| Before I became a celiac I took very little notice | | | | moment when they can finally see the other |
| of food labeling. If I fancied the product then I | | | | form. |
| bought and ate it. Things are very different now, | | | | Back to shopping. If you think about reading |
| as I have become an inveterate label reader. | | | | product labels as a real bore, taking too much |
| Now I can hear you thinking "What a shopping | | | | time and as a restriction on your life that is |
| bore" In fact the opposite is true. Shopping for | | | | exactly what it will become. On the other hand |
| food is an adventure; my quest is to identify new | | | | you can relish the exercise as a form of |
| things I can safely eat on a gluten free diet. It is | | | | competition to find new products, the impact on |
| all a matter of perception. | | | | your temper and frame of mind is likely to be |
| How many of you are familiar with the optical | | | | very different. |
| illusion of the lady? Many people see an old crone, | | | | The quality of food labeling has improved greatly |
| a lady with a huge chin and a beaky nose. Others | | | | in latter years, we can now be much more |
| see a glamorous young lady dresses in the height | | | | conscious of what we are putting inside our |
| of fashion at the turn of the Twentieth Century, | | | | bodies. I for one am much more conscious of |
| with a very fancy hat. For some people they can | | | | additives, cheap fillers and chemical ingredients. As |
| only see a single option even if they know there | | | | a result of label reading I have a much healthier |
| are other possibilities. It is not until you trace a | | | | and more varied diet. |
| particular line then there is that "light bulb" | | | | |