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<blockquote data-quote="SockFiddler" data-source="post: 1556575" data-attributes="member: 412001"><p>I somewhat agree with you, [USER=22572]@pavlosn[/USER] - we ultimately choose what we can and can't eat. But where's the social line drawn with that? Flatly refusing all and any dinner invites with friends and family who - like us - lead busy lives so tend to only meet up to eat together?</p><p></p><p>An interesting point my friends all agreed upon last night was that I've been cooking and treating them to diet-appropriate treats and meals for years, so veggie, gluten-free office-lunches, vegan picnics, non-red-meat BBQs and so on. None of them had ever said "Oh, it's a health thing", just that it's something they felt strongly about or "felt better" without eating (only one of my 3 gluten-free friends is actually coeliac and she wasn't there) but I'd cheerfully accommodated them for the whole time I'd known them. Thus they felt it was only fair to consider what Euan and I could and couldn't eat now that there's very specific health implications involved.</p><p></p><p>I suppose my point, ultimately, it this. Yes, our diet is our responsibility. But the people we love bear some responsibility, too. If you were a recovering alcoholic, you'd expect the bottom line of an evening with your family to not include everyone else getting smashed on the 12-year-old malt. Similarly, if you've given up carbs (and I think it's a fair analogy given addiction and health implications) I think it's fair to expect your loved ones not to serve up three courses of carbs followed by sugar. </p><p></p><p>Of course, the caveat for that is that you need to have explained to people what you're doing and why because, unlike alcoholism, the carb thing isn't widely understood yet and many people will think we're bonkers. And I type that and think, again, about all the meals and snacks I've provided for friends who have no actual health reason to be so tricky to cook for...</p><p></p><p>Everyone caters happily for lots of other types of food avoiders (veggies, non-fish etc), there's no reason to expect anything else simply because we're doing something other people don't understand yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SockFiddler, post: 1556575, member: 412001"] I somewhat agree with you, [USER=22572]@pavlosn[/USER] - we ultimately choose what we can and can't eat. But where's the social line drawn with that? Flatly refusing all and any dinner invites with friends and family who - like us - lead busy lives so tend to only meet up to eat together? An interesting point my friends all agreed upon last night was that I've been cooking and treating them to diet-appropriate treats and meals for years, so veggie, gluten-free office-lunches, vegan picnics, non-red-meat BBQs and so on. None of them had ever said "Oh, it's a health thing", just that it's something they felt strongly about or "felt better" without eating (only one of my 3 gluten-free friends is actually coeliac and she wasn't there) but I'd cheerfully accommodated them for the whole time I'd known them. Thus they felt it was only fair to consider what Euan and I could and couldn't eat now that there's very specific health implications involved. I suppose my point, ultimately, it this. Yes, our diet is our responsibility. But the people we love bear some responsibility, too. If you were a recovering alcoholic, you'd expect the bottom line of an evening with your family to not include everyone else getting smashed on the 12-year-old malt. Similarly, if you've given up carbs (and I think it's a fair analogy given addiction and health implications) I think it's fair to expect your loved ones not to serve up three courses of carbs followed by sugar. Of course, the caveat for that is that you need to have explained to people what you're doing and why because, unlike alcoholism, the carb thing isn't widely understood yet and many people will think we're bonkers. And I type that and think, again, about all the meals and snacks I've provided for friends who have no actual health reason to be so tricky to cook for... Everyone caters happily for lots of other types of food avoiders (veggies, non-fish etc), there's no reason to expect anything else simply because we're doing something other people don't understand yet. [/QUOTE]
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