What is healthy eating?

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/22/what-is-healthy-eating

An interesting article in todays Guardian. Here is a snipet from the long article.

GF is thus keeping health magazines busy and food manufacturers gleeful: the “free from” market is one of the few corners of the west’s cheap-food culture where big profits can still be made. GF is growing faster than “organic” did in the 2000s, and it is worth much more in terms of premiums that can be had. Manufacturers stick the label on dog food and communion wafers (causing a small furore at the Vatican). GF even goes on things that never had gluten in them in the first place, like chocolate and potato crisps.

Many allergies are genetic issues and their wider diagnosis the fault of poor science and crowd hysteria
It is a fabulous racket. When large numbers of wealthy people declare the world’s most important food crop – which, calorie for calorie, is what wheat is – a poison, there is money to be made. GF versions of pasta and bread and even chocolate brownie mix cost two or three times as much as the ordinary. No on-trend food business dares avoid GF – all the Hemsley sisters’s recipes spurn gluten. Ella Woodward, author of this year’s fastest-selling cookbook, Deliciously Ella, says she gave up gluten three years ago. According to Mintel, 60% of Britons have bought a GF product and the value of the market will rise to over £500m in the UK next year (organic is currently worth £1.6bn).