Gluten-Free Shaming is not OK

May is Celiac Awareness month and with that in mind, I'd like to thank Elle Magazine for raising awareness by posting the picture above to a combined following of 5.6 million people on their social media accounts with the caption "We all have that friend... " Hahahaha. So funny! It reminds me of a time I saw someone making fun of a disability recently. What was it again? Oh yeah... Hysterical, right? No. Just mean. Oh well, it didn't stop the person who did it from winning even if it was pretty controversial for a while. Celiac disease has become the source of a lot of humor lately. Quite frankly, whenever someone whips out the "gluten-free" joke, you can pretty much assume they've lost the ability to come up with good material or never really had it to begin with. It's pathetic to make fun of people with a disease or disability. Visible or invisible. Some may say they are targeting people who eat gluten-free because it's a fad, to try to lose weight or are just plain finicky. I have issues with that too. Not because I care how other people eat or live their lives, mainly because it makes it 10 times harder for my 2 sons and me, who actually have celiac disease, and others with a gluten intolerance or other medical issues to have any credibility. But hey, you don't hear me making fun of them, do you? Want to know why? Because it's not my business and it is not nice. Elle Magazine, I don't think it's your business either. Quite frankly, unless you want ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news