A bug

One of my latest pet peeves?
Well, since you asked…. The Gluten Free Fad.
First it was fat-free and then low-carb and now it’s gluten. And most people don’t even have any idea what gluten is, they’re just happy to join the craze, thinking it’ll make them healthier. Or seem healthier, whichever one is more important.
And so facebook gets full of comments and statuses like “making gluten-free french fries!!” which is almost as difficult as making vegetarian rice…. Or “these gluten-free corn-tortillas are amazing!” when, again, people don’t usually stress that their milk is non-alcoholic…but maybe we should?


Potatoes and rice are probably happy though, since they got so much crap during the carb hysteria, now they can proudly say they’re gluten free.
And sugar, oil and flour everywhere can get it on and form vegan cookies, cause as we all now, as long as it’s vegan, it’s totally good for you.

I’m not saying there’s not a point behind these fads.
Yes, too much carbs is not good for you.
Neither is too much almost anything.
Too much of the all the additives they put into refined flour is also bad for you, hence the fear of gluten…. But, unless you’re actually gluten intolerant, completely cutting gluten from your diet can actually cause you digestive problems and other health issues.
People’s need to justify and advertise simple choices like whether they picked skim or soy for their latte (if they totally blew it and went with whole you know that shit won’t make it onto facebook) or that they ate something green and vegan and shaped like a tower for lunch (how often do we see yesterday's mac and cheese warmed up in the micro wave on instagram?)… Well you guessed it, it bugs me.

End rant.