This page is nothing to do with model railways. The cards on this page are intended for people with coeliac disease and their carers.
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease where sufferers have a reaction to wheat, rye and barley (and possibly, oats) causing major digestive symptoms.
It is estimated that 1 in 100 people across Europe have this condition. But of those, half get the symptoms but don't know what's causing it. More information is available from the websites below.
What can Coeliacs eat? Meat, Fish, Vegatables.
What do coeliacs have to avoid eating? Bread*, Pasta*, Sauces*, Cakes*, Biscuits* (* unless gluten free - e.g. they do not contain WHEAT, RYE or BARLEY)
One of the challenges for people with coeliac disease is eating out - especially in a foreign country where you don't speak the language. One way I have found is using the diet cards at the bottom of this page.
Some websites charge for this type of diet card - but others (including the excellent http://www.celiactravel.com/ (which gave me the idea)) have FREE info for you to download and print.
The purpose of these this site is to give more free choice to coeliacs on the content of these cards and increase awareness of the issue. My cards are in Word (.doc) format which allows you to customise the cards to your own requirements if you want.
| Download the pages, |
| Print a few (As a guide, I allow for 2-4 cards for each day of your foreign trip. Each page has 8 cards on it = 2-4 days) |
| Cut to size. |
Greek coeliac cards (work still in progress (will I ever see these? Apr08)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/UK-Coeliac/ UK forum for coeliac disease sufferers
http://www.celiactravel.com/ restaurant cards in 38 languages
(Page Updated 25-Aug-2008)
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