May 2017 Meeting Summary

Thank you to all of you that came to the meeting this week!  It was great to have new guests and returning members that have been unable to attend due to work or our previous location.  All that have come to our new location at the Bradshaw Community have been very impressed.  Again, thanks to member Sharon Egan for making this possible.

We covered A LOT of information...thanks to all those that shared terrific info, insight and personal journeys in navigating our necessary gluten free lifestyle.  I will be sending a followup email to this one because I am personally checking out some info that has been either sent to me or discussed at the meeting and I haven't had a chance to go to all the websites.  More info on the way.

In a publication I receive called Gluten Free Living there was a very detailed interview and article about the following website:

                                             www.glutenfreewatchdog.org

Tricia Thompson became a registered dietician in 1991. In 2011, she started the first and only independent, subscriber-driven gluten-testing organization.

I would encourage all of you to check it out.  I will be subscribing to the website.  For $4.99 per month the Gluten Free Watchdog investigates many many companies to determine if they are truly gluten free!  I was very impressed with the interview with the founder of gluten free watchdog.  Copies will be available at the next meeting.

Starbucks now carries a gluten free breakfast sandwich.  I ate my first one at the Starbucks at Frontier Village.  It is over $4.00, but it was good to feel safe to eat out with other patrons.  The sandwich is in a sealed packaged and microwaved unopened.  Member Deanna had it while traveling out of the area and she was able to buy avocado spread for hers.  This was not available at our Starbucks, so mine was kind bland. But I ate the whole thing for sure.

This is all for now.  I will send another email in a few days with some member suggested websites to check out.  Again, if you no longer want to receive emails from Linda or myself, just reply as such and we will remove your name immediately.

Renee

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