Newsletter Vol 10, Issue 6 Celiac Support Association – Northern Colorado Chapter Nov 2014 A Chapter Affiliate of the Celiac Support Association/USA, Inc. Living Gluten-Free November 6 – Bring your best GF recipe and win a prize basket! Gluten-free Soup, Stew & Chili Potluck Come hungry and bring your favorite gluten-free soup, stew or chili. Prizes will be given for the best dish in each category. To enter the contest, your dish must be accompanied by a recipe card (see page 2). The winning recipes will be published in our next newsletter. Three Spires Brewing Co. will provide gluten-free craft beer samples and Becca’s Gourmet Goodies will provide freshly-baked gluten-free biscuits. Don’t miss this tasty event! DATE: Thursday, November 6, 2014 TIME: 6:30 pm (note earlier time) LOCATION: All Saints Episcopal Church 3448 N. Taft Ave Loveland, CO 80538 BRING: Your favorite GF soup, stew or chili and a recipe card (see newsletter page 2) ------------------------------------------------------------------*Please bring non-perishable gluten-free food items for donation to the gluten-free food bank at the House of Neighborly Service in Loveland* General Information Membership dues: None, but donations encouraged Meetings: 7:00 pm the first Thurs of Jan, Mar, May, Sept and Nov Location: All Saints Episcopal Church 3448 N. Taft Ave., Loveland, CO 80538 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nococeliac.weebly.com Social Media: Facebook and Meetup.com Disclaimer: CSA Chapter 77 and the National CSA do not endorse the products, services, information, or opinions expressed in this newsletter and assume no liability for use of products/services/information. Verify all information before applying it to your individual situation. CSA/USA #77 2014 Board Members Chairperson Audrey Tool 225-2778 Newsletter - OPEN Secretary - OPEN Treasurer Margo Butner Membership Coordinator Mark Reid 204-1224 Librarian Lynette Deuschle 988-3283 Social Coordinator Elise McKnight 290-9436 Margo Ervin Webmaster Ryan Tool Contact any of us by email: [email protected] Many thanks to Dr. Charles Miranda, from South Denver Internal Medicine, for his very thorough and informative presentation on celiac disease at our Sept meeting. Thank you to our vendor, Aime’s Love Bakery (aimeslove.com) and to Julie, our Udi’s and Glutino Ambassador. Mark your calendar Jan 8, 2015, 7 pm Healthy Gluten-free Paleo cooking demo Gluten-free Soup, Stew and Chili Potluck Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm All Saints Episcopal Church 3448 N. Taft Ave, Loveland Circle One: SOUP STEW CHILI GF RECIPE CARD (Required to enter recipe contest!) Name of Dish______________________________________________________ Ingredients: (Please list brand names of ingredients for those members with multiple food allergies ) Cooking Instructions: Shared by: ___________________________ Is this recipe from a cookbook? YES NO Phone/email: _______________________ If so, name of cookbook: Disclaimer: CSA Chapter 77 and the National CSA do not endorse the products, services, information, or opinions expressed in this newsletter and assume no liability for use of products/services/information. Verify all information before applying it to your individual situation. 2 SAFE Gluten-free Halloween Candy (Always read the label for the most up-todate ingredients!) UNSAFE Halloween Candy (Not GF) Airheads Abba Zabba Big Hunk Look Rocky Road (regular, mint and dark) U-No Sour Punch Red Vines Brach’s (All – including Candy Corn!) CVS Candy Corn, Autumn Mix, Pumpkins Jujyfruits, Jujubes Trolli Gummi Bears Ferrero Rocher Chocolates SpongeBob Gummy Krabby Patties Goetz’s Caramel Creams, Cow Tales Haribo Licorice Wheels, Fruity Pasta Hershey snack size bars – ALL Kit Kat Reese’s Minis and PB Pumpkins Twizzlers Whoppers Hershey’s Bliss Good & Plenty Mr. Goodbar fun size Warheads sour twists Milky Way Twix Crunch bars 100 Grand Bar Russell Stover’s - ALL Wonka For a comprehensive list, go to: www.celiac.com/articles/23788 3 Musketeers Almond Joy Baby Ruth Bit-O-Honey Butterfinger (original flavor only) Charms Blow Pops Dum Dum Lollipops Smarties (except gummies) Sweet Tarts Fun Dip Goobers Heath bars and Skor bars Haribo Gold Bears Milk Duds Hershey bars Jolly Rancher hard candy Swedish Fish (Kraft) Lifesavers (including gummies) M&Ms (original and peanut) Snickers Mike & Ike’s Laffy Taffy Pez candy Reese’s Starburst Tootsie Pops Warheads Wrigley gum For a comprehensive list, go to: www.celiac.org/content/uploads/2013/10/2014Halloween-Treat-List.compressed.pdf If you like getting the Northern Colorado CSA newsletter and attending our general meetings and potlucks, please help us to keep our chapter going! There are many ways that you can get involved and the time commitment is just a few hours per month! We are in need of a Chapter Secretary to write minutes at our board meetings and general meetings. We are in need of a Newsletter Editor, a skill that is easy to learn with basic knowledge of Word (and looks great on a resume). We need another Social Co-coordinator to help plan fun GF social outings. Please consider getting involved! Call Audrey Tool at (970) 225-2778. Disclaimer: CSA Chapter 77 and the National CSA do not endorse the products, services, information, or opinions expressed in this newsletter and assume no liability for use of products/services/information. Verify all information before applying it to your individual situation. 3 Surprising research findings, still no answers as to why the rise in celiac disease Two recent studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine have celiac disease (CD) researchers stumped. The first study refuted the idea that delayed introduction of gluten into the diet (after age 1) would decrease the likelihood of developing CD. The second study showed that introducing infants to small amounts of gluten while still breastfeeding did not decrease their likelihood of developing CD. Both studies were done on children at-risk for CD based on testing positive for the HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 genes. Alessio Fasano, MD, director of the Center for Celiac Research at Mass General Hospital for Children, says that the lesson learned from these studies is that there is something other than gluten that can trigger the immune system to develop celiac disease. He suspects that it may come down to how the modern, hyper-processed diet has influenced the makeup of our gut bacteria. Fasano plans to explore this theory further in his next study. If his theory is correct, a probiotic or prebiotic might be all that is needed to prevent or treat the disease. “That would be the holy grail of preventative medicine,” Fasano says. For more information, go to: www.time.com/3511235/gluten-free-celiac-disease/ Colorado Center for Celiac Disease Now Open The Colorado Center for Celiac Disease (CCCD) at Children’s Hospital in Denver, opened its doors on June 9, 2014. The center is dedicated to the long-term care of individuals with celiac disease and gluten-related disorders. Dr. Edwin Liu, a Pediatric Gastroenterologist, is the Director of the center. He says the center utilizes a special laboratory testing instrument, one of only five available in the US, which is highly sensitive and accurate. With this equipment, they can rule out any false negative tests done at other facilities. Dr. Liu and his team, Dr. Edward Hoffenberg and Dr. Robert Kramer, also work closely with patients with disorders that put them at high risk for CD, including Type I Diabetes and Down Syndrome. The center is currently only available for children, but the long-term goal is to work with the University Hospital Gastroenterology Department to expand their services to adults. For more information, go to [email protected] Thumbs Up to Blue Agave Restaurant in Old Town Fort Collins for their yummy GF desserts! Thumbs Down to Taco Bell for putting oats in their beef mixture. For great, fast GF Mexican Food, try Fuzzy’s or Wahoo’s instead. Don’t forget to keep a log of the extra expenses related to your special diet for your Income Tax deduction. You will also need to submit a doctor’s prescription for your special diet. For questions, email Margo B. at [email protected]. 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