LIFE AS A CELIAC | By Nicolás Meire

My name is Nicolás Meire, I am 14 years old and I am from Barcelona, Spain. I was diagnosed of celiac disease when I was 6 years old. Celiac disease is a intolerance to gluten, a protein that is in cereals like wheat, barley and rye. This means that you can't eat foods like bread, cereal,pasta and all types of food that all the people like. The problem of that , is that you need to replace basic foods like bread for gluten-free bread, that's made of other cereals like rise. In Spain, it is complicate to find gluten-free products. Here in Canada and the USA it is much easier.

 In all supermarkets you can find gluten-free pasta and in all restaurants there is a lot of food that celiacs can eat. For example here in Keeners we eat pizza on Friday. In a normal camp in Spain if you are celiac and there is something with gluten to eat, you just need to eat another thing like vegetables. But here in Keeners I can eat gluten-free pizza on Friday, and I can eat a lot of other things that in Spain are really complicated to find, and that is really nice.

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