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“To eat humble pie” is a phrase people commonly use when admitting they were wrong.
In my case, this humble pie also happens to be gluten-free.
These days, I lament the person I used to be: so carefree, so naive, and so full of judgement about other people’s eating intolerances. Yes, I was that person.
It was probably due, in part, to the fact I’d never had to worry about such things. I never had any allergies or intolerances growing up (lucky me, I know). My Hungarian granny would pile my plate high with buttered potatoes, pasta and schnitzel, my dad made fresh bread which we devoured every day, and I was forever drinking milk out of the carton (sorry mum) between shoving handfuls of peanuts into my mouth.
I was also skeptical about whether or not the people sitting opposite me at the dinner table actually needed to order that ‘special’ food according to what their diet dictated. The FODMAPs and “free from”-s, the bringing their own food to barbecues… it always puzzled me a little.
I knew some people couldn’t eat gluten or lactose for medical reasons, but it still annoyed me. That is, until recently.
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I went off to see my doctor, complaining of issues I’ve always just lived with — like always being tired, “gut issues”, and vitamin deficiencies.
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People actually judge others for medical conditions? Granted, I had little understanding of how hard it can be until I was diagnosed myself, but I always had sympathy. Gotta wonder what else you are judging people for.
I know! This is my experience too! I used to be so supercilious about people's food allergies and intolerances and then i got really sick myself and had to go on the FODMAP diet and now I totally understand the implications of straying from one's diet and feel so bad for all those that i silently sneered at for having to avoid certain foods.