Victoria! Would You Love a 100% Gluten-Free Crepe Truck?
Summer festival season has begun! That means plenty of opportunities to try new food in fun al fresco settings, right? Not so for celiacs! That is what Royal Roads University Commerce student, Celeste Hilton suspects.
In fact, her curiosity has prompted her to develop a survey to research food options and dietary constraints (primarily focusing on celiac) at local events (market, music, arts, sports etc) for her final project.
Why the interest in the gluten-free diet?
With her celiac son (22) and brother as her impetus, Celeste is always looking out for food options on their behalf. As celiacs in Victoria well know, there is but one gluten-free food truck that safely serves all of Vancouver Island – Taco Revolution!
- “I am investigating the market in Victoria for something like a food truck that would specialize in GF crepes at public events.”
If you live in or travel to Victoria, BC, The Celiac Scene invites you to answer Celeste’s anonymous, 8 question survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JQFZ3N2
If you have answered the survey and would like your name to be entered for a chance to win a $20 Gluten-Free Gift Certificate to Sante Gluten-Free Cafe, enter a comment on Facebook Friday, June 30th at 5pm
Having a Child with Celiac Disease Can Be Difficult for Parents
As parents, we don’t want our children to have a disease … we feel our children’s pain, we want everything to be perfect for them, we fear for their wellbeing. Our celiac kids can sense when their parents are upset about their disease, and they feel bad about it.
How to Find Gratitude in Difficult Celiac Situations
It’s easy to see what not to like about being a celiac – I don’t like packing all my own food in case the available food is cross-contaminated, I don’t like eating a can of cold soup while everyone else is lining up for a buffet that I paid for too, I don’t like going hungry while everyone else is eating pizza, I don’t like saying no to food that people offer me, I don’t like worrying that something delicious I’m eating at a restaurant is possibly poisoning me with each bite, I don’t like facing weeks of debilitating digestive issues after a mistake, and so on.
Self-Care for Celiacs: It’s not Selfish – It’s Necessary
- Imagine yourself as a wheel, rolling along through life. Now that you’re in Celiac Territory, you will encounter all kinds of hazards that can give you a flat!
Ask the Celiac Dietitian – Selena De Vries, RD
I’m a celiac – should I be taking supplements?
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Simple Tricks to Help Us Cope with Celiac Disease
- It’s natural to experience anger, resentment, sadness, desperation, frustration, fear and exasperation as we adjust to to the gluten-free diet.
Celiac Disease – Crash Course in Adapting to Change
- Betty always spends two weeks at the home of her aging parents in the summer. Now that Betty has celiac disease, she suffers anxiety, hunger, sadness, and resentment on these holidays because her parents can’t/won’t make their home safe for her.
Ask the Celiac Dietitian – Selena De Vries, RD
“It’s been two years since I went gluten free but my energy levels are decreasing even though all my lab results are within normal.”
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Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – The Gift of Limitations
- When your parents or in-laws are gluten-clueless and unwilling/unable to learn, staying with them may no longer be an option. How can you deal with this limitation that celiac disease has introduced into your life?
How to Be Assertive About Your GF Dietary Needs
- Celiacs often face upsetting social situations around food. We fear that being assertive about our needs will seem rude, and we don’t want to offend anyone or wreck anyone’s fun.
Ask the Celiac Dietitian – Selena De Vries, RD
- “I remember the day as if it were yesterday. It was the day where someone else (besides my partner) attempted to cook gluten free for me.”
Has Celiac Disease Made You a Better Person?
- Celiac disease can help us become less prejudiced against people and situations in the world around us.
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman, RCC
- Want to get off the cycle of pain? The physical pain of celiac disease makes us angry, desperate, frustrated, and afraid. This emotional pain makes the physical pain worse. We’re already dealing with cramps or mouth sores or whatever it is, and then we add the extra suffering of anger or sadness or fear on top of it — putting us in a cycle of increasing pain. Here’s how to get off that cycle of increasing pain.
Ask the Celiac Dietitian – Selena De Vries, RD
- QUESTION: My 5yr old son has Celiac disease. He was diagnosed about 8mths ago, to make it easier we have made our house gluten free but the thing I am struggling with the most right now is school lunches. When we took away the gluten we took away most of his favourite foods and now lunches are becoming boring, any suggestions?
- See Selena’s response below!
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman, RCC
- Celiac Pain: Celiac disease presents each of us with our own unique set of pains to deal with – pain such as sores in the mouth, abdominal cramps, bloating, headaches, nausea, and so on. Normally, we wish this pain would go away. We tense up against it, wishing it weren’t there. We get frustrated, angry, and resentful that the pain is in our life. We feel like a victim, like it’s not fair, like our life is being ruined. We fear that the pain is a sign that something even worse is happening with our health. We hate the pain!
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman, RCC
- COMMENT: I’ve always been a very anxious person, and now that I’ve been diagnosed with celiac disease, I’m wondering if the celiac disease has something to do with it.
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman, RCC
- ISSUE: My travel companions pressure me to make quick decisions and take risks when I need a snack from a convenience store. I feel hurt and disrespected.
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman, RCC
- To the celiac who sometimes can’t stand herself because she gets so irritable when her pain and other symptoms worsen and she finds that she is not the positive person she used to be
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner – Sherry Scheideman RCC
- My 9 yr old was diagnosed end of June, and all our meals became gluten free, and snacks etc. separate toasters, butter and the like. I felt bad when the few times we ate out, my boy had few choices from the menu, so I decided to join him so he wasn’t alone, and have been completely gluten free since Sept. 1st. I wouldn’t dare think of eating wheat period. I made a commitment to support him, and I will never look back. He keeps things inside but has transitioned well, checking labels and avoiding things with gluten, and avoiding foods even when he wasn’t sure. But I know he wishes he wasn’t celiac … Marianne
Celiac Counsellor’s Corner
- My daughter’s biopsy results come back in a couple of weeks to confirm Celiac, but I’m already stressed as to how to feed her, especially the worry of cross contamination. I’m also worried about how she will handle it. I’m hoping going gluten free will help, and not overwhelm her more than she already is.
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