[Margaret Pilkington]

well Jason, I suggest that as you do not know how hard it is to stick to this type of diet...you should go away and research all the things that wheat finds its way into......you will find that many products have wheat in them and for coeliacs it is important that the food they are going to consume is made in an environment which has no possibility of having been contaminated by anything which had wheat in it or come into contact with wheat.
I would also suggest that you try to stick to this diet for something like...well, how about a month? See if you find it easy....see if you get fat off eating wheat free donuts, cakes and pizza.

It is definitely not a case of the sufferers putting on their big boy pants as you put it.
If they want a biscuit(something you perhaps enjoy and take for granted) they have to a) bake it themselves.
b) buy it at exorbitant cost from a supermarket
c) hope they can get a packet of wheat free digestives on prescription at £8 a shot.
d) do without.

Do you like lovely thick rich gravy on your dinner?
if your answer is yes....then pity the coeliac as they cannot have this.
very many of the foods that you enjoy are not suitable for these sufferers.

And as for the last bit of your post...yes you are being ignorant...and I do not mean this in a derogatory way(ignorant can mean uneducated)......if you do not know what you are talking about you could either stay silent or you could educate yourself on the privations faced by those who suffer this lifelong incurable condition.

I am not happy about a lot of things.....the people who come here and get treatment to which they are not entitled and do not pay for it.......the fact that we let people into the country who have paid absolutely nothing but they can get all kinds of benefits....the fact that illegal immigrants are treated better than some pensioners(hotels, meals cooked spending money etc).