[pageonetoo]

My eldest daughter had "celiac disease" as an infant. She hardly gained wieght, and had loose bm's. After the doctor diagnosed her, we saw an immediate turnaround, after starting her on rice cakes, and other gluten-free stuff. It is not a disease in the real sense, but a body function not working properly. She eats anything now, and grew out of it by age 3... (but i still can't get her to eat her peas).

This suit is total Bravo Sierra, like the coffee incident. A smart lawyer (read that "Smarmy" slime) can make a federal case about anything.

[hispanichoosier]

This suit is total Bravo Sierra, like the coffee incident.

I disagree. If McD's told the family that the fries were gluten-free, but they weren't, it's classic negligence. It's akin to a restaurant telling me that a certain food has no peanuts (which I'm allergic to) but then it turns out that the food does have peanuts.

[Guenevere]

bttt

[DumpsterDiver]

This suit is total Bravo Sierra, like the coffee incident. A smart lawyer (read that "Smarmy" slime) can make a federal case about anything.

This article says there should be no problem with the fries.

McDonald's news fries parents of allergic kids - February 15, 2006

To parents like Kaur, french fries had been one of the few "safe" items on fast-food menus. But on Monday, McDonald's acknowledged that a flavoring agent in the cooking oil used to make fries is derived from wheat and dairy ingredients, which can be off-limits to people with food allergies.

Still, physicians say there is no need to set off alarm bells yet.

The disclosure doesn't automatically put McDonald's fries on the forbidden list, according to Dr. Stefano Guandalini, a pediatric gastroenterologist with the University of Chicago's Celiac Disease Program...

"When you process the ingredients such as wheat in order to derive flavoring, you leave the gluten behind," Guandalini explained, comparing it to vinegar, another product from grains that are neutralized by the distillation process. "We have never found any evidence that eating french fries is a problem."

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[RossA]

My sister is a celiac and I can't imagine her eating ANY potato product, much less french fries. Am I wrong??

[parcel_of_rogues]

I hope you realize you can't 'outgrow' an autoimmune disease. The wheat stimulates the destruction of the intestinal villi. You may not see the symptoms but the internal damage can still be occuring in isolated patches of the intestine. Sometimes the overt symptoms come back in middle age. The greatest risk that we were apprasised of regarding undetected symptoms or non-treatment (i.e gluten in your diet) was an elevated risk of lymphoma.

It may be 'easy' to ignore the diet, but I would be careful. If she is indeed over it I would think the blood test would have shown an absence of the anti-gliadin antibodies after a gluten challenge?

[BunnySlippers]

I think this case is more like the one were the vegetarian guy sued McDonald's as the fries were not totally vegetarian ... there was a meat extract in it to enhance the flavor. What I want to know is why anyone who is discriminating about food for health or otherwise is doing even considering eating fast food.

[MarMema]

I have celiac disease as well. Hugs to your daughter. There are certainly many more things available today than in the past for alternative eating.