One of the good things about having celiac disease is the way that it compels you to make healthier choices. Since I literally cannot eat pre-made cracker and lunch meat kits, and my child cannot eat them either, there is no temptation to purchase them. We cannot eat frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…so we don’t. I can eat junk food, there is plenty of gluten-free processed food, but some of it tastes funny and its very inconvenient, so I eat less of it.
Most fast food restaurants are a sea of cross contamination. So I never eat at them. Pizza is a monster hassle and I have to at least heat my own fries (although I need not make them from scratch).
Since I have to read the labels on everything (found that out after poisoning my son with juice that contained barley…oh and the malt flavoring in chocolates) I read the sugar content and the ingredients list. Both can be scary.. and eye opening.
So while it is easy to feel sad that you can no longer eat a burger that can be left on a shelf for three years without going bad, there is an upside….like you can no longer eat a burger that can be left on a shelf for three years without going bad.
So I saw this video on Upworthy. It is from the New York Times and it just shows you the food writers Michael Pollan and Michael Moss at a grocery store. Interestingly the healthy choices that they make were allergen free. The food they bash was all stuff I cannot eat anyway.
So enjoy, its only a few minutes long, but it does point out that there is some advantage in being unable to eat most processed food.
So for your entertainment this evening I present this clip from the New York Times all about
