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Originally Posted by SetofJacks
Real Celiac people, just like real lactose-intolerant people, will indulge in gluten/lactose from time-to-time, just like the fad-followers will.
You're saying that both cross the lines from time to time, not just as often. Right?
If I'm a restaurant owner or someone hosting people for dinner, and I've read up on what is required to make someone with food issues comfortable, and then the person with the special requirement has seconds on "food that would make them sick", I wonder why I bothered. OK, we carefully cleaned one side of the kitchen. We used separate utensils. We carefully didn't mix any ingredients. Oh, you like the gluten full desert? That's fine, but it is basically saying that all the work that went beforehand was a waste of time.
Maybe it is just a Boulder thing, but it seems like 10%-20% of people who would show up somewhere have a "food allergy". It is described as being like a shellfish allergy -- straight to the hospital if not honored. My eyes tell me that for the vast majority, it is a preference. For the person who truly needs the special food handling to not be horribly sick, it seems a disservice. Just like for the person who truly needs the dog. At some point the rest of us think everyone is gaming the system.