I am surprised that this young man seeks Asian food. Many Asian foods are made with wheat noodles, and also contain soy sauces that are brewed with wheat. Dangerous for celiacs.

I agree with kuffarkarol - as a Celiac person, there are few Asian restaurants that are safe. Just so a newly diagnosed person doesn't get sick, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai have all gotten me sick because of soy sauce (almost always brewed with wheat) and fish sauce (which sometimes contains wheat). Even if the kitchen tries to leave it out, it's in the film of the cured woks used to cook the ingredients, and gluten leaches into the food. I have a little better luck with some Japanese because sushi isn't cooked and is easier to keep safe. Best wishes to the new college student!!

Avoiding gluten is serious business for those with celiac disease and other medical conditions, but most of the gluten free "movement" is just a diet fad like low carb was a few years ago.

wecandoit - I believe most of the gluten problems stem from the the genetic engineering of our wheat crops. The wheat farmers harvest today looks nothing like the wheat our parents used to make baked goods. Our bodies haven't evolved yet to deal with the new wheat.

If he craves Asian food, MIT is an excellent choice. The undergrad student body is about half Asian. The student center has three Asian restaurants, and at one part of campus, four food trucks pull up for the middle of the day, three of them Asian. They're called the Food Truck Court. Sushi is plentiful in the eateries on and adjoining campus. It must still be tough to eat out and be gluten-free. I think if I had a dietary restriction, I'd want to do most of my cooking at home.

This is all fine and dandy but only 1% of the population has Celiac disease and the majority of them are asymptomatic. Some gluten is actually good for the body. I have some of the symptoms associated with the disease, and may well have it, but it doesn't effect my daily life.

There are very few persons out there with actually-diagnosed Celiac Disease. Most of the rest of this is a trendy youth diet fad or a self-diagnosed placebo for the need to have a better diet in the first place. Ain't nuthin to do with gluten. Eat nuthing but pizza most of the week, and your tummy will growl at you, too.

It is interesting to me that some of the posters know little about gluten, yet they post about it anyway. The focus must be on Gluten Syndrome and not Celiac Disease anyway. Focusing on CD is like missing the forest for the tree or only paying attention to the tip of the iceberg. The bottom line is: Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored! Gluten may not harm everyone but it has been proven not to be good for anyone. Proactive prevention is the key to optimal health, safety and well being