Gluten is my homeboy

Ok. Enough with gluten free already. If you have gone to a certified doctor with a real medical degree and they have officially diagnosed you in writing with a gluten intolerance, then you just keep on keeping on.

But. If you have heard from a friend of a friend via Facebook that going gluten free will make you feel better and you're giving it a try: stop. Stop. Just stop. If I could hit you in the head with a stop sign I would. Twice.

More energy? Weight loss? Overall wellbeing? It couldn't be related to the fact that you just cut out processed food and most desserts. Cutting out an entire food group without consulting you doctor couldn't possibly do you more harm than good. I will direct to you articles on the topic (thanks Dan):

• You almost certainly don't need to eat a gluten free diet

• Most people shouldn't eat gluten free 

• Debunking gluten free myths 

• Why people with an actual gluten intolerance are hating on you 

• Gluten free diets are stupid 

As you may have inferred from some light reading between the lines, I am so incredibly sick of gluten free that I could scream. So today when a very opinionated second grader started telling me why I should go gluten free, it was all I could do to zone out and keep breathing steadily. Lucking I zoned back in just in time to catch the tail-end of his rant. I could tell it was golden, so I grabbed my phone to jot it down before it was gone. 

As a side note, I am all for eating healthy. However, I also believe in researching what you do before you do it. Do I need to ask the jumping off a cliff question? Let's do our research people.