Gluten-free is not exactly the newest crazy. People have been avoiding bread products because of bloating for years. But it was not until somewhat recently that gluten has been found to affect acne and depression.
Mainly the correlation between health problems and gluten products, with the exception of persons with celiac disease, is due to the generally processed nature of common bread and pasta products.
Multi-grain and gluten-free bread can be expensive though and oftentimes not delicious at all. An excellent, and affordable substitute for cheap processed pasta is absolutely zucchini noodles.
You can also make noodles from a variety of squash plants besides zucchini such as spaghetti squash, butternut squash and pretty much any autumn vegetable you can cut up into thin pieces.
Zucchini noodles can be topped with other vegetables, meat or sauces that you usually put on your traditional pasta dishes.
