Coach and teammates refuse to acknowledge that my gluten sensitivity is real.

4/10

Have you ever watched the classic movie Bachelor Party? Try replicating the "footlong" scene the next time you have a party.

that's some p!ss poor 'ritin' right there.

gluten free runner. wrote:

Why am i being ridiculed for something I have no control over??

Maybe it has something to do with your obsessive need for affirmation?

affirm my condition, please wrote:

gluten free runner. wrote:

Why am i being ridiculed for something I have no control over??

Maybe it has something to do with your obsessive need for affirmation?

Umm, what?

1) You either have Celiac or you don't. There's no such thing as gluten sensitivity.

2) You think it's gluten/dairy related. Those are two completely different things. Unless you harvest your wheat from cows, in which case you've got bigger problems.

3) It's the middle of summer, so why are you having team dinners with the coach?

4) I can't believe I replied to the dumbest troll thread currently on the front page.

norby's biggest fan wrote:

1) You either have Celiac or you don't. There's no such thing as gluten sensitivity.

Yes there is.

Oh Norby's Big Fan,

1) Everyone's body is sensitive to everything they eat.

2) Soil to grow wheat is from cow manure.

3) Yup

4) Yup

From my health magazine:

Summer is the ideal time to pack a picnic but don’t get bogged down by gluten-free myths. Eat healthy in the week and enjoy those picnic treats at the weekend; balance is key.

Gluten-free diets are all the rage right now because of the illusion that gluten-free products are automatically healthier. That’s just not true.

Of course if you have a medical sensitivity to gluten, then go gluten-free, but be warned - going gluten-free without actually figuring out if your body needs to can actually be more harmful in the long run, creating an intolerance within your body that was never there to begin with.

"Rossmoore"?

Do the team and yourself a favor and quit. I'm sure most of them did not think the potluck was stupid and enjoy being around each other outside of practice.

At the next potluck supper do the 'arm thing' to mock your teammates.

I am sorry this is happening to you. I would try and get someone involved in this issue. Maybe a counsler or a social worker. Maybe even your parents? College is alot of pressure on kids and to have people treating you this way over something you can't control isn't right. Your coach shouldn't be acting like that towards you either. Hang in there. Try to get some people to talk to! You arn't worth that!

Gluten per se ( 2,4,5 ), Bro.

norby's biggest fan wrote:

1) You either have Celiac or you don't. There's no such thing as gluten sensitivity.

2) You think it's gluten/dairy related. Those are two completely different things. Unless you harvest your wheat from cows, in which case you've got bigger problems.

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This thread could obviously be a troll thing, but I felt compelled to respond because I struggle with this same issue. I have serious GI issues when I run, and they are much improved when I cut gluten and dairy out of my diet. I test negative for Celiac disease. However, I had a colonoscopy done a few years ago, and it found that I have a lot of mast cells in my colon. Mast cells are important in triggering allergic responses. The GI doctor said that there is really not enough science to explain why my symptoms occur, but it might be a combination of exercise and foods that trigger an allergic response. Food dependent exercise induced allergies are a documented phenomenon, so it makes sense that the gut (which has a ton of immune cells) might also react to these triggers. In any case, I cut gluten and dairy out of my diet during hard training cycles because the symptoms are so severe that eating bread does not seem worth it anymore. As an aside, Tim Noakes wrote a letter to JAMA in the '80s describing two runners who had severe GI disturbances that went away when they cut out particular foods. One of them cut out gluten.

I do, at times, feel judged and stigmatized about my diet because of the backlash against gluten sensitivity. I do think the gluten free diet has become a fad for some nonsensical reasons, but I also think that a substantial minority of people do have issues with gluten-containing foods. As an aside, I think the problem for many people is actually wheat, but eating gluten free also ensures that you're not eating wheat. My advice is to just eat what you need to eat, and ignore other people. I do get angry when people make fun of gluten sensitivity, even if it's not directed at me. I just remind myself that they are probably ignorant about the symptoms that many people experience when eating these foods.

#1. They are the wrong people to be around. Period.

#2. Get some control over the diet thing.

Maybe it is gluten. Maybe it is dairy. Maybe it is something else. You won't be the first person to have ingredients that do not agree with you.

It sounds like you are new to gluten free living, so you are going to have to learn that you bring chili, or potato chips, or alcohol if appropriate not GF sandwiches to a potluck. Tons of ways to eat well and serve others tasty food without using substitutes. Udi's is pretty good though.

Be careful with seeking help. You'll find both deniers and overzealous GF types trying to "help" others in a variety of healthcare relate professions. An actual professional will help you identify the ingredients that cause you trouble, get the body to calm down, and nothing else.

The team situation sounds pretty bad though. If you can stabilize your body/diet, and get some decent training then do the bare minimum for the team and work your @ss off to beat a few of them. It's not "revenge." Just understand the team people will never be good friends. Ever. it's improving your performance and helping your team with some social distance between you and them.

"I brought in some gluten free sandwiches as the dish. When I first walked into the door frame and just stood relatively motionless in the frame (first foot or so in), I could see that the coach was intentionally avoiding me with his eyes. I put the side of my thumb almost on the edge of the platter to emphasize the fact that I was there, and the coach almost got up to go towards the sink. He just sat there, continuing to talk to a few teammates"

It's a little better story than the coach watching you race on the track while he's drinking a coffee at Starbucks, and definitely better than yesterday's thread,

so I'm giving you a 4/10 as well.

Unclear, but additional information could shed light on the situation; specifically, were you annoyed as pie?

I wonder why a team potluck would have anything other than beer, and, maybe, some doritos.

Long ago in prehistoric times, virile cavemen hunted and killed fierce animals and brought them home to be butchered and cooked by their fertile, supple-bodied cavewomen. Eventually some of them figured out how to bring the animals home to wait to be killed, in exchange for protection from other predators that might eat them sooner.

Unfortunately these people - this was not that long ago, 10 to 20 thousand years - started staying in basically the same place, moving around only to bring their animals to different patches of grass. This caused them to become fat and sedentary and lose their mobility.

That would have been bad enough, but then some of those people started to interbreed with their grazing animals. This resulted in a new species of hybrid cattle-people with a gene coding for lactase persistence. To make matters even worse, some of them also gained the ability to eat grass.

You should be very glad that you don't possess that degenerate DNA. Be proud and strong like the cave people.