Most People Don't Need Gluten-Free Diets, Experts Say

In the age of wellness culture and algorithm-driven health advice, a humble grain protein has become the unlikely center of a widespread dietary movement. Medical experts remind us that gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye, is harmful only to the roughly one percent of people with celiac disease — yet nearly a quarter of consumers now avoid it, guided more by social media than by science. The story of gluten-free eating is, in many ways, a story about how fear travels faster than evidence, and how the desire to feel well can lead us toward choices that are neither necessary nor al