Someone once posted to an online group that I belong to that her stomach was angry with her and a thread went around about the terminology we use to describe how our bodies react to being glutened. We all agreed that we generally humanize our bodily symptoms of ingesting gluten containing foods. For years I have always said that my stomach/body was angry with me when I was feeling symptoms and could sympathize with the original posting.
Recently I have been rethinking this idea and realized that why shouldn't my body be angry with me. Whether I ingested gluten intentionally or not I was the one who did it to myself. If it was intentional, then my body has every reason to be "angry" with me. If it was unintentional then I did not check things as carefully as I should have. Either way, it was my own fault that I am experiencing symptoms.
I recently experienced symptoms after eating a "gluten free" pizza from a local pizzeria. I am usually very careful in checking everything out before I eat it. But pizza is my one gluten weakness and I was excited when I heard they offered a gluten free option. It was my own fault because although I checked into the crust and was assured it is baked on its own aluminium pan, I did not follow up with all of the toppings and every possible cross contamination source. It was only when I was finished and throwing away the pan that I realized the bottom of the pan was covered in flour. My body had every right to be angry with me as I was the cause of its distress.
Lesson to be learned, double check everything and then check again.
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