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The Daunting Cost of Eating With Celiac Disorder

Customers shopping for bread at an Iceland store in the UK. 

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Hi, it’s Freya in London, where my gluten-free grocery bill is skyrocketing. But more on that in a moment ...

I was diagnosed with celiac disease eight years ago — an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks its own gut lining if you eat gluten. Changing my diet was more than a health adjustment, it was also a financial one, and the price I’ve been paying to eat gluten-free has been adding up ever since.