I wouldn't care but it is annoying how much shelf space gets allocated to gluten free stuff that really tastes like crap. Even if you think you are sensitive to wheat (whatever that means), it isn't worth eating garbage for the rest of your life.
However most people don't have this problem.
Gluten free is become the peanut allergy of this decade. It is a real problem for some but for most people they are just being fashionable.
I have a big problem with gluten. Meat veggies and fruit are not garbage. I'll take a good steak, fresh veggies, and baked potato every night.
Yes, it is. My husband's friend felt lousy and sick for years. He had been sick so long that he didn't realize he was sick. His daughter started experiencing similar problems and got tested. She's got Celiac. The friend started eating a gluten-free diet and was amazed by how good he feels now. IF you've got a problem, it can really be a huge quality of life issue.
Some of the subs are garbage but a few are ok in moderation. I didn’t miss it after a few weeks. I honestly feel so much better that I don’t miss bread. I cook without gluten and rarely use the expensive subs. Some of them are filled w soy (yuck). However, I had a gluten free pizza in Rome, that was indistinguishable from regular pizza. Yum.
Chelsea Clinton had a gluten-free wedding, IIRC, I see ads ll over the place and even gluten-free bakeries have opened up near me. It is either a scam, or something odd is going on. If there is an increase in the actual NEED for this, than something bad is happening to Americans’ bodies on a grand scale.
So if it doesn't effect you, it doesn't exist for anyone.
Thanks for sharing, big guy.
I see it exactly the opposite. I’m eating meat, vegetables, and fruit. Real food, not crap. The crap is the packaged food that’s loaded with genetically modified wheat, high fructose corn syrup and a boatload of additives I can’t pronounce. My goal is to stay healthy and out of the doctor’s office so I’m really looking at what I eat.
“...it isn’t worth eating garbage for the rest of your life. “
Well if being plain ornery would do it for me, I’d not have the gluten problems I have.
It definitely isn’t worth the consequences, at least for me, of eating real bread. I know, I’ve done it - it really wasn’t worth it, without going into the unsavory details.
I miss crusty bread and Guinness. Other than that, I’ve found acceptable substitutes that really don’t taste that different in many cases. But I sure wouldn’t ever choose gluten-free alternatives if I didn’t absolutely have to.
Gluten free seems about as credible as global warming. Both have big industries that profits from it, and push a lot of fear and pseudo science.
Oh, bull. Gluten is only good for holding itself together; making fast food easy with breads and tortillas and other solid holder style foods. It’s not bringing you anything nutritious that you couldn’t get from other foods (seeds or nuts).
Going without gluten for health reasons means not replacing the starchy grain foods, it means leaving them out of your diet. Don’t buy the BE gluten free foods, which will also make you sick with all their gums and stabilizers and crap. Just eat real food, meat, dairy, eggs, fruit, veggies. No big industry will profit. Just your little humble body.