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Originally Posted by Accyexplorer
The "resident cretin" has had his whinge and is having a better day....
...The resident "troll" however would like to add that nowadays most supermarket chains offer a good variety of 'reasonably priced' gluten-free products.
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It is still the case that gluten free foods are much more expensive than the non gluten free ones...this is for bread which is a basic staple.
Many other processed foods also contain hidden gluten...so you have to be a very accomplished label reader.
Many coeliacs buy their own flour and make their own bread....but as I said before this takes tie effort and planning...coeliacs cannot walk into Greggs and buy the fast junk food that this story would have us believe is being provided for all and sundry on prescription...and yes it needs a prescription...and a prescription needs a doctor to complete and sign it...so if there is a fault it is with the prescriber...who is a doctor.
I have a friend who has recently been diagnosed as coeliac and she is having to rearrange her whole life...her family are all going to be having wheat free food(paid for by her...not prescribed) as she is worried that should they consume something which has wheat in it and it contaminates a surface or area, then she will be very ill again.
Being coeliac is not pleasant for the sufferer or the family