculture in the stone age.