[tnel77]

Vegan and gluten-free really starts to balloon the already immense challenge they are facing trying to implement here. I feel bad for the three people that actually need gluten-free, but everyone else will have to eat “that deadly gluten!”

[Zenst]

You will find there are more than just `three` people given how many gluten-free restaurants there are in the area:

https://ny.eater.com/maps/nyc-best-gluten-free-restaurants

Maybe you have data that shows those `three` people eat a lot and able to sustain all those restaurants?

[jshevek]

I don't know how many people have a valid medical need to avoid gluten, but I do know that in certain subcultures it is popular to imagine one has a gluten intolerance.

Edit: Just discovered spurious accusations of racism in this thread so let me clarify that the "certain subcultures" are not ethnic nor religious. I'm talking about the kind of people who believe in astrology, homeopathy, and acupuncture, who talk about fibromyalgia and craniosacral all the time.

[folmar]

Wikipedia put it around 1% for celiac disease.

[jshevek]

Thank you

[tnel77]

There’s a HUGE difference in the number of people who eat gluten-free and those who medically require such a diet. This fad will come and go just as many before it have.