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Yeah.
So I would start to begin with, is your allergy or diet restriction, is it valid?
And I mean that, has it been properly diagnosed?
And obviously with celiac disease, it's a very regimented process to go through diagnosing.
Or is it more just...
self-diagnosed that you may think you've got some sensitivity to gluten or that someone told you you're allergic to foods X, Y, and Z. So if it's not coming from a firm diagnosis, then there's a question if you really need to be following any particular diet.
The other thing though, is if you do need to eat in a special way to be obviously avoiding a lot of the specialty foods that are marketed towards
that particular allergy or even gluten-free in some cases, because sometimes it can be more expensive when you can eat just as well by doing a bit of research and learning about what are the foods you can eat on your diet.
And very rarely do you need to be buying expensive foods to manage that, very rarely at all.
If you know you've got an allergy, if you know you've got an intolerance, find out what foods are in it,
take them out and then find some good substitutes that are nutritionally similar to those.
And a good example would be if you've got a lactose intolerance, well, okay, no cow's milk, but then soy milk would be the clear winner as a nutritionally comparable food to swap it with.
Absolutely.
So one good thing about the big rise in gluten-free diets for most of the population that don't have celiac disease, there's an argument that a small percentage may be sensitive to gluten.
It's called non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
For a lot of people, they've just read a book blaming gluten for every illness known to humankind, and they've gone on to a gluten-free diet, which for them just means no bread or pasta.
But as you would know, someone that wants to cut out gluten, there are thousands of foods
that you have to be careful of that contain some level of gluten in it.
Most soy sauce contains some gluten in it.
So if there's a good reason to have it, then have it.