Posted on 05/03/2013 6:45:33 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
Lesley University is not nearly so isolated, but it has the same mandatory policy about its student cafeteria. There was a problem however. Several students had Celiac disease. They needed to eat gluten free in order to not get sick.
So naturally they told the college and the college allowed them an exception to the mandatory cafeteria plan, letting them keep the money and use it to buy gluten-free food off campus. Right?
No, the students sued the college to mandate that the college accommodate them. I dont feel sorry for Lesley because, frankly, I still bear a grudge against all colleges that use this business model so that students are forced to pay for services they dont want on condition of being a student. (Of course, that was the organizations choice. I never dreamed of suing over it.) Now it has turned into a big expense because the only way to provide economical food is to be able to buy in bulk and mass produce the meals. That is no longer possible. Lesley University did not even fight for their right to determine what food they will provide. They caved and made the following concessions:
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That doesn’t sound like an allergy.
or they could be like Duke (among others)and hike fees to cover sex change operations...
“or they could be like Duke (among others)and hike fees to cover sex change operations...”
it’s the same game at Duke....Tuition, Fees, R&B. You raise one at a time and extoll your financial prudence on the other two. Repeat year after year.
The thing is, a one-size-fits-all meal plan cannot possibly foresee all food allergies that may arise. Maybe they shouldn’t be forcing all students onto it.
I was on a Holland American Line cruise this winter. One dinner guest was gluten intolerant. The Noordam provided the guest with a day ahead menu. He ordered his appetizer, main course and desert. Then, the next day, they served all his chosen courses gluten free. Cool, huh?
I am allergic to beef, eggs, milk, fish, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, wheat, corn, honey and artificial sweeteners. What do any of them besides the beef and milk have in common? Makes eating anywhere but home a challenge. And yes an allergist diagnosed me.
Go tell them!
Then there's barley flavoring ~ that's a favorite everywhere in the commercial food preparation business ~ for instance, Jack Daniel's ........ they put it in barbeque sauce.
That means there's an ongoing world wide effort to develop new cultivars that are immune to the new rust.
Not too long ago the Australian group that studies wheat gluten intolerance did some work on the matter and discovered that the peptides that cause celiac probably can't be bred out of wheat, barley or rye. They are turning to a dietary supplement ~ maybe another digestive enzyme that you'd take like lactace pills, or the package of enzymes they provide kids with cystic fibrosis.
The way the family does this is that I cook up my stuff first if gluten is going to be a problem, and then they cook theirs. Alternatively they’ve learned to eat brown rice pasta and corn based pasta. The objective is to keep contamination to a minimum.
The chemical is destroyed during cooking ~ and yes, people eat the inner bark of birch since it's nearly pure sugar.
Every now and then they have to replace the most common wheat cultivar
I did not know that but it certainly makes sense.
I have friends who are genuinely intolerant to gluten- it is amazing how many foods have gluten added. In the case of my son I had three sets of menus. I could use one set for about three months then he would get the green nasal drainage and the pouchy tummy, and I would swap to another set of menus. He had a fair amount of heart damage- finally outgrew the heart murmur when he was about 17. Store bought food was not doable due to the garbage added. Therefore a large garden, canning and dehydrating stuff.
The thing is, a one-size-fits-all meal plan cannot possibly foresee all food allergies
Amazing how ignorant the nannies are about tings like that.
What I have noticed is the celiacs, who often wish they could eat wheat,try their hardest not to inconvenience others. Many of the people I have heard complaining loudest about gluten free being catered to them have been those who use it as a fad diet.
OK, thanks! I might look into it further if symptoms do not continue to decrease.
You are right. There is some weird stuff going on. I don’t know what it is.
Fortunately, I’ve been on airline flights where guys have been downing cashews and peanuts and almonds. Nobody got sick.
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