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Dear Mr. Kelly;
As someone who almost died from undiagnosed Celiac Disease (yes, it is a  
real medical condition) I was very disturbed by your article in the 
Washington  Post of Monday, March 5, 2012.  Those of us who are gluten intolerant 
have  a life threatening condition if we consume gluten.  One of our major  
struggles is to get family, friends, food service people and the general public 
 to take our condition seriously.  It does not help when people of  
influence, such as you, make jokes about the fact that we cannot follow a normal  
(eat anything that you want) diet.  Would you call the diabetic who works  
hard to stay healthy by eating healthy a hypochondriac?  If not, then why  us? 
 If so you are sicker than we are.   There are many  responsible people, in 
and out of the medical profession, who are working hard  to promote 
understanding of Celiac Disease.  If you cannot do anything to  support this just 
cause please do not do anything to harm it.  
 
Olivia Kogler

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