When eating out is a pain

Citation

(2010), "When eating out is a pain", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 40 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2010.01740eab.026

When eating out is a pain

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 40, Issue 5.

Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, is calling on chefs across the country to provide more gluten-free options on their menus which would enable thousands of people to eat out. Research of more than 3,000 people with coeliac disease found that nearly one-third of respondents said that they never eat out, or eat out less than once every other month. Nearly a quarter said they have travelled for an hour or longer in order to find a restaurant that provides a gluten-free meal. At least one in 100-600,000 people in the UK has coeliac disease which is an autoimmune disease caused by intolerance to gluten. Damage to the gut lining occurs when gluten is eaten; there is no cure or medication for the condition and the only treatment is a strict gluten-free diet for life. If someone with coeliac disease eats food that contains gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye, they may become ill within a few hours. Without keeping to a gluten-free diet, coeliac disease can lead to other conditions, such as malnutrition, infertility, multiple miscarriages, osteoporosis and bowel cancer. See www.coeliac.org.uk for further details.