The Gluten-Free Diet

While everyone generally knows that fast food is not good for their health, however people still eat it for various reasons. Most people that buy fast food have low incomes, are uneducated, and/or are people just trying to save a couple of bucks. Most people trying to save money are buying fast food and it is costing their health in the long run. This will eventually end up costing people even more money.

Countless members of society do not understand where gluten comes from, they just believe that it is not good for them. Gluten originated when people began to grow wheat and other grains as civilizations were created. Our ancient

I think it’s something dissimilar for kids to try because it is made from grains that have protein and flour,wheat and rye don’t have a lot of that. They also get a different taste of food products. I interviewed another 11 year old girl named Rylan Andreasen about how she felt after trying Gluten Free foods and she said, “ It tasted different, but it tasted really good! It had a different texture and was good to try something new. I really like their GF waffles, I think they should be served as nutrition!” This makes me think that if we have kids try gluten free foods for a week and see if they like it, we can determine if we should bring in Gluten Free. Imagine a student at school that hasn’t tried gluten free pasta and that was what was on the menu, this child doesn’t have any allergies to food. He is buying lunch for the first time and enjoys the meal, he decides to buy lunch again and again, then he tells his friends and it ripples. Then, more people can buy lunch and try something new. In a survey made by me 100% out of 20 people agreed it would make it more fair for students if we brought in GF foods. In addition , from the website MNT it says that 1% of the whole entire world have Celiac Disease, this makes me think that if we serve GF foods more people may start a GF diet and try something new. From a website grist.org it says that every year Americans spend about $4.2 billion on gluten free products. This makes me think that from 2000 to 2016 Americans have spent about $62.7 billion. That is a lot of money just spent in the USA for GF foods. Also it means that more and more people are enjoying GF

Besides being overly convenient to obtain, fast food is also quite inexpensive. In today’s economy, an average American cannot afford to sit down at a nice

In 2006, my mom and I were both diagnosed with Celiac Disease. This has been a huge struggle of ours and continues to be an ongoing battle. We have thoroughly researched the cause and effects of celiac disease. It all begins with gluten being the culprit. Eating gluten for people with celiac disease can be time consuming, expensive, and can cause numerous health issues.

According to Food Trust, low income neighborhoods have 30 percent more convenience stores than middle income neighborhoods (4). Since there is far distance to travel to get groceries most will just go to nearby small stores, convenience stores or fast food restaurants because they are close, quick and convenient. Low income areas have convenience stores that have limited healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables but more unhealthy processed foods and snacks such as chips, cakes and soda. Most residence have a hard time trying to find foods that are appropriate for them especially those who have a dietary restriction and food allergies (A). Those stores may not sell gluten free products, lactose free milk, vegan or vegetarian foods or they may be too expensive.

Fast food popularity has grown tremendously over the years. People spend more time trying to save time in today’s world and in

While a gluten-free diet can be life changing to a celiac patient it can be damaging to someone like me who is not celiac nor gluten intolerant. Yet the gluten-free diet seems to the be new black in North American house holds. As reported in Gluten Free Diet Fad

My father Robert is dairy free so a lot of dairy free meals are also made daily for our dairy free clients. Most of the time people who have a gluten free allergy cannot eat most fast food restaurants. So we try to help others and prepare nutritious fulfilling gluten free meals that taste yummy. We do not deep fry any foods, use any white sugars, or even use regular salt. Healthy food is good, even though it is not deep fried and smothered in salt. We have so many healthy options and a lot of our clients have had life changing results just from eating our food. (“ Garrison, Robert. "Active Edge Nutrition.")

This is continuing to be a major concern as this “convenience” is causing an increase in weight from youth all the way to adults. It`s more typical in today 's age for families to be in a constant rush with work or their children 's schedules, that fast food becomes their instant go in order to save time. On average, families eat at a dine-in restaurant once a week while they go go through fast food drive thrus several times a week (Murphy). Being a high school and college student, it is extremely convenient with my busy and on the go constant schedule, to pull through a drive thru at a fast food restaurant and order something quick before heading to my next event. A recent survey from 50 various fast food customers showed how the convenience of a drive thru makes them select fast food locations more frequently chosen. 80% of the customers selected responded that they enjoy eating fast food and eat it on a daily basis. This is largely due to the fact that the wait time for meals at these locations are much shorter than dine in restaurants (Cox). As there is no way to beat this type of convenience when it comes to food, it is affecting people 's health at a vast rate. The blindness of the consumers to the content of the food is one of the greatest causes of the fast food epidemic and the health risks it brings. People are now becoming more at risk to more serious health issues from being overweight and continuing to put

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome which causes constant, chronic pain that spreads throughout the body. It affects sleep patterns, energy levels, memory ability and especially places a person at risk for depression and anxiety. Everything that was once constant in a Fibromyalgia individual’s life is now turned upside down. Simple house work that used to be easy now drives a person to exhaustion. Walking down a street and accidentally bumping into a stranger went from exchanging a few apologies to igniting every nerve cell in the area. Jobs are often set on the back burner due to flare ups of symptoms. Occasionally, jobs will be terminated because of how often a person with fibromyalgia calls out or requests time off. This syndrome affects about 2%

Fast food has without a doubt changed the way people eat in America, and is partly to blame for diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. According to Murray (40) more than 300, 000 every year are related to obesity. Individuals should know what they are consuming and how it is prepared or made; they should spend their hard earned money on restaurants that make healthy food. So why is fast food unhealthy? Fast food may look tasty and appealing, however, they contain a myriad of hidden health hazards that are dangerous if consumed in large quantities and are a primary cause of obesity, particularly in children. The effects of eating fast food on a person’s health are: increase in blood pressure, a delay in the metabolic rate, increase in the levels of bad cholesterol, destabilization of blood sugar levels, and weakening of the immune system. Furthermore, the effects of fast food include obesity, nutritional deficiencies, and cardiac problems among other health hazards. No one is forcing individuals to eat fast food, but the fact is that fast food restaurants will change when consumers demand changes. Even if three percent of Americans complained about fast food, it would make a substantial drop in

Video “InFact: Gluten Free Diets” by Brain Dunning. Being a waitress I am always being asked if we can accommodate a gluten- free diet. If our food contains gluten and if we have gluten free products such as bread. To be honest I don’t even know what gluten is. This video points out gluten is a protein which is found in wheat, rye, and barley. When people ask me for gluten free I have always wondered if it’s for health benefits or some kind of allergy. Dunning answered my question, with his claim that some people cannot tolerate gluten including people who have celiac disease. He also does point out that gluten- free fad has grown. It is another thing people are worrying about for no real reason. So yes some eat gluten- free for health reason

With this being said I am not, I repeat not a Fast Food industry enthusiast or supporter but I do believe that they shouldn’t be serving this food that has bad health effects. I hold myself accountable, if I am going to eat fast food that is my choice. I do believe that our health care system plays a role in our society thinking that we can blame the fast food industry and not ourselves. In the essay What You Eat Is Your Business by Radley Balko who was once an editor for Huffington Post as well as a columnist for FoxNews.com, Balko argues “For decades now, America’s health care system has been migrating toward socialism. Your well-being, shape, and condition have increasingly been deemed matters of “public health,” instead of matters of personal responsibility” (467). In simpler terms in today’s society we no longer have the sense of our personal health being our responsibility, which can make it easier to blame external forces for our unhealthy lifestyle rather than accepting that it is our fault. Balko later goes on to say “We’re becoming less responsible for our own health, and more responsible for everyone else’s. Your heart attack drives up the cost of my premiums and office visits. And if the government is paying for my anti-cholesterol medication, what is my incentive is there for me to put down the cheeseburger?”(467) If the

That may be a snarky way of saying it, but it’s true. Scientific studies have concluded that sensitivity to gluten for people who do not have Celiac disease may be completely psychological.Especially relevant in a country where 17 million people may unnecessarily believe that they are gluten sensitive. (Source: A Mayo Clinic survey in 2012, cited in a NY Times article.)Especially shocking in a planet that spent $10.5 billion last year in gluten free products. (Source: Mintel, a market research company, cited in the NY Times article.)Especially important because a psychological disease can spread as fast as any virus but be more enduring.Especially lucrative for all the food companies making tons of money off of people like you.