{"id":396,"date":"2010-01-30T17:10:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T17:10:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-04-20T01:46:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T01:46:56","slug":"gluten-allergy-and-eating-out-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/gluten-allergy-c\/gluten-allergy-and-eating-out-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Allergy and Eating Out Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"

All to often, I feel terrible after eating out.\u00a0 I therefore assume that either there is some secret ingredient in most restaurant food designed to make me sick, or that most restaurant food has some gluten in it, hidden even from the cook.<\/p>\n

So my conclusion, more than ever before, is to avoid eating out as much as possible if I want to stay healthy and maintain my gluten free diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But what about those times when I can\u2019t avoid going out for lunch?\u00a0 What if I\u2019m with a working group, and the group decides to go out for a quick bite, before getting back to work.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found that often the best solution to maintaining my gluten-free diet is to simply bring my own lunch.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, I bring my own food to the restaurant.\u00a0 I\u2019m past caring what others may thing about it, even the restaurant staff.\u00a0 If you have a gluten allergy, then you\u2019ve got to take care of your self any way you can.<\/p>\n

My gluten allergy will knock me out for weeks.\u00a0 I can\u2019t afford that.\u00a0 I can put up with some awkwardness and embarrassment to avoid gluten.<\/p>\n

My friends and colleagues understand.\u00a0 You\u2019d be surprised at how many of them have their own foods they have to avoid, if not gluten, then sugar, peanuts etc.<\/p>\n

The easiest way to bring your gluten-free lunch to someone else\u2019s restaurant is to go to a canteen-style outfit.<\/p>\n

Since you don\u2019t have to line up to buy your food, you go grab a table and reserve it for the group.\u00a0 Then sit and relax while they come back with their trash-that-passes-for-food that is so typical of cheap canteen-style restaurants.<\/p>\n

Go ahead and eat your lunch with the others.\u00a0 The staff won\u2019t notice, and they won\u2019t care if they do.<\/p>\n

If you have a a gluten allergy, maintain your gluten free diet at all costs.\u00a0 Your health, well being and productivity depend on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"