If elected president, GOP candidate Ted Cruz will not provide gluten-free options to members of the military that suffer from Celiac Disease or wheat/gluten allergies. Cruz made this decision because he feels anything related to gluten-free food propagates political correctness. Here's what he said : “That’s why the last thing any commander should need to worry about is the grades he is getting from some plush-bottomed Pentagon bureaucrat for political correctness or social experiments—or providing gluten-free MREs (meal, ready-to-eat). My Two Cents: My head is seriously spinning right now. As a Celiac (diagnosed in 2011), I am nothing short of angry and hurt that a human being would deny a Celiac food that is needed for survival. Those of us with Celiac Disease can tell you that this is no fad. We have a legitimate illness, and if we eat ANYTHING containing gluten, we get very sick. Some Celiacs have even died (RIP Joe C.) from Celiac Disease. Our brothers and siste
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Many of us in the Celiac community have mixed emotions about the popularity of the gluten free diet to non-Celiacs. The one truth that we cannot deny is that we have a ton of food available to us because of how popular gluten free food has become. However, not all new gluten free food has been easy on our GI tract (*cough* Cheerios *cough*), but we have had some marvelous additions to our pantries. The latest addition is one that will garner some mixed reviews as well: Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate. According to Post, they run the product through rigorous testing to ensure that the cereal tests at 10ppm, or lower. Once cereal has been processed, they are sampled and held until test results come in. Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate (Gluten Free) is available nationwide. My thoughts: After last year's Cheerios incident, I do experience mixed emotions whenever a new product comes out and is labeled 'gluten free.' We Celiacs need to be very careful with these produ