The gluten-free or less-gluten diets do yield weight loss, because their causing people to stay away from the bad carbs, and forcing them to eat more wholesome foods. (Given they don't turn to all the "healthy, gluten free" processed snack foods and pastas.) It's caused people that love grains to uncover healthier alternatives that the public is more aware of and that I'll list below, and it's raised and answered important health questions in the process! Just don't be fooled by claims from the food industry trying to convince you that their product is gluten-free, so you should fork out three more bucks because it's healthier.