Trots people like you who are so invested in writing it off as a "fad" really work to stigmatize Coeliac sufferers.

try going to a restaurant and telling the waiter that you NEED your meal to be totally gluten free, and be met with an "OH...realllllllly....". snarky cocksuckers.

yeah man, really.

your rock is calling, go hop back under it "dreams of glass"

those first 3 are actually quite relevant, maybe not so much to this discussion.

the people who created the fad and live it day to day stigmatize celiac sufferers

i mean seriously i'm not sure how you are unable to grasp the fact that gluten free is a huge fad diet right now. it really must not have made it to NZ

(it's like scotland but further)

it's not so big over here, the diet thing

yeah it's pretty big - every single one of these people say they have an allergy or celiac

they go into restaurants order pasta then ask if it's gluten free

or they'll get something gluten free, with a beer and never think twice about it

service industry has great stories about the gluten free fad

you've never heard of GF pasta?

how many restaurants do you think carry it

fuck all, in my experience. "OH...realllllllllllllly...."

no idea why anyone would want to pretend to be Coeliac, no wheat fucking sucks

i mean do you want to pay $20 for 6 GF beers?

or $8 for a box of GF cereal?

weightloss. you're significantly cutting carbs

also i think it comes from the nutrition conspiracy part of the web, people like foodbabe. scot or jb mentioned some report about how gluten is bad for you that went viral

i know someone who is bipolar and she says that her depressions were triggered by wheat allergy. except she still has depressions she just acts like they don't happen

lol

are these the same people who are yet to discover the concept of exercising

it's like the hipster version of atkins, it's not just a choice it's a requirement and you need to cater to it

from what i observed they are generally the kind of people who have eating disorders or think they understand nutrition when they just read shoddy science on the internet

a thread is not a thread unless i get angry

ok i think what scotty was trying to say is that celiac is caused by genetics and one of its symptoms is intolerance to gluten. it is not a disease that is caused by gluten, it is a disease that manifests with exposure to gluten

im not trying to get into the argument but is this an incorrect assessment?

absolutely this

then you get people with actual problems with gluten and everyone rolls their eyes because all of the boys who called wolf

not sure you can use that expression that way but im going with it

I'm in the service industry. Did you know that blue cheese has gluten? Neither did I ! the mold or spores on the cheese contain gluten.

I used to work in a bakery and one of the most common questions we got was if we had any gluten free bread. We didn't, but they would usually get something anyway.

i don't eat gluten
don't judge me bitches

it's people who use it as an excuse if you don't eat gluten because you lose weight then that's oen thing but trying to pretend it's absolutely strictly necessary if you go out anywhere then i dunno man that's like going way too far with shit you feel me but you know ever body live in different youniverses you nahmean

Nobody's talking here about people with celiac. Its the people claiming non celiac gluten intolerance. Andthe people who think its inherently healthier, lower calorie, etc. Or the Paleo Diet crossfit nuts who claim humans did not evolve to eat Grains.

The only good thing about the diet fad is that its given people who do have celiac many more food options

gluten-free is pretty big here

almost all restaurants label gluten-free dishes, the same way they'll label vegetarian, dairy-free, vegan

every supermarket has a gluten-free section

etc.

i don't eat bread as often as i used to but i made a pizza for lunch because i'm at home

now my intestines feel DIFFERENT. i'm blaming the gluten. or the yeast. or the dairy. or the acid in the tomatoes