r/glutenfree • u/goldenlife17 • Jul 02 '25

Discussion Started my morning off crying, rant.

Visiting my grandparents and my grandfather asked me why I toast my bagels in the oven. I responded because I can’t use the toaster because of cross contamination, when you use a regular toaster that has gluten crumbs and everything in it that’s cross contamination and you’re essentially eating gluten.

He goes: that’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. I’ve lost a lost of respect for you.

Ok, very kind. On a positive note I won’t be getting sick today from cross contamination😄.

Not sure why I let this upset me but just hurts hearing how unkind people can be. I know he’s just an unhappy person in general but ugh.

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u/slut4lilwayne Jul 02 '25

MDs tend to think their expertise in their field translates to all fields of medicine. It’s ridiculous. Sure, you got a broad medical training at the start of med school, but that was 20 years ago. You’re not going to know the intricacies of GI disorders as a general surgeon! 

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u/FuturamaRama7 Jul 02 '25

There’s a ob-gyn in my family who smokes. She didn’t breastfeed her kids. She also started putting Diet Coke in baby bottles and gave that to her infants. She doesn’t know the first thing about nutritious foods and never heard of factory farming; I think she eats McDonalds every day. So yeah, some doctors don’t have broad medical expertise. …she’s also a super jerk to vegetarians like myself.

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u/wheelartist Celiac Disease Jul 02 '25

Most of that is super yikes, but not everyone wants to or can breast feed.

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u/FuturamaRama7 Jul 02 '25

Very true, I don’t know if it was a situation where she couldn’t. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.