Please,Hold the Gluten Understanding Your Gluten Free Attendee I


live a gluten free life, yet as a meeting professional I was not going to admit that I needed special meals at events. I did not want to stand out as being different or make another planner have to pay or do more. After all, my issue was that my body was sensitive to gluten, but not allergic. My symptoms made me think that I was in the early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis until I eliminated gluten from my diet. I have spent the better part of the last fi ve years trying to stay away from gluten, which is diffi cult when the meeting world is full of gluten. We serve continental breakfasts with gooey pastries, warm bread baskets that are devoured with the salad and its creamy dressing at an awards dinner, and don’t forget the tasty Black Forest Torte for dessert. These are land mines to a person with gluten sensitivity or Celiac disease. Yet, these staples on so many menus have turned the meeting world on its head. At one time I may have suggested that doing a gluten free meal would be going too far but I have changed my tune, since learning of my gluten sensitivity. As I worked to eliminate the gluten in my life and my health improved, I became more sensitive to it in smaller


by Kimberly Moore, CMP, CTA 20 MIDWEST MEETINGS SPRING 2013


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