When you call out the behavior of millions of Americans, you have to expect some blowback.
So when I wrote my recent cease-and-desist letter to food allergy fakers and gluten-free posers, I thought I might need to run for cover.
Although the article, “Why Food Allergy Fakers Need to Stop,” went viral, the groundswell of angry, offended readers never materialized. Instead, the groundswell came from people who have genuine allergies and disease. In e-mails, phone calls, and on social media, they endorsed the call for diners to stop passing off their dietary preferences as medical conditions, and declared it was time for them to take back their movement from the posers.
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