My roommate called gluten free food "liberal bullshit" when he saw me eating (corn) tortilla chips marked as gluten free. He said his bag of chips tastes better, even though his was gluten free too!
There is a convergence of fad diets - gluten free and no carb. Going gluten free is also very compatible with a paleo diet. You can do two or three fad diets at the same time! Was there this much backlash to other fad diets like south beach or Atkins? I really can't recall...
Looking back at what I eat all week, outside of beer and the odd slice of pizza here and there. My diet is basically gluten free and I'm not even trying. Many "gluten free" bashers might be surprised to learn the same thing!
Personally? Yes, fad diets have always been this annoying. I admittedly have some... interesting extended family who decides that each fad diet/medical practice is EXACTLY what applies to their children at that moment, and with a doctor in my part of the family, we get to hear _all_ about it. (before long I'm half expecting her to call up ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that they all have dysentery after a bad evening of taco bell.)
Should "the fandom ruin it for everyone"? No, probably not. But they certainly make it hard not not want to bang your head against something really hard. I don't care about liberal bullshit, conservative bullshit, I just care about bullshit. And if your best reason for being sure that you have something is "my symptoms match what the man on fox news told me about so I self diagnosed"... When I figure out how to type out the teeth grinding noise that sentence just made me create, I'll update this.
There is a convergence of fad diets - gluten free and no carb. Going gluten free is also very compatible with a paleo diet. You can do two or three fad diets at the same time! Was there this much backlash to other fad diets like south beach or Atkins? I really can't recall...
Looking back at what I eat all week, outside of beer and the odd slice of pizza here and there. My diet is basically gluten free and I'm not even trying. Many "gluten free" bashers might be surprised to learn the same thing!