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Your understanding is correct. Gluten-free diets for those who don't suffer from celiac are just another fad diet like atkins or paleo. I'm eager for it to fade
by coldpie 11y ago
Your understanding is correct. Gluten-free diets for those who don't suffer from celiac are just another fad diet like atkins or paleo. I'm eager for it to fade away, although I admit I'll miss laughing at the "gluten free" label on my 10 lb bags of pure sugar.
- pivo 11y agoAtkins may have been a fad but at least for me it actually worked (I lost 18 kg/40 lbs). Gluten-free seems to be totally without merit for those without gluten sensitivity.
- coldpie 11y agoI do honestly have kind of a hard time making fun of fad diets. I don't want to discourage people who are concerned about their health and are trying to improve it. Gluten-free in particular is difficult because for most Americans, decreasing your carb intake is a really good way to improve your health, and going gluten-free means you'll skip that morning bagel. But at the same time it's frustrating because it's the wrong target, which means they skip out on good foods due to a misguided, but still helpful, goal. On the other hand, paleo is an actively harmful diet[1], so I want to encourage a scientific approach to nutrition. But I don't want to discourage people who are more interested in fads than science from being concerned about health, either. Argh. The marketing is endlessly hilarious, though. My cat's food has a gluten-free label, no joke. [1] http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/09/10/3842158.htm http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/09/10/3842158.ht...
- drpgq 11y ago"My cat's food has a gluten-free label, no joke." Pet homeopathy also makes me laugh.