Do you like to eat in restaurants? Do you have Celiac Sprue? If you find your eating problems unbearable read on.

When you order your dinner in a restaurant this is the time to unwind, relax enjoy the moment. You are not doing the shopping, food preparation, serving or the cleanup. This is your time to be wined and dined, savor the moment.

But what if when you walked into a restaurant and felt you were entering a mental war combat zone? When you know without looking that you can not eat anything on the menu. The next step is a conference with the chef or the manager or both in order for you to order your ordinary dinner just like everybody else, and hope when your plates is presented to you it is correct.

When you are on a special diet and you explain, what you can not eat even to the point of food contamination - when your food would touch the foods you are not allowed to eat and become contaminated, it is frustrating and you want to scream. I am hungry! I want to eat but you must understand, you must prepare my food fresh and the way I can eat it or I will get SICK!

My sister has had Celiac Sprue for over ten years. When it comes to traveling she is absolutely horrified when it comes to walking into a restaurant and ordering. Communication between her, the waitress, the manger and the chef is terrifying. She has to worry about the food and how it was cooked, what it was cooked on and if the utensils were clean when they touched her food. This also means eating in cheap restaurants is out. The more expensive to moderate priced restaurant is the only place she can eat to have her food modified for her diet.

I just spent four days with her on a trip. I was a witness to every meal we ate out together. I watched her face as she was explaining how her food had to be prepared. She was literally terrified of this ongoing ordeal, and with the final result of receiving her food on her plate correct or incorrectly.

This is a disease which at one time was considered so rare it virtually went undetected for years. Now the medical field has found out that Celiac Spruce is not that rare and people are being diagnosed every day. Celiac Sprue is often confused with lactose intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome, cystic fibrosis and other diseases. This disease can start in infancy. It is also a disease which can be carried and passed on in your family for generations.

TESTING FOR CELIAC DISEASE:

There is now a blood test available to test for Celiac Disease called an antigluten antibodies test. The next step would be a biopsy of the small intestine.

Symptoms:

(1) Abdominal Cramping, bloating, distention

(2) Appetite increased

(3) Back pain collapsed lumbar vertebrae

(4) Constipation

(5) Blood clotting - decreased

(6) Dehydration

(7) Mouth Sores

(8) Diarrhea, vomiting

(9) Passing Gas (flatus)

(10) Cramping in hands and legs

(11) Extremely dry skin

(12) Night Blindness

(13) Weakness, energy loss, fatigue,

(14) Weight Loss

(15) Depression

(16) Iron Deficiency

Celiac Disease, Celiac Sprue and Nontropical Sprue and are the names this disease is affiliated with. Celiac Sprue is a digestive disease which damages the villi of the small intestine. Without healthy villi, a person becomes malnourished; regardless of the quantity of food eaten. This means you can not absorb your food. Celiac Spruce is triggered by the protein called Gluten. This is a term which means the storage proteins found in grains of wheat, rye and barley.

Important: The Gluten found in corn and rice are not harmful to the people who have Celiac Spruce. When shopping for Gluten free food always read the labels on the cans and boxes. Never assume this particular food is Gluten free.

CURE:

The cure for this disease is eliminating Gluten from your diet. This may sound easy but it is not. Gluten is present in most processed foods. Cooking your own foods is the best way to make sure your food is safe and uncontaminated from other foods you can not eat. Take Vitamins daily.

RESTAURANT:

Always have your Chef Daniel’s restaurant paper with you in your wallet plus a list of the foods you can eat. Cross contamination is the biggest risk when eating in a restaurant. A knife or fork which was used to cut bread and the same fork was used to dish out your vegetables. This can cause you to become ill for many days. Everyday is an adventure. When eating out with Celiac Spruce the adventure becomes a drama for each time you venture into a restaurant and want to eat.

This is some of the foods you can order in a restaurant:

(1) Steak, fish, chicken without anything but salt and pepper - Have the food placed on aluminum foil so it does not touch the grill.

(2) Salad with fresh vegetables - You can use a lemon wedge for dressing.

(3) Fresh fruit salad

(4) Fruit an apple

(5) Baked potato without oil or butter

(6) Steamed vegetables without anything but salt and pepper

The problem with ordering in a restaurant is that most of the food is prepared early in the morning. At this time it is oiled, or sauces are combined to give the food a great flavor. The food is full of preservatives. This is what a person with Celiac Sprue can not eat. Everything has to be made fresh without sauces or oils or whatever, or however the food is prepared. Oils and various other liquids can be used on the food but when ordering in a restaurant you do not know what is used and it is best to be on the safe side and leave it off, and eat your food plain.

For further information contact: Digestive Disease information,Clearing House, P.O. Box NDDIC, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-468-6344.

The Celiac Spruce Association, 2313 Rocklyn Drive, Des Moines, IA, 50322, 515-270-9689.

There are cookbooks to be purchased and websites to browse. Take advantage of the information available to you.

My sister says connect with other people who have Celiac Sprue. The numbers are increasing daily. We must educate restaurants, grocery stores, and the world about this disease.

Thank you for reading my article. Please feel free to read any of my numerous articles on various subjects.

Copyright 2008, Linda E. Meckler

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I do not know about you but I have found after watching all these hot competing modeling shows on television, Americas Next Top Model, and Make Me A Supermodel. I found out it is not the size of the women’s breast which makes a top model. The modeling industry is still brainwashed into thinking pencil, thin women are what America wants to see model their clothes. If you are pencil thin you do not have large breasts naturally, of course, you can have plastic surgery and become any size you wish to be. 

Unfortunately, your body will become freakish if you are top heavy and bottom slim. You could even become unbalanced and tip over. I still do not get this business about girls, women being top heavy. This is only for the men’s enjoyment. In modeling it is actually not to your best interest to enhance your top. 

The clothes for modeling are all made for slim women both top and bottom. The women are considered human hangers and their feeling are not important only selling the clothes they are wearing is.

 The young women of today before they go in for expensive cosmetic breast enhancement must ask the question why? Thank you for reading my article. Please feel free to read any of my other articles on various subjects. 

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At the Lions Club meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at 7:00 the past District Governor, Juanita Mangels Williams, District 4-L6 asked to get the word out about a fundraiser. This fundraiser is a Pageant for young women. The Spring Valley club is sponsoring Liz Tamez. She is a community minded woman and is committed to supporting the Lions Club fundraising actives. Liz is committed to raising funds for children who need glasses, hearing aids, summer camps for the Risk Children, and many other projects. She has served hot dogs and hamburgers at schools, participated in medical missions and many other projects. In order to support Liz we are asking for you to take out an ad in a Directory which would help her win.  Advertisements: Inside Front Page      $200.00Outside Back Page    $300.00Inside Back Page       $200.00Full Page                    $100.00½ Page                        $ 50.001.4 Page                      $ 30.00Business Card Size     $  20.00 Write checks payable to LCIF/Campaign Sight First II or LCIF /CSF II(LCIF is a 501 © (3): Contributions are tax deductible. Please remit by April 19, 2008. Send your check to Juanita Williams, 3937 N. Granda Ave, Spring Valley, CA 91977 The money needs to be in by April 11, 2008. Each dollar is one vote for Liz.  

Call Past District Governor, Juanita Mangels Williams 619-670-0121 or send me an e mail through my website www.lmeckler.com

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Well ladies and gentlemen the votes are in. The 3 remaining contestants on Project Runway have given their fabulous fashion designs runway extravaganza.

Jillian started off the show with her creative designs. They were invigorating, and wearable. Her clothing was definitely markable to the mass population of the world. She did not win Project Runway but her career is set. She will never have to worry about her clothing designs. The clothing manufactures and big design houses will be knocking down her door. Rami also presented an original and creative array of fashion clothing. His was both for casual, business and evening wear.

The judges did not care for the colors he chose to represent his clothes.  I for one loved the colors of  the clothes. The two blue suites were perfect, after all they were business suites. The judges did not like too much black. It was hard to please them. I love color in clothing and I wish to see more of it in clothes.  The black dress with the weaving will be reproduced in mass. It was his idea and I hope he get to reap the rewards before somebody steals the idea out from under him.

He also will not be in want for a clothing designer job. The establishment will be knocking down his door. Christian is the winner. Yes his clothe were fabulous and he is only 21 years of age. They really stood out as exquisite and the creativity was none ever seen before. The only problem I have with his clothing designs are where is his market. Yes there are men and women who will wear his clothes but you can not wear them to work or for casual wear. They certainly did make a immense statement. He is here to stay. I think all three of the contestants did a fabulous, impressive, creative clothing designs and show.

They are all winners in my book and I hope yours also. I want to make that a larger assumption. I want to include the last 6 contestants. They never would have made it that far if they did not have talent dripping from their fingers. I believe these three fashion designers with the collection they each designed set the fashion industry upon its ear tonight. I can not wait until the next season. Linda E. Meckler, Author Ghost Kids Trilogy

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I have been watching all the old reruns of Americas Next Top Model. I still can not believe the exotic, creativity Tyra Banks thinks up for the models who are in an exciting, emotional competition. These girls dangle from great heights on hooks, to freezing on top of high buildings.

The imagination can go on and on when the girls compete in a weekly series and try to stay on the show one more week. I love when the make up is applied to their face and bodies. Their hair is so exotic sometimes the girls are unrecognizable.

The clothes and shoes are so high fashion I use my imagination and think about what it would be like to see me in all that fantasy. The new season should be starting soon. When the girl wins the role of Americas Next Top Model her life is secure. The other girls especially the last six will have to work a little harder to achieve their dream. Girls keep on trying.

You made it on the show. The whole world watched you week after week compete with all your strengths and flaws. Tyra keep up the good work. Great show. Linda Meckler, Ghost Kids Trilogy

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