It’s the end of Celiac Disease Awareness Month.
This month, I’ve posted a lot of science, history, and personal thoughts about celiac disease. We talked about diagnosis, follow-up care, genetics, the history of celiac disease, clinical trials, misinformation, and what it means to live gluten-free in a gluten-covered world.
Some of you have been here a long time.
Thank you.
I appreciate your support, your comments, your corrections when I get something wrong, and your willingness to engage in these conversations.
Some of you are brand new here.
Welcome.
I’ve been doing Celiac Disease Awareness Month posts since 2019—every day in May. This year, these posts have traveled farther and wider than ever before because of your advocacy, your willingness to share them, and your desire to help others understand this disease a little better.
As Awareness Month comes to a close, I thought it might be worth explaining what this page is—and what it isn’t.
I talk about celiac disease.
I talk about scientific research, gluten exposure risk management, and a general philosophy that celiac disease should not make your life smaller.
I don’t spend much time reviewing the latest gluten-free cookies, ranking gluten-free pizzas, or posting recipes. There are plenty of people doing that already.
My food advice is pretty simple: eat whole foods as much as you can and supplement with whatever gluten-free products you need to keep yourself sane.
I don’t want people going cross-eyed reading labels or spending hours calling manufacturers. If a product comes from a reputable company and is labeled or certified gluten-free, eat it. If it isn’t labeled gluten-free, they probably left that label off for a reason. I suggest buying something else.
Most of all, I talk about living a full, robust life with celiac disease while managing gluten contamination risks. This is the hardest because the risk is everywhere. The goal is to understand and manage the risks around you, so you can make informed decisions about what is likely to make you sick and what is social media fear mongering.
I want to travel.
I want to eat out safely.
I want to engage with the world.
I want to be healthy.
I want to help other people do the same.
Because that’s really the goal in all of this.
Awareness Month may be ending, but tomorrow we’ll go right back to doing what we’ve always done: talking about celiac disease, challenging misinformation, sharing science, and helping people live gluten-free in a gluten-covered world.
Awareness Month is ending.
The work isn’t.
Thank you for being here.It’s the end of Celiac Disease Awareness Month.
This month, I’ve posted a lot of science, history, and personal thoughts about celiac disease. We talked about diagnosis, follow-up care, genetics, the history of celiac disease, clinical trials, misinformation, and what it means to live gluten-free in a gluten-covered world.
Some of you have been here a long time.
Thank you.
I appreciate your support, your comments, your corrections when I get something wrong, and your willingness to engage in these conversations.
Some of you are brand new here.
Welcome.
I’ve been doing Celiac Disease Awareness Month posts since 2019—every day in May. This year, these posts have traveled farther and wider than ever before because of your advocacy, your willingness to share them, and your desire to help others understand this disease a little better.
As Awareness Month comes to a close, I thought it might be worth explaining what this page is—and what it isn’t.
I talk about celiac disease.
I talk about scientific research, gluten exposure risk management, and a general philosophy that celiac disease should not make your life smaller.
I don’t spend much time reviewing the latest gluten-free cookies, ranking gluten-free pizzas, or posting recipes. There are plenty of people doing that already.
My food advice is pretty simple: eat whole foods as much as you can and supplement with whatever gluten-free products you need to keep yourself sane.
I don’t want people going cross-eyed reading labels or spending hours calling manufacturers. If a product comes from a reputable company and is labeled or certified gluten-free, eat it. If it isn’t labeled gluten-free, they probably left that label off for a reason. I suggest buying something else.
Most of all, I talk about living a full, robust life with celiac disease while managing gluten contamination risks. This is the hardest because the risk is everywhere. The goal is to understand and manage the risks around you, so you can make informed decisions about what is likely to make you sick and what is social media fear mongering.
I want to travel.
I want to eat out safely.
I want to engage with the world.
I want to be healthy.
I want to help other people do the same.
Because that’s really the goal in all of this.
Awareness Month may be ending, but tomorrow we’ll go right back to doing what we’ve always done: talking about celiac disease, challenging misinformation, sharing science, and helping people live gluten-free in a gluten-covered world.
Awareness Month is ending.
The work isn’t.
Thank you for being here.
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