Celebrity News: Lady Gaga Gives Up the Gluten

There is good evidence, however, that a low carb diet produces weight loss compared to other diets that don't work. It's called the paleo diet which is essentially meats/fish/fowl and vegetables. Avoids all carbs except for small amount of starchy vegetables. Even rice is avoided on this diet.

I know she has a family history of Lupus and she's said that she needs to take care of herself for that reason. Maybe it's for health more than anything else, if it's even true.

Thanks again Jefferson, liked your end comment.

Great. One more celebrity jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon "to lose weight". This doesn't help establish credibility for the celiacs who truly need to follow a gluten-free diet.

I sure do appreciate the challenging of the fad aspects of going gluten-free. One problem I have is gluten ataxia; it is serious and can be very life-threatening. I have to follow the diet 100 percent carefully and it is hard. Hard not only in that I have to be meticulously careful. But hard also in that I get a lot of flack because of it. Lady Gaga in my view is just making it harder, like Scott says.

I want to apologize for thanking Scott instead of Jefferson in my earlier post. It was not quite 4AM and to be honest my brain wasn't functioning to well. I sure do appreciate the challening of fad use of gluten free diet. Maybe then I wouldn't have had to wait 25 years to get diagnosed with celiac disease and the gluten ataxia and all that has gone along with it--like epilepsy. Thanks again, Jefferson.

She certainly won't lose weight if she is snacking on cookies, gluten-free or otherwise!

It is very aggravating when there is publicity for a notorious star on a gluten-free diet without good reason. I think it trivializes the serious medical problem of celiac disease.

This needs to be recognized as the dangerous condition it is and the diet needs to be followed for life. This is NOT A FAD DIET!