My favorite gluten-free food story is from our local grocery. For months they had a large bin of nuts - pistachios, I think - with a sign announcing they were "Gluten Free!"

The "deer in the headlights" comment made me laugh. That's probably what I looked like in my pre-lc days when a low-carbing diabetic acquaintance told me what she ate. I was appalled! I knew I couldn't eat that way because I'd starve to death!

Of course, I have since learned to eat her way. Wish I knew where she is now - I'd like to thank her for being the first person to really hit me over the head with reality.