"I'm sure these cookies aren't gluten free.." Weird Al's "First World Problems."

Weird Al Yankovic has been making these spoof music videos for a couple of decades now, and he has quite a following.
In his latest video, he tackled "First World Problems." In the video, he gives a shout out to the gluten free population. He is in the airport scarfing down a cookie, when he realizes that the cookie may not be gluten free. He has crumbs coming out of his mouth. #firstworldproblems <--joke!

You may be wondering why I am posting this video on a Celiac/Gluten Free blog. Well, I have a few reasons.
-One, it's a pretty funny video.
-Two, it does bring up an interesting subject: staying gluten free at an airport. Of course the obvious option is bring your own snacks with you. That's pretty much what I would do. I do know that more airports are offering gluten free options and I know some airlines even have gluten free options for their on-board meals. Of course you need to use your best judgment when out and about.

Okay, enough of the shop talk. Grab some gluten free cookies and enjoy the music video:

To Eat Gluten Free Oats, or Not To Eat Gluten Free Oats?

When you're diagnosed with Celiac Disease, you are given a list of what food you cannot eat. Wheat, Barley, Rye, and Oats. However, you find that there is such a thing as gluten free oats. You wonder if it is safe for you to chance eating it. You think to yourself: "It's gluten free, so it cannot be too bad, right?" Depending on how sensitive your Celiac is, it may be bad. While a majority of Celiacs may be able to stomach gluten free oats, and granola, there are a small percentage of us that cannot handle GF oats and granola. I fall into the sensitive category. I loved eating oatmeal, before I was diagnosed with Celiac. After I was diagnosed, I was lost. It was not until a month or two after my diagnosis, where I discovered gluten free oats. I picked some up, and started eating it every morning for breakfast. It was not until day 3 of eating GF oats, where I began to feel sick. My stomach was cramping, I was fatigued, I was nauseated. I thought I had been "

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Soon, you could own a scanning device that checks for gluten in food.

Wouldn't it be great if we never had to worry about being 'glutened' when dining out? It would be freaking fantastic, right? With the wonders of technology, this could be a reality. The science and technology gods may be blessing us with a scanning device that could determine whether or not there is gluten in our food. A company in San Francisco, California called 6SensorLabs , is in the process of developing a portable device that has the capability of detecting gluten in food. The company is only one year old, and was founded by a woman who was diagnosed with a gluten allergy in college. She, and her co-founder wanted to create a device so others could have a stress free dining experience while out to eat. As for the size, it will be half the size of an iPhone, but will also be thicker. It will contain a sensor that will quickly detect gluten in food. The company is hoping to have this device available sometime next year. There is no word on how much it will cos

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