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Childrens Gluten Free Tips
These are some of our best gluten free tips for children.
Birthday parties. When your child is invited to a birthday party it is important that they are able to join in the birthday meal and not appear to be different from the other children. Telephone the party host to in advance and ask what is going to be on the menu. If you ask early you will have a good chance of influencing the food selection to be gluten free. If there are going to be some standard children's party fare items such as sausages or cakes make sure that you supply some similar gluten free items or, prepare some in advance which your child can take with them. In this way your child will be able to be a full member of the birthday team and the event will not cause them distress by highlighting any differences in theire eating habits versus the other children.
Sandwich boxes. Rather than being seen as different and disadvantaged make sure that your child appears to be the special, advantaged one whenever there is a picnic. Children are far more concerned with the packaging of foods and the Sandwich box they arrive in rather than the actual content of the food. Whilst, at times you might feel slightly restricted in what you can prepare as a sandwich for your child to take to a picnic there are no restrictions on the sandwich box they will take. Get the latest, trendy sandwich box and pack it full of gluten free items. Listen carefully at the picnic and you will hear the other children asking their parents why they can't have the latest sandwich box rather than asking why can't Little Johnny or Mary cannot eat gluten.
Gluten free snack packs. If your child is invited round to a neighbour or friend to play make sure you prepare a gluten free snack pack for them to take. This relieves the pressure from the host parent from wondering what they can prepare by way of a snack for your child and removes any barriers to setting the play date. You can also relax when your child is away from home knowing that, if they are hungry, they will be eating gluten free food rather than having a gluten accident.
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Gluten Free Tips #1
Advise the chief. When you go to a restaurant or when you go to a friends tell the chief that you are allergic to Gluten. Most will be very aware of the condition, it is covered in most culinary courses, and they will be only too happy to help you. Gluten intolerance is only one of a hundred food intolerance in modern society so catering for a guests food preferences is all part of the standard service for a modern restaurant.
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Gluten Free Tips #2
Read the label. These days most manufacturers print the full list of food ingredients on the food packaging for the foods you buy in the shops. Read the ingredient and reject any food products that are not clear. There are many suppliers so reward the ones who try to help you.
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Gluten Free Tips #3
Take restaurant cards on holiday. When you go on holiday to a place that speaks another language you do not want to trust to your rusty language skills to explain to the waitress that you are gluten intolerant. Take a foreign language prepared card outlining your condition. In this way you do not put the waitress under pressure, the details are clearly explained in the local language and the card can be passed direct to the chief avoiding any miscommunication.
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