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>>> THE AUTOIMMUNE SYSTEM.

CELIAC, IT IS IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND MOST ARE BLACK.

WHEN A WOMAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CELIAC DISEASE SHE DECIDED TO COOK UP A SOLUTION HERSELF.

OUR PRODUCER MET UP WITH THE CHEF.

>> I DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL TO BE A CHEF.

I JUST LIKE TO COOK.

I AM HUNGRY.

THEN IT WAS LIKE HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK?

>> HER RECIPE FOR RESTAURANT OWNERSHIP BEGAN WITH AN UNUSUAL INGREDIENT.

A DIAGNOSE.

>> I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CELIAC DISEASE, I FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT.

I WENT TO SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT SPECIALISTS.

AT THAT TIME I STARTED TO LOSE HEARING IN MY RIGHT EAR, I WAS LOSING MY HAIR, ONCE YOU ARE PREGNANT AND YOU HAVE THESE ALLERGIES THE SYMPTOMS ARE ESCALATED.

NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME.

IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IT WAS NOT PREVALENT, THERE WAS NO ONE TO TURN TO SAY HEY, I NEED HELP.

FOR ME IT WAS A JOURNEY OF EXPLORING, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.

>> SHE SAYS AFTER FACING A LACK OF DIETARY ADVICE SHE DECIDED TO BLAZE HER OWN TRAIL >> I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I STARTED A GLUTEN FREE FOOD TRUCK.

>> Reporter: SHE OPEN TODAY IN 2016 LEANED TOWARDS STREET FOOD LIKE WINGS AND TACOS WHEN SHE OPENED HER DINE IN SPOT EARLIER THIS YEAR SHE ROLLED OUT A NEW MENU THAT INCLUDES FOODS YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO FIND GLUTEN FREE VERSIONS OF >> I WANTED TO TEST OUT SOMETHING KNEW SOUTHERN TWANGT.

HAD A SPIN ON FRIED CHICKEN, FRIED CATFISH, THE FRIED LOBSTER.

I TRIED OUT RICE FLOUR, POTATO FLOUR, ANYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF THAT WAS GLUTEN FREE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO IT.

>> NOW I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY I LOVE CHICKEN AND WAFFLES.

>> BECAUSE IT IS ENTIRELY GLUTEN FREE CUSTOMERS WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES CAN DINE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT CROSS CONTAMINATION.

>> I AM HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING ME.

I HAVE NOT HAD FRIED CHICKEN IN YEARS, I HAVE NOT HAD MAC AND CHEESE.

OH MY, I CAN EAT ANYTHING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

A LOT OF PLACES WITH GLUTEN OPTIONS BUT NOT A GLUTEN FREE KITCHEN, THERE IS STILL THE DANGER, HERE THERE IS NO DANGER.

WHEN THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE AN ALLERGY OR THEY ARE CELIAC I AM LIKE, WELCOME HOME >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK