Trader Joes booted out of NE Portland by activists.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. It is and it is not

if you get my drift.

Yes, the wheat has created real medical issues (GMO and all that) but wheat belly IS a fad. Hell, I cut all gluten from my diet for medical reasons and I have yet to lose the promised weight.

I believe that as Chrohns and celiacs continue to increase we will have to find the reason. The increase in Gluten due to genetic engineering likely will be it, and likely we will have to go back to ancient types of wheat. Oh yes, after a lot of screaming and kicking from the food industry... they are not unlike the tobacco industry.

But trust me, when you have a kid who has zero knowledge of nutrition explaining why wheat is not good for you, and has no idea what gluten is, it is a fad. And when you try to explain it to them, they argue that you have no clue, (never mind you are living with the actual medical condition), yes it is a fad.

That said, I love the foodies who have adopted it. It is a new market to exploit so quinoa is affordable. So thank you.



Then we have the folks working in the medical field who will not vaccinate their kids, or take meds for diabetes... food markets. I love them, but damn some of the conversations are at times, I just go buy my food and get the hell out anymore. Between the pharma will kill us, the government is in all we do (yes strong libertarian component), and the anti-vaccine types...