“Right from the day I was diagnosed, our grocery bill went up significantly and added hundreds of dollars a month to our bill,” said Samantha Mackey.
When Samantha Mackey was diagnosed with celiac disease a few years ago, she was relieved that there was something she could do to finally stop feeling sick. "I can remember, you know, once standing in a supermarket and just wanting to cry because being so overwhelmed by the amount of effort that goes into just a basic need of groceries,” said Mackey, who lives in Conception Bay South, N.L.
"For someone with celiac disease, eating even a small quantity of gluten leads to inflammation of the gut lining and various symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, vomiting, bloating, tiredness, and headaches," said Pinto-Sanchez, who is also an investigator with the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at the university.
In a survey Celiac Canada conducted late last year of 7,400 Canadians who must eat gluten-free because of their disorder, almost 93 per cent said they feel the cost of gluten-free food was more expensive than before the pandemic. Of those respondents, more than a third said they have had to adjust their finances to be able to buy the groceries they need, and one per cent have had to turn to food banks.
But because gluten-free food costs so much more, Celiac Canada is calling for an increased rebate specifically for people with celiac disease in that income bracket. Because even a small amount of gluten can harm them, people with celiac disease sometimes keep their entire households gluten-free, Secord said.
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