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We touched on this the other day in another thread. Yes, gluten free is a fad. No, I'm not saying there's no such thing as gluten sensitivity, and obviously there's celiac, however it's still just a fad.

Celiac effects 1 in 200 people iirc, maybe another 1 in 200 are 'gluten sensitive'. So that's maybe 1% of the population combined, yet for me trends show that gluten free requests are almost 17% of restaurant meals.

We saw the same thing with saturated fats years ago, and when going vegetarian was huge before that. What's next, people without peanut allergies avoiding peanuts for no reason?

I don't know how much of the population is a non-celiac 'gluten sensitive', that number above I made up. However I very seriously doubt it's anywhere close to the amount of gluten free requests and diets that are out there.

Edit: I wouldn't say it so bluntly, or as black & white as the title. Saying it's fake, a bit much. But it is certainly an overblown fad.