One per cent of the gluten-free population is Celiac, and when they consume gluten they become violently sick. The other 99 per cent is either seriously or somewhat intolerant of gluten, while others still are either following a fad or altogether ill-informed.

Millions of people are giving up gluten, everyone for their own personal reasons, but I know that I can share with you why my family is gluten-free. It’s not to lose weight. It’s not because it’s the trendy way to eat. Or because all my friends are doing it. It’s because we have no choice.

For my family, gluten is a thing of the past and will never again (knowingly) enter my kids’ mouths. I have two kids with Celiac disease, and any compromise in their diet risks their health. If our Celiac kids could live in a bubble, we would certainly be able to watch everything they ate.

But they go to school, and schools have kids with other kids who have birthday parties, and our kids want what their friends are having. And you know what? I want them to be able to celebrate birthday parties by eating cake and participating in the festivities like the other kids without food restrictions.

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