Were you recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease? A little depressed about the lifelong commitment to a gluten free diet? A Celiac diagnosis can change a lot of things in your day-to-day life, but it isn’t all bad. Leave it up to the gluten free optimist to point out some of the positive things that come with a Celiac diagnosis!
Here are the 10 points he makes:
- Your health is better!
- You helped improve the health of other people by telling family members, friends, coworkers, and doctors about the importance of testing for celiac disease.
- You don’t need medicine or surgery to treat your disease.
- You don’t have to share your food. This is from the video of Dominick Cura’s fourth grade presentation.
- You save money by not impulsively buying sweets, by not impulsively eating out, and by not buying your lunch daily.
- Since you read labels, you have a better idea of the nutritional facts and ingredients of the foods you eat and can make more informed choices.
- You appreciate the small things in life and find joy in them like new good gluten free foods, the mention of gluten free or celiac on a television show, gluten free lists of foods and medicines, and an informative blog post or review. (Yes, these are big things to celiacs, but they are still small things in the big picture of life.)
- You eat healthier at home when you don’t feel like driving far to eat out or buy gluten free convenience foods.
- You have something to blog about.
- You participate in amazing internet networking with other celiacs and have an instant bond with them.
You can check out the entire article and the comments with other Celiacs input on this subject here.
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Dr. Osborne,
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I am all for being positive… (although the list is pretty thin…) I have a good one for you… I participate in a cultural executive luncheon once a month and they have box lunch with sandwiches and cookies from Panera bread… as I am Gluten Free they always get me a lovely salad with mounds of grilled chicken and my name written in big letters on the box… and every one is jealous that I have a large gorgeous salad and all they have a tuna or ham sandwich!