re: Latest food/drink things that annoy you

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This gluten free fad. I have two good friends with celiac disease who really need to watch what they eat, so I fully understand that it's a medical condition that truly exists, but there seems to be this gluten free bandwagon that everyone is jumping on. My money says that most people who claim to have celiac disease absolutely do not. I understand why a company would put the words gluten free on their boxed product, especially if it's a box where someone with the condition needs to pay attention to it and may not purchase it if there is any question, but for instance, I was at Albertson's the other day and they had gluten free signs all over the store, including many things that are obvious that do not contain gluten. I think everyone knows that meat and vegetables don't contain gluten. There's almost this image now in American culture where if something contains gluten, it's not good for you. I went out to eat with a few co workers the other day. The one person who is gluten free requested gluten free, and then two others followed suit, not because they didn't want to eat something in front of the gluten free person who couldn't partake, but rather because they thought it's something that's healthier. I was just shaking my head. It's sort of akin to the "fat free" fad in the late 90's. Every commercial touted their products as fat free. Now it's gluten free.

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