February 2019 Meeting Summary

The Prescott Area Celiac and Gluten Free Support Group had a terrific February meeting.  

Whenever we have done a "round table" testimonial and discussion so much is learned and received on the varied journeys ours member have led living gluten free.  We find that once gluten has been identified as a disturbance to our well- being, other food items seem to make many, if not all, of us unwell.

One of the major discussions was about the situation with gluten free Thyroid medication.  Many of us have been taking Nature Throid because it  is gluten free. It is derived from pigs. I have taken NatureThroid for years.  Unfortunately, it was bought out by BIG PHARMA and is no longer available on the face of the earth. Rumor has it that all the pig farms were bought up by some person or corporation. Any of you out there that have any information on this, please email me.  Anyway, my doctor is putting me on WP Thyroid. Hopefully, I do not have any reactions.  Please be aware that most synthetic thyroid medication have gluten fillers in them. Caveat Emptor. Check out gluten-freedrugs.com   I will be emailing Steve Plogsted, a pharmacist in Columbus, Ohio, who is an expert on gluten in medications

Because February is also known as "heart healthy month" Linda had  terrific, if not terrifying information on the relationship between gluten and heart health.  Hopefully she will speak more on this at future meetings.  Suffice it to say that statistics about Gluten Intolerance show there is a much higher risk of heart disease and stroke in those that consume too much gluten.  Keeping in mind that 2 traditional slices of wheat bread has a higher sugar content than 6 tsp of sugar or a snickers bar.  For you all to verify and study this on your own, she recommends going to WellnessMama.com and search for the interview with Dr. Davis.  Dr. William Davis is a cardiologist who has written the highly successful Wheat Belly Book. He has a great cookbook called Wheat Belly Cookbook  with 150 recipes to Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight & Find Your Path Back to Health. It is also at the library for check out. Sugar is the major source of Inflammation and sugar causes arteries to narrow. 

In my new Gluten-Free Living magazine (which is my personal subscription) there was an amazing article about gluten sniffing dogs!  There are at least 2 dogs in America that have been trained to sniff out gluten so as to protect their owners from eating gluten items.  One gal in the article trained her dog herself and the other person has a dog trained professionally.  Now this is something I would love to be able to do.  I love dogs ...we shall see what the future holds.

I have personally subscribe to the website Gluten Free Watchdog. Do any of you out there subscribe to this site???   Anyway, there is an overload of information, but I will send you bulletins that come to me in emails because I can just forward those easily.  I hope this is okay with you all.
  
Renee & Linda

All information presented or discussed by the Prescott Area Celiac & Gluten Free Support Group members at its meetings, on its blog, or sent by email is for informational & educational purposes only.  It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.  Persons with any health issues should consult a qualified, licensed medical professional for diagnosis & treatment.

Note: The Prescott Area Celiac and Gluten Free Support Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Call Renee Richey @ (928) 443-0399 for info about meeting locations and times. 

Notice:
There will be NO meeting in March!

January 2019 Meeting Summary

The January meeting of the Prescott Area Celiac and Gluten Free Support Group was quite informative. Most of the discussion this month was about restaurants in the area that are offering GF safe food.

I recently got some information about ordering from Chick Fil A.

The regular grilled nuggets are safe, but when you order the grilled chicken on a salad or on a breakfast bowl they are cut with a cutter and on a cutting board

that the breaded chicken is also cut on! So when ordering these items tell them DO NOT cut your chicken, just put it whole on top of the item you order. And as always you must say Gluten Allergy.

The members of our group that have eaten at "Farm Provisions" in downtown Prescott gave it a deffinate thumbs up and safe eating approval rating.

The baked goods they use are from Peace, Love and Baking Company of Prescott. I have been there 2 times and the food is very good!

One of our members told us they have eaten at "That Salad Place" on Iron Springs road. It is a pick your own salad toppings or have a salad prepared for you,type of restaurant.

Several members say that they have eaten at Chi's Chinese and Thai downtown on Cortez Street.

Remember to ask all the right questions when eating out and dine at your own risk.

Member Brenda Andrews showed us how to get free access to magazines on the Library website, they have several GF magazines.

 Sign in to your account and On the main page look up to the right hand corner at the question mark symbol.

Click on it and It gives you the digital option, then look up the magazine title.  The Yavapai Library just announced that they have purchased 59 new magazine subscriptions.

Glutenza, formerly Dr. Tom Obrien's exclusive formula for cutting the gluten protein strand down to lessen the damage to our bodies, is now available from Vitacost.

It is more expensive than gluten ease but it contains 2 types of enzymes to break down the gluten protein, plus it has some pre biotics and pro biotics specific for gluten and our guts.

The good thing when you order from Vitacost is there is no outrageous shipping cost of $12.95 when ordering it from Dr. Tom's website. All orders over $49 are shipped free.

I would definitely take this when eating out our traveling.

That's it for this month, we'll see you next month on Feb 12th

On our journey to health,

Linda and Renee

All information presented or discussed by the Prescott Area Celiac & Gluten Free Support Group members at its meetings, on its blog, or sent by email is for informational & educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. 

 Persons with any health issues should consult a qualified, licensed medical professional for diagnosis & treatment.

Note: The Prescott Area Celiac and Gluten Free Support Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Call Renee Richey @ (928) 443-0399 for info about meeting locations and times.