There's been a LOT of information about gluten-free living in the last year. Some of it is awesome: different manufacturers are making gf products, more restaurants have gf menus. Then it hit me:
A lot of people are doing this like it was the Atkins diet. Remember when everyone jumped on that bandwagon?
Nobody really thought it was a good idea, but restaurants and producers aren't idiots. If they can make something that's going to sell, they'll do it.
Most people that haven't been gluten-free think it's a total waste of money. Those of us that have an intolerance understand that we're really doing better for not having gluten in our lives. Why, then, do so many posts just undermine what we already know?
Because people will do anything for weight loss, and they'll follow whatever fad yells the loudest. Are people that dumb? No. But they are that desperate. About a year ago, I had a friend who "was interested in the gluten-free thing for weight loss." That person proceeded to order cheese tortellini covered in alfredo sauce.
Gluten-free isn't a weight loss diet. Brown rice, tapioca, and millet flours are actually more calorically dense than crappy white bread flours. Granted, nutritionally they are very dense, so you need less of them, but I digress. I've lost a total of maybe 6 pounds in the last year on a gf diet. Yeah.
Moral of this story, don't let the media tell you it's hype if you know you're doing/feeling better. Not everyone reacts the same way, but it doesn't mean that you're wrong.
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