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Gluten free isn't a health fad. Please learn about celiacs.

• tleilaxu 4y ago
  It can be both…
• joebob42 4y ago
  The set of celiacs is much smaller than the set of people who think eating gluten free food is a good idea.
  • ashirviskas 4y ago
    Afaik unhealthy diet increases gluten sensitivity. I have it and it sucks having your knees and elbows hurt for a week after eating a gluten rich pizza.
    • kennywinker 4y ago
      > Afaik unhealthy diet increases gluten sensitivity I don't want to argue with your overall point at all, because I assume that whatever this sentence specifically means to you is true for you - but given that there is no actually objective definition of what a healthy diet is - it's hard to agree with the statement in general. I would feel like I was eating unhealthily if I had a can of coke every day, but that doesn't actually mean it's unhealthy. It probably depends on everything else I'm eating, how much I'm burning off, maybe even something as fine-grained as how fast I drink it. You would almost definitely feel unhealthy if you were eating bread every day, but as long as it was whole-wheat and had some good sandwich fixins in it, I'd feel pretty good about that. Anyway, sorry if I'm being pedantic, but I feel like people toss around things like "healthy diet" as if we're all supposed to know and agree what that means.
      • feanaro 4y ago
        > You would almost definitely feel unhealthy if you were eating bread every day, but as long as it was whole-wheat and had some good sandwich fixins in it, I'd feel pretty good about that. Eating bread every day is actually pretty common in some cultures and people don't even stop to think it's unhealthy because it's so commonplace, so even that varies.
        • kennywinker 4y ago
          The poster I was replying to said they had a gluten sensitivity, which is why I was saying he would probably find it an unhealthy part of his diet. I did not mean to imply that I think eating bread every day is unhealthy :)
• mechanical_bear 4y ago
  It is a health fad for most. People with actual diagnosed celiac's disease are rare. Self diagnosed… that is another deal…
  • rootusrootus 4y ago
    I work with a guy who is a real, fully diagnosed celiac sufferer. The gluten-free fad has had serious consequences for him. Some restaurants don't take him seriously, claim gluten-free food when it isn't, and he gets seriously ill when that happens. He doesn't eat out so much any more because it's not worth the risk.
    • CrazyStat 4y ago
      On the other hand, it has greatly increased the availability of pre-packaged gluten-free food options. The consequences aren't all bad. (I have a sibling with celiac disease).
      • MerelyMortal 4y ago
        Did it increase the actual availability, or just the marketing? I've noticed things that never had glueten in it, labeled "glueten-free" after the craze a few years ago.
        • CrazyStat 4y ago
          It absolutely increased availability. When my sibling was first diagnosed things like gluten free bread had to be ordered and shipped and were extremely expensive. Now they're available in many (mostly up-market) grocery stores, and while still expensive have come down in price a lot.
          • Xylakant 4y ago
            I’m currently on vacation and the hotel breakfast buffet has a gluten free bread option. Granted, it’s prepackaged toast, but I’d say it’s better than hungry.