I don't understand the Gluten free diet trends of people with no Celiac disease.

I have seen this too but it is not supposed to be a particularly good thing. The more things we deny our bodies the more they are likely to reject at some stage. If you are not allergic to something it is not necessarily a good idea to cut that food from your diet.

Well, people may not be "allergic" to it exactly, but apparently some people have a reaction to it which may trigger illnesses. Apparently the quality of wheat, nutritionally speaking, is poor from these "industrial" crops through the years . . . and then when it's totally processed like flour its even worse (the body turns it into sugars). I will never be completely free of gluten or meats or whatever, but we are trying to include more "whole" foods in our diet - food in it's natural form if possible - least amount of process. Flour is processed wheat. Hubby and my daughter have certain skin issues, and it does seem like the less gluten they have, the less flare ups they get. My friend and her family are completely gluten free. She doesn't have Celiac disease, but she was diagnosed with something else (forgot what that was). After going gluten free, the doctors were surprised that condition literally went away - she claims she is more energetic and has actually slimmed down (she didn't do it for skinnying down). Another friend had terrible headaches for years and then was recommended to go gluten free. The headaches went away completely and she has remained gluten free (she started before the fad). So I can understand and see some of the justification for gluten free. It does do some people good. We aren't entirely gluten free, but we do intentionally eat less of it as possible (like I said, eat more whole foods, less processed anything). Ok, but gluten free haircuts - that's just too out there. It's just like the Fat Free stuff . . . some things are no brainer fat free but they include that on the packaging because that is a fact (no fat but unhealthy in other ways).

I also do not understand all the craze for new supposedly healthy diet. There are many factors to longevity and good health. For us here in Singapore, we have access to good medical care, but our lifestyle is so stressful. Stress is something that no diet can get rid of.

People can be really silly, I also cannot understand why people who have no allergies go gluten free.

I've noticed that fad too.

Gluten free products are not so famous in our country and people are not so conscious about it.

actually because it is better for you. years ago there was no gluten/paste together stuff in our flour