Should You Follow a Gluten Free Diet?
So you've heard about Gluten and Gluten free diets and are considering going on it just because you think it's healthy, or maybe you see that others lose weight on this diet or claim increased health and clarity of mind. Well before you jump into this diet with both feet let me tell you a story. Back in the day there was the low fat diet, then after a decade or so there was the low carb and Atkins diet rush and now we have gluten free diet. Do you think it's a coincidence that gluten free diet started gaining popularity right about a year or two after Atkins diet came around? If you answered yes, you might to want to look up the term "Elective Affinity" in sociology. It's basically a way to market the same idea using two different methods. The same strategy was applied in mid 90s to dietary fat intake and hesitation from dairy products and animal fats such as butter and cholesterol rich food and at the same time promoting the Mediterranean diet and olive...