In my office, there's a very big age diversity - a group of about 6 or so people under the age of 30, and the rest is 45+ (15 or so people). The younger group is very "cliquey" and right now they're really in to this "clean eating" thing. They pass around pamphlets and pin them to our bulletin boards about how bad gluten and dairy is for you. At least once a week someone is bringing in gluten-free, sugar-free, zuchini brownies (or something along those lines), and it's literally all that they talk about. Every morning they have a circle jerk over what they made for dinner the night before and "just how much better they feel!" since they stopped eating like a normal person.

Every day I eat soup for lunch, and they started criticizing that even. It drives me up the fucking wall some days. I can't wait for this stupid fad to pass.

What grinds my gears is the goddamn pseudoscience of it all. We live in an era where bullshit shouldn't exist. Throw up Wikipedia on your cell phone and you get a pretty good idea if that kale soy latte at Starbucks is actually good for you (protip: it's not).

But nooooo somehow most people find the fancy made YouTube video with flashy colors and sounds that throw out a bunch of made up crap that means nothing and totally ignores the fact that it says in a disclaimer on the bottom: "PAID FOR BY THE STARBUCKS CORPORATION. ALL FACTS ARE TOTALLY MADE UP AND EVERYTHING WE SAY IS A LIE TO GET YOU TO BUY OUR SHIT AT HUGELY MARKED UP PRICES."

ffs just ask your doctor what's healthy. It's NOT hard.

Note: A naturopath is not a fucking doctor. It's a scam artist in a lab coat.

Huh. I always thought clean eating was more of eating less processed foods so that you could limit the amount of additives put in food to make shelf life hella long.