By now you’ve probably heard of people going gluten-free.  If you’re like me, this has probably also induced some eye-rolling and wondering what the fuss is all about.  Well, at the suggestion of my doctor (quoted in this article from One Medical, a medical practice that actually functions like it’s the 21^st century) I reluctantly decided to give the gluten-free diet a shot as treatment for a bad case of patellar tendinitis (knee pain) that was keeping me from running.  And when I say reluctantly, I mean reluctantly.  I love running, but I went through every other suggestion she had to offer before trying this “new fad”.

I’ve been off gluten for about three months now and the resulting improvements in my health by themselves would have been sufficient to keep me off the stuff (I’m trail running again and, well, I fart less.  Apologies to my college roommate…