Gluten free diet is challenging to follow, especially at first.\u00a0 Eating out can be stressful and risky.\u00a0 Discovering why is the first step to success with your gluten free diet.<\/p>\n
There are a number of reasons why eating out can be risky if you have celiac disease or a gluten allergy.\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk about that.<\/p>\n
In another article, we\u2019ll look at strategies to reduce the stress, reduce the risk, and increase your success at maintaining a strict gluten-free diet when eating at restaurants.<\/p>\n
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There are several risks to eating gluten-free at restaurants.\u00a0 Most of them are because the cook often does not really understand what a gluten free diet is, and does not really understand the ingredients in the food.<\/p>\n
I started out thinking that anyone who works in a particular industry, the food industry for example at restaurants, knows something about food.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t true.<\/p>\n
At better restaurants with well-trained staff, and a chef instead of a cook, you\u2019ll have much better luck.\u00a0 And the general public, including your average cook who doesn\u2019t care as much about food ingredients as you wish, actually has heard of celiac disease and gluten free diet more often than not these days.\u00a0 Still, you have to be careful.<\/p>\n
Given that the cook may not understand food all that well, including basics like wheat contains gluten, all purpose flour is wheat flour, and that bread is made with wheat flour (no kidding!\u00a0 I\u2019ve come across this level of ignorance in restaurants), you can\u2019t be sure of what you\u2019re getting no matter how well you explain.<\/p>\n
Even cooks who understand the basics of gluten in wheat, wheat in bread, many do not think to check ingredients in sauces, soups, thickeners etc.\u00a0 This is not so surprising.\u00a0 Most people, including you (probably) before you had the need for a gluten free diet, are not too worried about minor ingredients in such foods.<\/p>\n
Finally, there is cross-contamination, discussed in other articles on this website.\u00a0 This means that gluten from the preparation of other meals in the restaurant may find its way into your meal.<\/p>\n
That is what you have to watch out for.\u00a0 In another article, I\u2019ll tell you how to watch out for gluten traps in restaurants, and how to avoid them.<\/p>\n
What is your experience in eating gluten-free in restaurants?\u00a0 Do you have celiac disease, a gluten allergy, or do you know yet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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