I never said gluten caused heart disease. It causes damage to the intestinal lining and it becomes more pourous which can lead to autoimmune diseases and symptoms. Also the family of foods that contain gluten also fall in family of carbs I choose to avoid.
But you are mixing up two thoughts here.
The 3 articles you cite are extremely thin in facts. This is the problem with article grabs. This is where I get a little anal when it comes to research. The articles have no SCIENCE in them (a survey is not science).
The articles contain the same repeated flaw over and over about claiming going gluten free means people consume more sugars and fats and less vitamins and minerals. This is Bullshit. This is the argument used to lable it a fad and unhealthy. An example is not a proof as we say.
That statement is only true if one is an idiot about nutrition and I don't doubt the majority of the public are idiots when it comes to nutrition and do not understand what gluten free means. These are the idiots buying gluten free cookies and breads. That is not in line with the rationale for going gluten free. Same as the idiots who bought up fat free cookies by the boxful and still suffered metabolic syndrome. Lack of common sense.
Again, you can choose to eat gluten and gluten-based carbs and sugars but those who attack it, like in those articles, often have their arguments shot down for lack of research or detail. I don't people
Easy test, post something factual from those 3 articles and you will see how easy it is to show it is wrong or simply not factual or based on misinformation.