FW: SF Bay Area Celiac News....February 2006

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Here is the latest newsletter. As you can see, there is a lot going on, so

be sure to check out all the items. There are two celiac events next

Saturday.

Pam

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Subject: SF Bay Area Celiac News....February 2006

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA NEWS...FEBRUARY 2006

INTRODUCING A NEW WEB SITE FOR BAY AREA CELIACS...

http://www.bayareaceliacs.org/index.htm

A new celiac, Mulrooney, has very generously offered

his talents and time in maintaining a web site for our local celiac

groups. He will be posting all of the information we send out in

our news, and more, so that we will have a place to find all those

details that get lost in the email queue or in some hidden file.

Please check it out and make it one of your favorite destinations!

Rohlfs is offering the Stanford web site she has kept for us

to a group of Stanford student celiacs. You will be referred to the

new site if you visit the old link: http://celiacsupport.stanford.edu/

We thank for his wonderful help in keeping us organized.

Any communication about the web site should be sent to

Bay Area Celiacs Webmaster, webmaster@...

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SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS...

SANTA CRUZ MEETING Saturday, February 18, 11am

Contact Pam Newbury

831-423-6904, pknewbury@...

Meeting Room 1, Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz

The featured speaker at this meeting will be acupuncturist

Laprocina, MTCM, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., who will discuss

how acupuncture can help celiacs. After the presentation,

we will have a potluck lunch and an opportunity for dialog

with . Please bring a gluten free potluck lunch item to

share, along with the recipe or a list of ingredients (as usual,

this is optional for those too sick to cook or who are unfamiliar

with the diet). This meeting is open to all who are interested in

the topic. For directions or more information, contact Pam.

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SAN FRANCISCO MEETING Sunday, February 26, 2-4pm

Contact Palmer

415-647-7669, palmer@...

Celiacs ­ kids and adults and parents of children with celiac

disease ­ are invited to an informal gathering at Palmer’s

house, 466 27th Street, San Francisco, (between

and Noe). Please bring a gluten free snack to share, and bring

your calendar so we can plan regular meetings for the year.

Please RSVP to by February 23.

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SAN JOSE LUNCHEON Saturday, March 18, 12 noon

Contact Rohlfs

650-725-4771, krohlfs@...

The Celiac Sprue Research Foundation is hosting a Gluten Free

Feast at Maggiano's Little Italy in Santana Row, San .

Dr. Gray and Dr. Gail Pyle from the Foundation will provide

an update on the Clinical and Research activities of the Foundation.

The meal will be served family style and includes appetizers,

salads, several entrees, coffee, tea and desserts. The cost is

$35/adult, $20/child (ages 5-12), and includes tax and tip.

Other beverages are available from the bar for an extra cost.

Prepayment is required. Please send a check made payable to

Celiac Sprue Research Foundation,

PO Box 61193, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1193.

This lunch was fantastic last year, with fresh rolls and pizza

crust provided by " I Can Eat That " bakery, yummy pasta and

dessert, a raffle and bake sale, and lots of doggie bags with

all the left-overs. We hope to have all of that again this year.

For more information, or to make last minute reservations,

please contact Rohlfs.

For more information on the Foundation please go to their

web site: http://www.celiacsprue.org/

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OAKLAND MEETING Saturday, April 8, 10:30am to 12:30pm

Ellen Switkes 510 655-0215 (evenings or weekends),

ellen.switkes@...

Oakland support group meets at 1950 lin Street, Oakland.

(Kaiser Permanente Corporate Headquarters, not the hospital)

Don Kasarda, USDA cereal grain expert will discuss the

latest findings on the safety for celiacs of alternative grains

and wheat starch. Please bring a brunch item to share and

an ingredient list or recipe. For directions or more information,

contact Ellen.

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SAN JOSE SUPPORT

Contact Sue Hersom

408-723-0804, susan.hersom@...

If anyone in the San area would like to get together in my

home on a Saturday afternoon to share ideas, goodies and

recipes, please email me your name and phone number. I live

in the South San area (near Oakridge). This would be a

very informal setting where we could come together to make

new friends, enjoy tasting new recipes and benefit from that

much-needed support and comfort as we deal with our disease.

Also, if there are any newly-diagnosed celiacs in the San

area who need help and would like to talk with someone who

has the disease, please give me a call. I can provide literature

and materials on celiac disease and try to give you guidance

and support as you deal with your new eating lifestyle.

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PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: 2006 STANFORD CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2006

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OTHER LOCAL CELIAC CONTACTS

MARIN (NEW)

Trudy Verzosa 415-350-1244, tverzosa@...

Trudy has started a new group called

Gluten-Free in Marin

glutenfreeinmarin/

We thank Trudy for volunteering her time! We all appreciate

having people to contact in the different communities around

the Bay Area. Every volunteer on our contact list offers a

tremendous resource to both old and new celiacs!

Others (all are on the new web site):

ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRI-VALLEY ROCK

Ann Reigelman, 925-837-6711, areigelman@...

SF BAY AREA ROCK

Velez, 650-216-6405, kelly.velez@...

Debbie Duncan, 650-494-6959, debbie@...

SAN FRANCISCO

Gerri Beauvais, 415-271-2762, sfpaperhanger@...

BERKELEY

Schinnerer, 510-524-3774, jamesoutwest@...

NAPA

Marie Dell'Isola, 707-255-4027

SACRAMENTO

Joan Leforestier, 916-487-3459, oscar368@...

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NEWS ITEMS...

Local Celiac Offers Online Shopping for Gluten Free Products

One of our San Francisco celiacs, Alison St. Sure, has started

an online business offering a variety of gluten free foods as well

as lots of celiac information:

http://www.surefoodsmarket.com/index.asp

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GF Coffee Shop in Mountain View Changes Ownership

Global Blends Coffee Shop, 650 Castro Street, Mountain View,

has a new owner and the name has been changed to Spica.

The new owner is not a celiac, but is continuing to offer

gluten free foods from " Warm Oven Bakery " including muffins,

cheesecake, biscotti, banana bread, brownies, as well as

" I Can Eat That " breads to make sandwiches.

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Mcs French Fries...

Some reports have been coming in about Mc's fries

not being gluten free. Their web site seems to offer contradictory

information:

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.allergens.index

..html

http://app.mcdonalds.com/countries/usa/food/nutrition/categories/allergens.p

df

Looking further, I found the information below on Clan 's

web site in the " Gluten Alerts " section, which explains why

Mc's may not know what to tell people:

" February 7, 2006: Mc's French Fries: According to

Mc's, the French Fries recipe hasn't been changed.

However, one of the processing agents (called par fry) contains

wheat. The manufacturer of par fry told Mc's that the

wheat was removed from the par fry prior to use. However,

Mc's states that the new food regulations require them

to state that the French Fries (or anything else processed with

par fry) contains wheat if wheat was ever an ingredient of the

processing agent - and even if it was " removed. " In accordance

with our policy of reporting what the manufacturer says, we will

list Mc's French Fries as NOT gluten free in future

SmartList releases. "

http://www.clanthompson.com/res_news_alerts.php3

The good news is that they at least know celiacs are worried

and perhaps they will change that processing agent some day.

Meanwhile we can eat the ketchup, no worries! (Please make

your own decision about eating the fries.)

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