Will This Gadget Make Your Life Easier?
In recent years, eating organic, vegan, or gluten-free has become more popular than ever before, whether by choice or by medical necessity.
Restaurants understand the prevailing dietary restrictions of the day, and entire markets have been born to capitalize on people’s food and ingredient preferences, but have picky eaters gone too far, taking advantage of actual allergies and intolerances?
This latest gadget could save you a lot of trouble, but it might just make you a few enemies if you tried using it at a restaurant…
Source: Twitter @NimaSensor
Start the slideshow below to learn more about the Nima Sensor and what it means for people living with Celiac’s, then SHARE with your gluten-free friends!
What Is Celiac Disease?
Source: Twitter @udisglutenfree
One of the most heavily-scrutinized gastronomic lifestyles today is the gluten-free diet, for although an estimated three million Americans live with the gluten intolerance, the choice to abstain from the group of proteins has also become a popular—albeit annoying—choice for many people unaffected by the disease.
Coeliac Disease, commonly called Celiac Disease or just Celiac’s, is an autoimmune disorder that has a common symptom of pain or discomfort in the digestive tract as a reaction to gluten intake.
What Is Gluten?
Source: Twitter @GlutinoFoods
Glutens are a mixture of proteins most commonly found in grains like wheat, rye, and barley. Hundreds of different types of proteins compromise gluten, and not all gluten causes adverse effects.
While it’s estimated that 1 in 100 people around the globe suffer from Celiac Disease, it’s estimated that the overwhelming majority do not show symptoms or live with the disease unawares.