Bob TaylorMarch 26, 2018

i have been reading and enjoying your column for many years - lots o useful insights into nutritional issues. the problem - and i recognize it is my problem, not yours - is that many of the recommendations made in your column, and by our WOW - simply do not work for some individuals. Frx - my wife has Hashimotos disease - food sensitivities (not allergies) cause inflammation. the fix? no wheat, no rice, no barley, no white potatoes, no tomatoes, no dairy products, and no to most sweeteners. thank the Lord for the internet ::)) this is a long way to say that having this sort of restriction on food intake cause - for me, anyway, a feeling of isolation in a church where mony activities revolve around food - my wife cannot eat what most people prepare an had to bring her own food many times. this is further aggravated by her being the Relief Society President. there is no good answer for this problem except to accept it, suck it up, and go on - and she has done this, but for me, the feeling of her being singled out persists and no one- that i know of, has ever offered to prepare a dish for an activity that she can eat. sorry for the soap box - thank you for listening. I am pretty sure her situation is not unique.