You Guys, The Kale Craze Is Officially Done And Dusted

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We’ll let you in on a secret, folks: kale is dead.

As Amanda Mull writes in a piece for the Atlantic (aptly entitled, The Saddest Leafy Green,) Google trend searches for the ‘It’ vegetable of the decade have taken a nosedive over the past 12 months. The exception? January – presumably thanks to health-nuts going HAM on their NY’s resolutions. In-store, sales have also experienced a steady decline. Now, they’re as low as they were before Gwyneth Paltrow introduced us to the concept of kale chips (iconic).

Understandably, the Twittersphere is thrilled by the news:

Megan McArdle on Twitter

Bret Taylor on Twitter

Honestly, we’re not surprised: we’ve known for a while that kale isn’t *actually* that good for us. A 2014 Centres for Disease Control study ranked it the15^th healthiest leafy green. Then, this year, kale made it onto the Dirty Dozen list, meaning the Environmental Working group (EWG) reckons it’s one of the most pesticide-ridden vegetables you can buy.

Despite these stats, some sickos aren’t ready to goodbye:

a.m. on Twitter

UhhhClem on Twitter

Emily Zanotti on Twitter

Lucy Bode

Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.