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In Reply to: Anyone here have gluten issues? Not an easy or lightweight topic. posted by free.ranger on October 29, 2014 at 12:23:34:
it is in the long tradition of the New Yorker, which once had great long articles every week.
Personally, I am very careful about food. But I don't pay much attention to fad diets, and gluten-free is a big fad right now, as is paleo.
It's pretty easy to understand how fad diets get popular- for one thing, any diet will lead to some big health benefits for quite a few people. When one starts to control one's eating after living for years eating junk, health benefits will follow. And of course, a successful diet book can sell big and make some serious money. Leading to seminars, infomercials and generally big bucks.
I eat a reasonable amount of whole grain bread and pasta and do not have celiac disease. I limit these due to calories. I don't pay any attention to gluten.
That works for me. If avoiding gluten works for others, more power to them.
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