Link to NYTimes article on the high cost of celiac

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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/the-high-price-of-celiac-disease/

 

Might not be a whole lot new here for the seasoned, but it's always interesting

to see what the mainstream view is.

 

Christine

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Thanks for sharing this! While the expense is no news, I didn't know about

the tax deductible aspect of maintaining a gluten free diet. Luckily I save

all my receipts, simply because I like to compare prices and shop around for

the best deal as well as keep track of cost rising or falling. Definitely

going to look into the tax thing for this year!

 

The estimates have gone to 1 out of 100 having celiac and just a year or so

ago it was estimated as 1 in 113. So more and more people are getting

diagnosed increasing the demand for gf foods, which theoretically should

help bring prices down as we shift the thinking and production of foods more

and more in the direction of celiac friendly. I imagine that in 10-20 years

our food supplies will be very different in which wheat will start becoming

more of an exotic, expensive rarity while gf is mainstream! Now if we can

only get the majority of gf to also be egg and dairy free, we can truly be

happy! lol

 

 

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Christine <karizma1010 wrote:

 

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> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/the-high-price-of-celiac-disease/

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> Might not be a whole lot new here for the seasoned, but it's always

> interesting to see what the mainstream view is.

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> Christine

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