Travel in Italy with weird dietary restrictions
Jun 28th, 2018, 02:35 PM
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Somehow, I think that a person this dietarily resricted isn't going to spring for gorgonzola.
Frankly, she's in her 30's; she's not a child. She's going to Italy. Let her work it out. Italian medical clinics and hospitals are wonderful if she ends up in trouble. More likely she'll expand her phenomenally narrow view of feeding herself. Where better than in Italy?
Frankly, she's in her 30's; she's not a child. She's going to Italy. Let her work it out. Italian medical clinics and hospitals are wonderful if she ends up in trouble. More likely she'll expand her phenomenally narrow view of feeding herself. Where better than in Italy?
Jun 28th, 2018, 03:20 PM
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I was trying to think of a way she could pack some of the food with her. Buy and pack some small cans of salmon? Shelf-stable 'cheese' like Laughing Cow? Take a package of deli meat on the plane would be allowed (but isn't going to last 2 weeks!).
I'm curious... how does SHE think she is going to be able to do this? I mean I know you're trying to help by asking here... but somehow she must believe this is feasible or she wouldn't have planned and confirmed this trip (with the crazy itinerary btw). She must have some idea herself that this can actually work, right?
I'm curious... how does SHE think she is going to be able to do this? I mean I know you're trying to help by asking here... but somehow she must believe this is feasible or she wouldn't have planned and confirmed this trip (with the crazy itinerary btw). She must have some idea herself that this can actually work, right?
Jun 28th, 2018, 03:33 PM
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I think with her dietary restrictions, fat would be the least of her concerns, especially in the small amounts of hard cheese that would be grated over her food. Basingstroke2, I wish you luck. Are you going with her? She may be able to get roasted potatoes near the rotisserie chickens, but this may well be an opportunity to expand her food horizons. Can she eat gelato?
Also, sound the trumpets , she added sweet potato to the list. I have not seen that in Italy. Available?
Jun 28th, 2018, 03:54 PM
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...she claims she cannot tolerate...
...she refuses to even try anything else...
Niece should just stay home...or at the very least do her own research. She's 30, no?
Maybe she'll rethink when she gets hungry.
...she refuses to even try anything else...
Niece should just stay home...or at the very least do her own research. She's 30, no?
Maybe she'll rethink when she gets hungry.
Last edited by Melnq8; Jun 28th, 2018 at 04:25 PM.
Jun 28th, 2018, 04:52 PM
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Grocery stores have turkey meat and the cheese. My niece's husband has celiac disease and he did really well in Italy and Spain. Gluten free pasta. Yogurt is also easy to get. Unseasoned salmon can be bought in packets here. I was looking at some hurricane supplies and saw the salmon last night. Not much fluid so she could pack several of those. Maybe buy the potatoes and ask host to microwave for her.
Jun 28th, 2018, 08:19 PM
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I think your niece will just have to figure it out as best she can. Since she is an adult, and I assume capable, she should deal with her diet by herself and let the rest of the family enjoy their trip.
Jun 28th, 2018, 08:26 PM
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Jun 29th, 2018, 03:57 AM
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Bless you, Vinoroma!
Sweet potatoes exist in Italy, but they're rare, at least in the places I frequent. I've seen them at markets in Rome, and whenever I see them, I buy some. I also bring some back from the US when I go there. One year I even planted a few, but the harvest was meagre, because they didn't get enough sun.
Sweet potatoes exist in Italy, but they're rare, at least in the places I frequent. I've seen them at markets in Rome, and whenever I see them, I buy some. I also bring some back from the US when I go there. One year I even planted a few, but the harvest was meagre, because they didn't get enough sun.
Jun 29th, 2018, 04:33 AM
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She is clearly ill, and not just with Coeiliac. She needs more help than anyone here can give her.
Her family will just have to ignore her eating problems and get on with enjoying themselves. I understand they will worry about her, but since she isn't a child, or a teenager but a grown woman there is little they can do to force her to get help. If she is hungry enough she will eat something. If she doesn't eat then she really is ill, and shouldn't be travelling.
I hope they have good health insurance for the trip.
Her family will just have to ignore her eating problems and get on with enjoying themselves. I understand they will worry about her, but since she isn't a child, or a teenager but a grown woman there is little they can do to force her to get help. If she is hungry enough she will eat something. If she doesn't eat then she really is ill, and shouldn't be travelling.
I hope they have good health insurance for the trip.
Jun 29th, 2018, 04:52 AM
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There are so many picky eaters in our world. I would just let her deal with it but certainly would not pick places to eat around her diet. I have a friend that has ruined dinner for the rest of us by her constant complaining of the menu. Last dinner out one of my girlfriends just spoke up and told her what to order or we would have been late for our concert. She is a brat. We made an agreement one trip to just pick a place and if she didn't like menu then she could leave. She did!! I won't cater to her anymore.
Jun 29th, 2018, 07:34 AM
#37
Celiac, welcome to the world centre
of the rest, well restaurants love to talk a good meal so getting salmon should be easy and getting it cooked as she wants it easy if she has the money
Baked potato, I guess she knows that the potato she needs is seasonal and July is not the season
Get the words translated onto a card...
Or grow up.
of the rest, well restaurants love to talk a good meal so getting salmon should be easy and getting it cooked as she wants it easy if she has the money
Baked potato, I guess she knows that the potato she needs is seasonal and July is not the season
Get the words translated onto a card...
Or grow up.
Jun 29th, 2018, 07:49 AM
#38
I don't think she's just a picky eater. This sounds like someone with an eating disorder, and I hope her food control issues don't develop into a more serious condition. It can be a slippery slope.
Jun 29th, 2018, 09:06 AM
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We really can't help. She already booked this trip with a crazy busy itinerary. Then made it worse (for her food needs) by booking a bunch of B&Bs or homestays. When you eat only 5 things and can't compromise on that, she's just going to have to hope she finds hosts who will go out of their way to find her some plain yogurt for dinner. I don't think it's reasonable to expect a B&B to provide plain grilled salmon. Or a baked potato when that is not really a thing there. At least if she'd thought ahead and booked a hotel or an apartment would have given her a better chance at keeping this restrictive diet.
Jun 30th, 2018, 02:26 AM
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I have a relation with some of these issues and yes he holidays with family taking appartments etc and yes he can find the sort of restaurants he wants but might have to cross an entire city to find the restaurant that is required, luckily he is very tuned into the internet andd can find restaurants with the right diet and "everyone speaks english on the internet"
Is it a pain in the .... for the rest of the family? You bet.
Does he have a real medical illness? Yes and there appears to be no solution and it almost killed him some years back.
Of all the countries to choose Italy is a good one as they really do care about food but on a rushed trip, no way.
Is it a pain in the .... for the rest of the family? You bet.
Does he have a real medical illness? Yes and there appears to be no solution and it almost killed him some years back.
Of all the countries to choose Italy is a good one as they really do care about food but on a rushed trip, no way.
